Re: Playing video off a web page

From: zachd [ms] (zachd_at_nomailplz.online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 00:24:15 -0700

You should just need to go to WMP's Tools:Options:File Types menu and
reassociate the types to WMP there.

If QuickTime is blocking you from setting this, you'd need to turn off
whatever evil settings in QuickTime are having them retain that file type.
 http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html#assoc
may help a little further.

Good luck,
-Zach 

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"C.Ruiz" <Ruiz0047@umn.edu> wrote in message 
news:2715f01c46331$3d0a0270$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I am really bad with computers so i am sure there is a
> really simple awnser for this, but i am just not the
> person who would know :)
>
> anyways.. For a class in college i have to log into a
> secure site then i have to watch videos.. i do this all
> the time.
>
> In the past i would click on a video link and a download
> box would come up and when it finished downloading it
> would open the video in windows media player 9.
>
> Now, when i click on a link it takes the window i am
> currently in and plays is as a full screen quick time
> movie... this is really annoying because once i watch 1
> video i have to re log into my schools web page and it
> really sucks..
>
> does anyone know how i can get it back to where i just
> click on the link and the movie plays in windows midea
> player?
>
> if you can please reply to my email adress.... i dont know
> if i will ever be able to find this place again, i was
> just tooling though the help section and just stumbled
> upon it.
>
> thanks in advance :)
>
> -Chris

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