Defaulting Windows Media Player

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Dear sir/madam...

im using windows media player 9.0 (WMP) in win xp pro
SP1, RC2.

i just cant dafaulting the WMP to play any music.
Everytime i click the music file (e.g. mp3) from win
explorer, the same pop-up asking for which software to
use to open the mp3 file. Eventhough i already defaulted
WMP to play mp3 files, it wont remember. The same pop-up
appear again and again asking for which software to open.

At the moment i only have WMP in my PC. i dont have other
player yet.

Pls help. thank you

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

Thanx for the guide. But whatever u said has been done
previously. I already select all the files in WMP file
type in option menu.
and even when i go to the property of my MP3 files, it
shows WMP as the default player.
For your information, only mp3 files cannot be play in
WMP by default. Everytime when i double click mp3 files,
it show which program to open. and eventhough i choose
WMP and click check box to make it default, it wont play
automatically the next time i click.

So now when i want to hear mp3 music, i need to do
additional step which is choosing which music to play.
But other files like .DAT, MPEG, MPG can be played like
normal.

need your help. thanx

>-----Original Message-----
>Try these..........
>
>Open WMP | Tools | Options | File Types tab |
>Select All button | Apply | OK
>
>[[If a selected check box is dimmed, Windows Media
Player has only partial
>ownership of the file type. Multiple file extensions are
assigned to the
>file type, but the Player only plays some of those
extensions by default. To
>give the Player full ownership of a file type, double-
click the dimmed check
>box.
>Windows Media Player will attempt to be the default
player for the selected
>file types. ]]
>-----
>
>Right click an MP3 file | Properties | Opens with: |
>Click the change button | Scroll down to WMP | If
>it isn't listed | Click the Browse button | Browse to:
>C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
>Once found |Click OK Click Apply | Click OK
>
>--
>Hope this helps. Let us know.
>Wes
>
>In news:200a01c47ca5$fc15ed40$a601280a@phx.gbl,
>RAJ <straj@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
>> Dear sir/madam...
>>
>> im using windows media player 9.0 (WMP) in win xp pro
>> SP1, RC2.
>>
>> i just cant dafaulting the WMP to play any music.
>> Everytime i click the music file (e.g. mp3) from win
>> explorer, the same pop-up asking for which software to
>> use to open the mp3 file. Eventhough i already
defaulted
>> WMP to play mp3 files, it wont remember. The same pop-
up
>> appear again and again asking for which software to
open.
>>
>> At the moment i only have WMP in my PC. i dont have
other
>> player yet.
>>
>> Pls help. thank you
>
>.
>