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Windows Media Player 11

Toggle Full-Screen Playback

SUMMARY: Cover your entire screen with Windows Media Player 11 during multimedia playback.


 

Want to cover your entire screen while playing multimedia files, such as movies, with Windows Media Player 11? Here's how to hide your Windows taskbar and virtually all other on-screen elements during playback.

Via the menus:

1. Press "Alt" to open the menu if it is not already visible.
2. Select "View" then "Full Screen".


Enabling Windows Media Player 11 full-screen playback via the menus.




Using the keyboard:

Press ALT-Enter.

Via the controls:

The controls at the bottom of the Windows Media Player 11 window include an arrow pointing to the top-right (refer to the below graphic). Click it to enable full-screen mode.


Enabling Windows Media Player 11 full-screen playback via the controls.




To exit full-screen view

Press the ESC key.



 

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