Hide privacy tab
| Operating system |
windows 98 and onwards |
| Category |
windows media player |
| Media player version |
9 and later |
The option page in windows media player has many Tabs. This tweak will let you hide privacy tab. The default privacy settings are used for the options on the Privacy tab unless the user changed the settings previously. The Update my music files (WMA and MP3 files) by retrieving missing media information from the Internet check box is on the Privacy and Media Library tabs. When this tweak is enabled, the Update my music files (WMA and MP3 files) by retrieving missing media information from the Internet check box on the Media Library tab is available, even though the Privacy tab is hidden, unless the Prevent Music File Media Information Retrieval policy is enabled.

Operating System Windows 2000 / XP / 2003
- Open your registry
- Go to HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer
- create or modify dword value called "HidePrivacyTab"
- set value as 0 to disable and 1 to enable this tweak.
- restart windows media player for setting to take effect.
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