When you apply a skin to Windows Media Player 7 or later, a small Anchor Window appears in the lower right corner that reverts to full mode when you double-click its center button. You can, however, switch modes simply by pressing CTRL+1 (full mode) or CTRL+2 (compact or skin mode). To get rid of that Drop Anchor Window, do the following:
- At Media Player's menu, select TOOLS, scroll down and select OPTIONS.
- When the OPTIONS dialog opens, click the PLAYER tab
- Uncheck "When in compact mode, always display anchor window" (version 7) or "Display anchor window when in skin mode" (version 8)
- Click OK
- With Media Player 8, you may also click inside the Anchor Window and choose "Hide Anchor Window" from the pop-up menu.
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