You remove access to Windows Media Player by clicking Set program access and computer defaults. In this case, the Windows Media Player icon is removed from the All Programs list. However, when you manually start and configure Windows Media Player, the Windows Media Player icon is added to the “All Programs” list by itself.

Note You can manually start Windows Media Player by double-clicking the Wmplayer.exe application, or by clicking on a file for which Windows Media Player is the only registered application, such as a .wma file.