Windows Media Player 9 can't open

Hello,
I have just downloaded Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X from the Media Player website. The download appears to be succesful, however it is on my desktop as a .bin file. When I double click on it, it won't open. How do I go about installing this?

You might want to use Flip4Macinstead.
If you are downloading Windows Media Player you will also need to download Stuffit Expander as Microsoft have used Stuffit to compress the installation file and Tiger now no longer comes with Stuffit.
Once you have expanded the .sit file you can then run the Windows Media Player installer.
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