Launchers,Media Players software

Windows Media Player (WMP) is a popular digital media player developed by Microsoft Corporation.  It is used for playing video and audio files.  It can also be used to view images.  It works on computers using Microsoft Windows operating system.  
Best Free Alternatives for Windows Media Player:
There are many free alternatives for Windows Media Player.  Here are some which are very popular and feature rich:

• VLC:  This freely downloadable media player is compatible with multiple operating systems (Windows, Mac and Linux).  It supports many video files and DVD disks.  It can be used to play DVDs belonging to various regions, thanks to 5 different DVD region codes in the software.  Another advantage is that it can be installed and run directly from a flash drive.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
• KM:  This free multi-format media player has gained huge popularity as it supports many audio and video formats.  Its interface is simple, which makes video playback quick and easy.  The color of the player can be changed.  The player is virus free.  Major advantage of this player is that it is light on resources.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/
• GOM:  This player is compatible with only Windows.  One major advantage of this player is its ability to play broken media files.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://www.gomlab.com/eng/GMP_download.html.
• Zoom:  This player is feature rich, yet unbloated.  This is what has made it popular.  It supports all possible formats that exist like AVI, Monkey Audio, OGM, etc.  This media player is designed in such a way that it can be used by a regular PC user as well as by a Home Theater PC control center.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://www.brothersoft.com/zoom-player-standard-4417.html
• BS:  This multimedia player specializes in video and DivX playback.  But it also supports all types of media files like WAV, AVI, MPG, WMV, MP3, FLV, etc.  Unfortunately it works on computers with Windows operating system only.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://www.bsplayer.com/
• Songbird:  This media player is popular because it is highly customizable.  This open source media player comes with a host of plug ins and offers.  Clarity is astounding.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://www.getsongbird.com/.
• Foobar2000:  This advanced media player allows users to customize according to their wishes from the interface itself.  But this Windows based player can be used for playing only audio files.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://www.foobar2000.org/.
• WinAmp:  This good old media player supports most audio and video formats.  But GoogleTalk users have complained that it crashes quite often.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en.
• Rules Player:  This Windows compatible media player supports many formats.  Another advantage is that the users can watch video files while they are being downloaded.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://www.brothersoft.com/rulesplayer-62510.html
• Real Player:  This popular media player comes with many useful features.  It can be downloaded using the link given here.  http://in.real.com/.  

These media players will definitely enhance the user's media experience

Launchers

Compact Disc Autolauncher 2.1
BSPLauncher - launcher for the BSPlayer
MicroDVD Autorun 1.85 - DivX autolauncher for Micro DVD Player
MDVDGo 1.0 - autolauncher, specially for Micro DVD Player
Mini DivX Launcher - fully automated codec installation and movie launch
Movie.exe 1.23
MovieLauncher Plus 1.11 - the big brother of movie.exe so to speak.
Mpeg4cd
DivX CD Launcher 1.5

Media Players

BSPlayer 2.14 - Website
DivX Player 6.4 - The official player from the DivX codec makers
Media Player Classic 6.4.9.0 - just like WMP6.4 except that it has a lot more features.
RadLight 4 - contains Adware. Website
The Core Media Player - successor of PowerDivX Next Gen.
VideoLan - standalone video player that can handle almost anything without requiring any DirectShow filters - Website
Zoom Player 5.0 - WMP replacement, optimized for TV output. 

MPEG-1/2 Encoders

bbMPEG 1.24b18 - latest beta, free MPEG-1/2 encoder
HC 0.22 - free high quality .AVS to MPEG-1/2 encoder.
QuEnc 0.72 - free high quality .AVS to MPEG1/2 encoder based on ffmpeg
Quicktime plugin for TMPG - allows you to convert MOV to MPG/AVI in TMPG
ReMPEG2 1.5.2 - MPEG2 Transcoder
TMPGEnc - note: MPEG-2 support expires after 30 days unless you live in the future ;). 

Region Free Tools

DriveInfo 2.2 - tells you all about your DVD Drive
DVD Genie 4.10 - can set the region for almost any DVD software player