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The official DVD player app for Windows 10 is now out. Microsoft had, earlier this year, retired the Windows Media Center with no updates or replacements for the feature in the latest operating system.
However, the company, while confirming that most people that were still using the WMC were doing so to watch DVDs, promised to deliver an alternative solution for these users — that alternative solution is now available in the Windows Store.
Users with versions of Windows 7 and 8.1 that supported Media Center will get this new Windows DVD Player app free of charge.
Others that don’t qualify for the free installation will have to part ways with $14.99.
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That is to say, eligible users that are upgrading from earlier versions of Windows will not actually have to visit the Store to get their free app. Instead, it will automatically be downloaded for them via Windows Update after the new operating system is deployed.
This also means that the only way to automatically get this app for free is to upgrade.
If you do a clean install, and still want this app, then you’re going to have to pay the above amount in order to download it from the Windows Store.
The app is available here (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/windows-dvd-player/9nblggh2j19w), and seems to be somewhat barebones in its initial release.
But it’s here, alright.
source:windows10update