Show Current Music Track on Gtalk in WMP 12, Windows 7

| November 29, 2009 | 25 Comments
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Google Talk or gTalk chat application has a feature to show currently playing Music track on Windows Media player as you Status. On Windows Xp, it runs without problem but even since I upgraded to Windows 7, GTalk doesn’t update status on change of Music track on Windows Media Player 12.


It was a very small thing but I was unable to make it work. Actually there was no Google Talk Music Plugin for WMP 12 installed on Windows 7 system. So, Follow the steps given to start showing the name of song you are listening as Gtalk status:

Uninstall Google Talk.
Visit http://www.google.com/talk/
Click Download Google Talk client near the bottom of the page.
Save the installation file to your desktop.
5. Right-click the installation file (googletalk-setup.exe) on your desktop and select Run as administrator.
6. Follow the instructions to install Talk

gtalk-music track status

Still not working?

  • Run Windows Media Player.
  • Then go to Tools and then options.
  • Click on the Plug-ins tab and select Background category in it.
  • Now check the option of “Google Talk music plug-in” on the right side.
  • Then Apply and exit.

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Rohit Langde is editor-in-chief and owner of Blogsolute. He is Born-Geek and Technology Enthusiast. Being a blogger, he is also Mechanical Engineer who believes in simple Living. You can

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  1. Ruchi says:

    Thanks for sharing the tutorial , it was really useful .

  2. ajay says:

    Thanx yaar!!
    It’s works.

    :)

  3. MostlyBlog says:

    wow it’s working on my windows vista thanks for sharing, i am searching for this information on Google and got your blog

  4. shanky says:

    thanks man……….it was really helpful!!!!

  5. Ricky says:

    Really helpful ……..Cheers.!!!!!!!!

  6. gaurav says:

    nopes… its not working…
    i followed the steps….
    but still in plugins -> background its not showing the option of google talk

  7. moe net says:

    thanks a lot
    i can’t do current music track at gtalk at window 7
    before i see ur suggestion
    now i am ok !
    :)

  8. Sanaaya says:

    Thanx.

  9. Ratheesh says:

    Yea its working fine in my windows7, but i am facing same issue in winamp can u help me ?

  10. Vaishnavi says:

    hey thanksss yaar
    :)

  11. Annu says:

    Yes! Nice thanks for sharing…….
    After installing as a admin plugin option shown in win media player…. I am worried abt 7
    but it’s working fine.

  12. Ankur says:

    hey thankx Rohit Langde,
    this blog is very useful to all user who want more about any problem about windows software.

  13. Dharmendra says:

    thanx it’s working……….:)

  14. Acme says:

    Plz,help me.
    There’s no “google talk plug-in check box” at the background of plug-in option.
    How should I slove to work show current musics track?

  15. wini says:

    Thank you sooo much…..i have been struggling for this status to work for past many days…..moreover I have windows 7……but this time it really worked :)

  16. april says:

    thanks man.. it’s works

  17. Ankur Moulik says:

    Thank you so much.Your tutorial was really very helpful.

  18. Pradeep says:

    Hey Its work fine, thanks a ton!!!

  19. vishal says:

    plz , any1 send me d link for wmp12……
    i also wann to current music track in gtalk..
    plz

  20. Siddhant Jain says:

    man… i followed all the steps… the gtalk plugin box appeared and i checked it… but still… my status is not being updated… there’s no solution for dis in any of the discussions… what do i do!!??

  21. krishna says:

    thank you….

  22. raja says:

    thanks yaar……it really works :)

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