Kieran Tong, did you try an install with admin-rights?
Right click on the EXE and choose Run as admin or something like that.
In the Win10 here it did install with no trouble at all.

Zen ,
Download just like you normally would any giveaway here.
Then extract just like you normally do.
There will be no setup file, only the readme.
Open the readme file. That contains the link!

I would just post the link here but I am unsure that would be allowed.

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[ jboy ],

You can post anything on topic and helpful, and then let the moderators decide if it compromises their intentions in giveaway of the day scheme.
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[ Zen ],

No risk.

THIS is what the README.TXT file says:

Installation

Unzip the package you've downloaded and visit the page below.
Fill in the form with your email address and use the program
download link on the next page to receive GOTD program version.

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You have to install it before the Giveaway offer for the software is over.

Terms and conditions

Please note that the software you download and install during
the Giveaway period comes with the following important limitations:

1) No free technical support
2) No free upgrades to future versions
3) Strictly non-commercial usage

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[ Gene ],

Yes, many things get lost in translation, such as looking for "speed" controls to "slow down" or "speed up" the video, to "play faster" or "play slower".

Inmatrix calls this control "play rate", as in "rate less" and "rate more" the video, I suppose?

Translations from other languages, from other ways of thinking, can be hilariously entertaining, but, yes, they can also interfere with easy access to stuff.

When visiting another country, my own native-speak was 99.99% effective except for ONE word ... "bathrooms" ... no ... "restrooms" ... no ... "TOILET", YES -- that's the ONE word I had to learn to use, otherwise, another country was no problem.

Same with InMatrix Zoom player, and so many other programs -- the hard part is translating the programmer-unique-speak.

Sadly once we find something that works, we are forever bent by that programmer's quirks, and then we can't understand the next programs that actually might have a better, more accurate or more intelligently chosen presentation, and we can't understand it because we have become familiar with the previous programmer's quirks.

I keep a cheat-sheet of the few controls I need written on a piece of paper, my "keys to the kingdom" to help reduce my frustration, to help increase my success, when using new programs.

-- I prefer free [ Media Player Classic Home Cinema (64bit) ] because I found a way to make it automatically download subtitles and displays them, then I can save them for subsequent immediate use.

-- I like free [ VLC ] because I found out how to make it play faster or slower without changing the timbre ( ? ) of the voices.

So far, for me, all other players have not risen to recommendation status, either because they are less-than, or because the controls I seek are hard to find.
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Mr.Dave,

It will take all of 10 minutes to do a system restore if you know what you are doing.
Installing any program will not brick your system...unless you don't know what you are doing ??

Short reply: I'm still looking for help if anyone know what is going on. Is there a registry line to change, or a default program assignment that was overwritten?

Mothman, the long reply: I had to re-learn how enable typing in the Windows Search box on the Start menu and any dialog boxes in Settings (run cftmon.exe, then kill Cortana process and wait for it to restore itself). Only then was I able to get to System Restore. There's nothing in Start menu and no easy access I can find to Control Panel since I'm running Windows 10. Microsoft and dozens of websites have no permanent fix for Cortana issue. In System Restore, I only have 1 restore point, it's from a few days ago. Reluctant to use it because I'll lose some giveaways, so that's my last resort. So, yes, I'm an absolute idiot for attempting to install a program from GOTD without first creating a restore point. Since I had a previous version of Zoom Player Max there was a level of trust that, for me, outweighed the research needed to even create a restore point. My system is not "bricked", just limping along because I refuse to do the obvious and do a clean Windows reinstall every month or two. And I have about 30 years of PC experience, my Vista system is still running with over 800 programs installed and never a single reinstall.

This is Mr.Dave again... replying to let everyone know how I fixed this:
1. Go to Settings, Apps, Default Apps
2. Click on Web Browser option. My default was set to Chrome. Be sure to close this browser if it's open.
3. Change it to a different browser -- I selected MS Edge.
4. Open this different browser with a desktop shortcut to a web page, or from some other program that opens a web page in your browser.
5. Exit this different browser.
6. Go back to Settings > Apps > Default Apps.
7. Click on the Web Browser option again and select the browser you want to use.

This worked for me. Simple once you know how.

