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I was thinking about why would so many users of such a popular program have so many identical reproduceable problems (which I gather by this thread having relatively a huge number of hits and posts, combined with plenty of similar posts in the forums), but others would have no problem. Then it dawne...

A follow-up question: If one sets up VLC by simply extracting the VLC archive's files / subdirectories into a directory, then in order to COMPLETELY remove VLC from the system, is the process simply to remove that new directory (containing the files / subdirectories from the original archive), or is...

Thank you for the answer. I appreciate it. BTW, before posting I took a good read through the wiki and the FAQ and could not find the answer, which seems like something that is important to a new user - so either I missed it, or perhaps someone would like to add it to the wiki or FAQ.

Greetings. I am a brand new VLC user - got the archive straight from www.videolan.org and verified the md5 signature. The program looks absolutely incredible, but I have had so many issues, that I have already removed it. Unlike typical users who find a problem and probably just remove the software ...

I have a question regarding VLC installation. Does it matter if you just unzip the VLC archive and copy the files / directories to a folder and create a shortcut (and associations if desired), or is a formal install process needed (running the installer)? The VLC download page implies that one can s...