You can see how the process is progressing with a green load bar. You will have to wait a few seconds while the installer makes the necessary changes to the operating system to include VLC among your programs. Choose the folder to install VLC on Windows It offers one location by default, which is where Windows programs are usually installed, but the user can choose any location with the Browse button. Choose the components for VLC’s installationĬhoose a location on your hard drive and click Install. Select the boxes for the components you want to install and click Next.

In addition to the player, which is the only mandatory option, you can decide on shortcuts in Start menu and Desktop, Mozilla and ActiveX web plug-ins, disc players, context menus, cache clearing, preferences and the association of audio and video file types. Time to select the components of the program to install. Read the content and if you agree with everything, click below the Next button. The next window that appears is the license agreement. Welcome screen of the VLC installation process You will see a new pop-up window with a welcome message and some installation recommendations, such as closing other programs so you can make changes to system files without having to restart your PC.

You just have to open the menu, click on the language you want and click on Ok. As usually happens with open source projects that are very popular, we will have a wide range of languages available. VLC’s permissions to make changes to the system If the operating system asks you for permission as in this case, press Yes to continue with the installation.

Choose between the 32 or 64-bit VLC EXE file Double-click on the file that corresponds to your version of the operating system. You will find two files, one for 32-bit operating systems and one for 64-bit operating systems. Double-click on the file and the operating system will show you its contents, although you will have to extract it in a new folder with the file decompressor available in Windows 10 or with other software such as WinRAR or 7-Zip (right-click on the file and select Extract All). When the download is complete, you will have the file in the Downloads folder that you have selected in your web browser. Button to download the VLC Media Player installer

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