Now I'm off to make sure other video and audio programs still work. Will never again install from GOTD without a system restore and current backup (so I'll likely pass on most programs and only get the few a year that I already use when updates are offered). Considering un-install of Zoom Player as well but fear the un-install will break something else. Will not install any future versions.

Maybe this was just my situation: Win 10/64 Home (updates current), Bitdefender antivirus, Secure A-Plus whitelisting program, Dell XPS PC, Chrome browser set to default. Task Scheduler hasn't worked for over a year (appears to be no possible fix for this). System declared clean by Malware Bytes, Bitdefender, Windows Defender.

Mr.Dave, Press windows key and R then type rstrui.exe in the run box that opens
right click and run as administrator

ilikefree, thanks for the handy shortcut! Do you know of a list that shows this and shortcuts for the other system utilities? I've found many of them but this is a first for System Restore. Is there one for creating a restore point?

Mr.Dave updating... should be "ctfmon.exe" in the reply to Mothman above, not "cftmon.exe". Sorry!

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[ Mr.Dave ],

1 - Free IObit Advanced SystemCare has a tool for default programs ( other all-purpose utilities and Microsoft Windows does, too ).

3 - Free Tweaking. com Windows Repair / Repair Windows has a re-setter tool for Windows defaults.

2 - Learning to reboot through SAFE MODE helps discipline a computer to have minimum programs running while trying to fix things, and running SFC System File Checker makes sure things are there that should be there ( Tweaking Windows Repair has an option to reboot in SAFE MODE and run SFC ).

Don;t be afraid of these giveaways, we need folsk like you who share what works and what misbehaves, and you also benefit by not only getting new stuff, but also learning fix-it tips and tricks that we all share.

Hang in there.
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I run a VBS Visual Basic Script to create a restore point at startup, try it, ot web-search for equivalents that work for you:

==== start ====

'Auto Restore Point for Vista, No Prompt

If WScript.Arguments.length = 0 Then
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
objShell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & _
WScript.ScriptFullName & """" &_
" RunAsAdministrator", , "runas", 1
Else

Set srp = getobject("winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore")
Msg = "New Restore Point successfully created." & vbCr _
& "It is listed as: " _
& "Automatic Restore Point " & vbCr & Date & " at " & Time _
& vbCr & vbCr & "This script was downloaded from www. paulsxp. com"

If (srp.createrestorepoint("Automatic Restore Point", 0, 100)) = 0 Then
MsgBox Msg, 64, "Done"
Else
MsgBox "Restore Point creation Failed!"
End If
End If
Set srp = Nothing

==== end ====

Also, folks, where did booting through "Last Known Good" go? It's saved me dozens of times!
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Peter Blaise, thanks muchly! That's an interesting script, looks like it can be adapted for many of the system calls. I've used SFC /SCANNOW many times, as well as chkdsk and several others. None seem to make any difference. On my Vista system, SFC finds errors but can't fix them. On my Win 10 system, it tells me all errors are fixed but if I run it again see the same errors.

Rebooting into Safe Mode had me completely locked out of my PC for days.... Apparently Microsoft requires a password in Safe Mode, but has no way to verify it because it's in Safe Mode. Lost a few days on that one until I figured out how to access the "hidden" Admin account (no password needed) in combination with booting from a Macrium Reflect recovery disk. That was the ONLY way to get out of Safe Mode. So now if I try to use Safe Mode again, I need to remember to activate that Admin account first. Life used to be so much simpler! I don't know where Last Known Good reboot option went either, it was quite helpful. I get the impression Microsoft simply does not want to provide tools anymore that an end-user might abuse or have questions about.

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[ Mr.Dave ],

Oh, you used a Microsoft account to operate your computer, as if it were an Apple, tethered to the mothership for constant permission and monitoring.

Try setting up a local, non-Microsoft account and untether yourself from Microsoft -- it's YOUR computer, after all, not Microsoft's ( or Apple's ! ).

[ SAFE MODE with NETWORKING ] is the go-to mode for getting things done, I use it all the time, for days at a time, when I just want to, as I say, get things done ( without the dancing baloney entangling itself ).
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Edward,

Perhaps you had some ProgramData permissions issue during installation.
You can (and should try) uninstall and install until the end of the 4th of January.

