Hi all, trying to disable wmpnscfg.exe

disabled all services related wndows emdia player and media center, disabled it in msconfig,
was told i should go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\P references\HME and find the DisableDiscovery key and set it's DWORD value to 2, however I don't have that key, was told however I could create it

could someone tell me how I create the key? i also need to know the key's binary dataYou want to disable it as a startup?
What happened when you disabled it in msconfig?And why do you want to do this ? ?wmpnscfg.exe is used to alert users when a new media device is found on the network. If you are not sharing files on a network you don't need it. It is a file associated with Windows Media Player 11, and it is often CALLED "the program that will not die". You can do these THINGS I list here but afterwards you just start WMP11 and it is back, RIGHT?

Disable it in MSCONFIG
Check it is disabled in SERVICES.MSC
Run Hijack this! to detect and remove wmpnscfg.exe
Delete wmpsncfg.exe and wmpnssci.dll from the folder C\Program Files\Windows media player

The fix, as you have found, is to either modify this value which is a DWORD

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\HME\DisableDiscovery

so it has a value of 2

Or, if it does not EXIST (yet), create it and set the value to 2.

[insert standard warning that fooling with the registry can screw up Windows here]

1. Start Regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences. Click the + sign next to the name to expand the subkey tree.

If you do not see a sub key called HME under Preferences in the left hand pane...

3. Right click Preferences in the left hand pane
4. Choose New, Key.
5. A new key icon (like an opened folder icon in Explorer) will appear under Preferences with the name highlighted for editing.
6. Make the name read HME and hit the ENTER key

If it is there already...

7. Highlight the HME key by left clicking once

If DisableDiscovery is not in the right hand pane

8. Click in the right hand pane and choose New... DWORD value
9. Edit the name from New Value #1 to DisableDiscovery and click away from it or hit enter.

If DisableDiscovery is there but has a binary value different from 0x00000002...

10. Right click DisableDiscovery and choose Modify (The topmost option, in bold)
11. Change the value from 0 to 2
12. Click OK
13. Exit Regedit
14. Restart computer