Media Player Classic (MPC-HC)

Author: Roland Verheijden

Date: August 15, 2022

Repackaging tips and silent install information for Media Player Classic (MPC-HC) -. This App Tip provides comprehensive details for conducting a silent installation of Player Classic (MPC-HC). It includes additional insights, such as user environment specifics, extra installation parameters, and repackaging tips.

About

Media Player Classic (MPC), Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC), and Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) are a family of free and open-source, compact, lightweight, and customizable media players for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows. The original MPC and the MPC-HC fork mimic the simplistic look and feel of Windows Media Player 6.4 but provide the most options and features available in modern media players. Variations of the original MPC and its forks are standard media players in the K-Lite Codec Pack and the Combined Community Codec Pack.

General Information

Vendor Information

Media

Application Name

Player Classic (MPC-HC)

Application Version

Download Link

https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases

License Needed

Vendor Install

Installation Type

Setup.exe

Architecture

x86/x64

Description

Application Configuration/Settings

Registry

File

AD/GPO

AAD/GPO

User Environment Data

Registry

File

Other

Infrastructure Dependencies

Description

ODBC

Connection Name

Driver

Parameters

Setup.exe parameters

/DIR= /MERGETASKS= /NORESTART /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /VERYSILENT

MSI Public Properties

Installation Commands

Silent Install Command

MPC-HC.x.x.x.x64.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /MERGETASKS=!desktopicon,!desktopiconuser

Silent Uninstall Command

"%ProgramFiles%/MPC-HC/unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART

Repackaging Score

MSI

Unknown

MSIX

Unknown

App-V

Unknown

ThinApp

Unknown

Citrix App Layer

Unknown

VMWare App Volumes

Unknown

Other

Full Functional

Silent Install

Repackaging Tips

Change default Installation Directory
MPC-HC.x.x.x.x64.exe /DIR="C:MPC-HC" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART

Exclude Media Player Classic Desktop Shortcut
MPC-HC.x.x.x.x64.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /MERGETASKS=!desktopicon,!desktopiconuser

Disable Media Player Classic (MPC-HC) Auto Update Check
REG ADD "HKCU/SOFTWARE/MPC-HC/MPC-HC/Settings" /v UpdaterAutoCheck /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

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