I agree which is why there are download links for them here and elsewhere. Those who seem to run into issues, from my perspective, usually are hardcore gamers. I'm not a hardcore gamer and the games I have installed into Windows N never ran into any issues. But I digress, even though I never had any issues, I continue to stumble over folks who claim they do (enough not to ignore)
If its a case of copying and registering a few dll's then thats not hard work. Think the only one that would affect me is Enhanced Video Renderer(evr.dll).
VLC needs evr.dll and Explorer needs 2(4?) IE html files to stop explorer opening new windows. Thats all of IE gone, Indexing and Search too, along with other telemetry packages mentioned here. Theres a ton of stuff i could remove actually.
hmm, myself disabled WMP and use VLC & Winamp without problems; simply as for videos VLC, for only audio Winamp both works like a charm using W10 EnterpriseS x64 Build 14393.2368
I love vlc, it doesnt bitch and complain, it plays everything. Hate wmp, love itoons even with all its bloat. If i could get foobar ui close to itunes 9 then i would be happy as a dyke in a dildo shop.
MPC-HC is much better than vlc due to its filters and madVR for upscaling. And aimp is much better for music too. But that's my opinion.