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[ Scott ],

Try [ Ctrl ][ O ] Options, Playback, Replay.
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[ Scott ],

[ Alt ] [ P ] Cycles through the Playlist's Auto-Repeat modes.

Did you hit that by accident?
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jboy,

Besides the upgrade, you can also choose to not install the torrents and Youtube components.
Other components are generally needed, as they are used to decode various formats.

seagrape,
If you read the readme file, you'll see a link to register and download.

seagrape,

Yes, but you should check your history settings options to make it so.
They are at Advanced options > Playback > History.

"Automatically restore last media position on replay" should be checked, and "Do not restore last media position for Audio files" should be unchecked.

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[ seagrape ],

this is v14,3 of Zoom player, so you have to download the GOTD offering 14.3 times -- try it.

; - )

However, you only have to actually READ the README-TXT file ONCE.
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[ seagrape ],

Yes. Zoom ( and other players ) remember previous play-position at the time of previous exit.
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J S,

Zoom Player MAX 1-year-free-upgrades license is 29.95$ , the lifetime-free-upgrades license costs more.
Both are on our shop : inmatrix.com/shop

Kerry,

Nothing at all wrong with using VLC, but it's focus is different than the Zoom Player MAX. Both play media files, but the Zoom Player can provide more of a HTPC [Home Theater PC] experience, and may give you a better video picture &/or frame rate, using software like the built-in LAVFilters.

FWIW I use the VLC Android & Kindle versions quite a bit, where it can play back anything from mpg2 DVDs to Blu-ray, where the image quality is fine for those smaller screens. But I use PowerDVD [the Zoom Player doesn't do Blu-ray DRM] for the HTPC hooked up to the 4k TV, because there frame rate & picture quality are top priorities.

Hi Edward,

Please see Advanced options > Interface > On Screen Display > Audio Images & Tags : Image Paths & Script > "Default audio background image file (when the image search mask finds no images) : "

Likely WinAmp will do the trick, with great visualizations too.

Eldad, yes, you can install over your old installation, the program is preactivated. You just can't update from let's say 14.3 (giveaway version) to 14.4 (latest).

Eldad, Yes it can. I just installed it over version 12.02

Chasm, Thank you Chasm, did and seems fine.

Jim C, Thank you Jim, did and seems fine.

JB, there is a huge changelog on the website and when a new version comes out, it's almost always more than just some languages being updated, like bug fixes and small additions, there already is v14.4, so it's probably always nice to have the latest version, in this case.

v14.4 changes
https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_whatsnew.shtml

previous changes
https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_whatsnew_archive.shtml

Людмила Селедцова,

I am guessing, but did you tick off, be it by mistake, the Upgrade to 14.4 version option when installing codecs pack? If so, I would uninstall ZoomPlayer and try again. In my case everything went very well.

consuella

consuella,

I forgot to add that after successful re-installation of Zoom Player, version 14.3, you are advised to uncheck the update box in the settings.

For some helpful tips how to do that, please follow the pertinent comments posted here by other posters.

Cheers,

consuella

Basheer, license is lifetime for version 14.3, not only for a year, you can use it as long as you want. You just can't update to a newer version.

Peter Blaise, Interesting... but get a real media player... PotPlayer, SMPlayer or VLC. You'll never look back.

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[ devnull ],

Do you see the features I asked for in your suggested software?

Me neither.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_player_software

... has some comparisons, but NONE of the features I seek.
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Peter Blaise,

I hate to rain on your parade, Peter Blaise, but if this program had all these features, it would have to cost AT LEAST 200 hundred dollars.

Regards,

consuella

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So, yer point, [ consuella ], is that we should not suggest to programmers what programs we would value?

Hey, I'm just tired of programmers coming here with polished tools, more shiny that last years same-same polished and shiny tools.

They can't even get programs to inspect themselves and self-repair, let alone learn anything new that they were not shipped knowing.

Someday, someone is going to take the next step and actually empower a computer to do what computers are supposed to do:

-- learn what we do once, so the computer can do it from the second time on.
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PapaSlim, count me in as a serious DUH DOPE.

At first, I thought..."what the hell? Does this guys think I'm an idiot??!!"

I'll answer my own question...."YES!"

Thanks for your patient guidance. Download link found

Liright, sorry if it did sound bad but was trying to help. My sense of humor is sometime misunderstood. :-)