Best way to go from FCP to Windows Media Player

Hi,
A friend sent me a video to edit (20Mb) and then wants to be able to view it in Windows Media Player. However, he would also like it to be much smaller than the original size (yes, he is a pain). I tried converting .mov to .avi but the quality is really bad. Any ideas what would be the best way to do this?
Many thanks
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I use something called episode pro which is great - getting a mov to a wmv is a pain.
firstly you should ask your friend if he can accept a qt file - often people ask you to put in loads of effort to convert files and it turns ou much less effort on their half and they could watch it in quicktime player.....
otherwise export your sequence using quicktime conversion and alter the size options in the quicktime setting to half size or quarterscreen - reducing the size and then convert this with another prog to make it a smaller wmv file.
(or to speed thing along export a qt from FCP with current settings - very quick - and then put that through QT pro to make it smaller before converting it.)
Have been working lately on prog for discovery and their FTP site only accepts wmv - has caused much head scratching - and finally forked out for episode.
The broadband medium settings in quicktime have always given me good results with small file size.

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You can also try restoring Media Library as Zachd mentioned.
[The only one method I didn't try is Insert the Windows 7 DVD, it is because I scared if I click install, I might loose all the files in my computer]
Please, I hope there is someone can solve my problem.
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(from: DT20Three) open windows media player, click Organise -> Manage Libraries -> Music and make sure you aren't referencing any unavailable locations. For me, I was referencing an old hdd location for my music. Remove this dead location and update
your default save location and all is good.
Thanks a lot you were very helpfull for me thanks againn .
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