unable to play WMA files

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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:50:41 +1000, "Richard Hockey"
<richardh@qisu.org.au> wrote:

>After uninstalling Winamp (v1.0b) I find that I can't play wma files which
>unfortunately includes all the ringtones on my O2XDAII. If I reinstall
>winamp I can play them OK again and my ringtones come back.
>Is there any way
>to restore the file association for wma files?

I would get PHMRegedit and take a FULL SYSTEM backup, then a registry
backup. If you ignore this advice it's your ass.

Once you've done that, uninstall Winamp and open the registry editor.
Now navigate to this key :

\HKCR\WMVFile\Shell\Open\Command

If the key doesn't exists, create it. The type is REG_SZ (it should
have a small icon like a piece of paper with ab on it)

Now enter the following string for the value of the key :

wmplayer.exe %1

Next, below that should be a key set for WMWebFile. Again go to the
\Shell\Open\Command key and enter the type as REG_SZ, as before. The
value of this key should be

wmplayer.exe -w %1

There's several other keys too : WVXFile\Shell\Open\Command should
read

wmplayer.exe %1

If those values are already set, then you need to check the file
association with the file types : Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and check
these keys correspond to the specified values below :

..wax WAXFile
..wm ASFFile
..wma WMAFile
..wmv WMVFile
..wmweb WMWebFile
..wmx ASXFile
..wsx ASFFile
..wvx WVXFile

If that still doesn't get you working, your backups will come in handy
as you'll now need to consider a hard reset and software reinstall.

HTH
Cheers - Neil