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I don't even think the CD Player is an optional component, my Windows 95 VM doesn't have it in the Add/Remove Programs dialog. It's just there.

by chungy 3y ago

crazygringo 3y ago
It was in an upgraded version of Windows 95. Not the original: > CD Player was included in Windows 98, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 (as Deluxe CD Player). The program was also made available as part of an upgrade for Windows 95. https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/CD_Player https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/CD_Player
- chungy 3y ago
  That wiki is wrong. (First off, NT 3.51 came out four months before 95, it'd make no sense as an argument that the CD player was too new for 95, yet included in NT 3.51) The Windows 95 release-to-manufacture disc, files dated 1995-07-11, the /WIN95/WIN95_14.CAB file: $ cabextract -s -l -F cdp\* win95_14.cab Viewing cabinet: win95_14.cab File size | Date Time | Name -----------+---------------------+------------- 643 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.cnt 88064 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.exe 20579 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.hlp All done, no errors. Windows 95 shipped with the CD Player from its very first release. It wasn't added in as an update. Day 1.
  - AshamedCaptain 3y ago
    https://web.archive.org/web/20051214182952/http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q135315 https://web.archive.org/web/20051214182952/http://support.mi... Note that I _never_ saw 95 as a CD in retail. I actually took a trip to the US when it was released to search for it, since I got confirmation from my local MS that it was not in EU. Several people do ensure me that there was a retail CD version, but I have never seen it in person myself. I have seen plenty of OEM discs, though.
    - chungy 3y ago
      In the US, the floppy version was very uncommon. I didn't even know it existed for a few years, until I encountered someone that had it.
    - crazygringo 3y ago
      Ah ha. Mystery solved, thank you! Turns out everybody's half-right. :)
AshamedCaptain 3y ago
It's right there in Multimedia section. The minimal install of 95 is ridiculously small. 3.x practically fits in 10MiB of disk space.; they could not just multiply it by 10x and call it a day.
butlike 3y ago
Can I ask how you installed 95 on a VM. I've been trying for a few days but the installer errors out because of `VGA.DRV`. Dunno if it's a problem with my particular iso, but I'm using VM Ware Fusion

I don't even think the CD Player is an optional component, my Windows 95 VM doesn't have it in the Add/Remove Programs dialog. It's just there.

by chungy 3y ago

I don't even think the CD Player is an optional component, my Windows 95 VM doesn't have it in the Add/Remove Programs dialog. It's just there.

crazygringo 3y ago

It was in an upgraded version of Windows 95. Not the original: > CD Player was included in Windows 98, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 (as Deluxe CD Player). The program was also made available as part of an upgrade for Windows 95. https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/CD_Player https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/CD_Player

chungy 3y ago
That wiki is wrong. (First off, NT 3.51 came out four months before 95, it'd make no sense as an argument that the CD player was too new for 95, yet included in NT 3.51) The Windows 95 release-to-manufacture disc, files dated 1995-07-11, the /WIN95/WIN95_14.CAB file: $ cabextract -s -l -F cdp\* win95_14.cab Viewing cabinet: win95_14.cab File size | Date Time | Name -----------+---------------------+------------- 643 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.cnt 88064 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.exe 20579 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.hlp All done, no errors. Windows 95 shipped with the CD Player from its very first release. It wasn't added in as an update. Day 1.
- AshamedCaptain 3y ago
  https://web.archive.org/web/20051214182952/http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q135315 https://web.archive.org/web/20051214182952/http://support.mi... Note that I _never_ saw 95 as a CD in retail. I actually took a trip to the US when it was released to search for it, since I got confirmation from my local MS that it was not in EU. Several people do ensure me that there was a retail CD version, but I have never seen it in person myself. I have seen plenty of OEM discs, though.
  - chungy 3y ago
    In the US, the floppy version was very uncommon. I didn't even know it existed for a few years, until I encountered someone that had it.
  - crazygringo 3y ago
    Ah ha. Mystery solved, thank you! Turns out everybody's half-right. :)

AshamedCaptain 3y ago

It's right there in Multimedia section. The minimal install of 95 is ridiculously small. 3.x practically fits in 10MiB of disk space.; they could not just multiply it by 10x and call it a day.

butlike 3y ago

Can I ask how you installed 95 on a VM. I've been trying for a few days but the installer errors out because of `VGA.DRV`. Dunno if it's a problem with my particular iso, but I'm using VM Ware Fusion