   What is this on my WMP!?
The thing in the red circle.  It isn't there when I open WMP but when I put it out of focus and back again, it appears and wont' go aWAY!  [flaming]   
  It looks like a button. Have you tried clicking on it?   ;  Yeah it doesn't do anything.  I'm scared.   ;  I've found the problem!You're using WMP.Seriously.I've had that thing come up before too, but it never did anything. I didnt really care, since I only use WMP as a last resort.   ;  It toggles showing the window border area or not. Since you've maximized the WMP window, it has to show the border. Were you to unmaximize the window and then click the button, then you would see what it does.APC: Go fall in a well and die.   ;Quote:Original post by PromitIt toggles showing the window border area or not. Since you've maximized the WMP window, it has to show the border. Were you to unmaximize the window and then click the button, then you would see what it does.APC: Go fall in a well and die.I have rated you down for unhelpfullness.Not really though.The link keeps giving me 500 errors.   ;Quote:Original post by PromitIt toggles showing the window border area or not. Since you've maximized the WMP window, it has to show the border. Were you to unmaximize the window and then click the button, then you would see what it does.APC: Go fall in a well and die.That clears it up.  Shouldn't Windows know though to not show it when maximized??  And it only pops up when focus is lost then regained why?   ;Quote:Original post by SpintwoThat clears it up.  Shouldn't Windows know though to not show it when maximized?? WMP should know, and it should also try rendering it a little less ugly. Oh well.Quote: And it only pops up when focus is lost then regained why?Because a number of the WMP 11 widgets are jacked up on XP. If you pay close attention, you'll notice that sometimes it gets into Z order fights with the taskbar. The buttons at the bottom center don't always highlight or unhighlight properly. And so on.   ;  is this the latest version of media player? if you are using a beta then.... but if not, try looking on windows updates for the latest version, I seem to remember a button like that, but just seen and I do not have it on my media player.APC: I love Windows Media Player, I am not saying that there are some better ones, but I find it really nice, its simple to use, and can do everything that I want it to.   ;  WMP is bulky and cumbersome IMO. The latest version of BSPlayer is pretty much bug-free (I've only had some trouble with color correction not being applied, but that's probably a graphics card driver problem, not BSPlayer's problem) - it's much more light-weight, looks better, provides better handling and doesn't excel in unneccesary features (such as the auto-dissapearing border in WMP, or the automatic codec download that has never ever worked for me - that is, if I want to install something on my computer, I will do so knowingly, not allow a software suite to do that for me as a black box). We all have our preferences, though - so, long live WMP as long as it has users.   