Re: WMP tries to open all files

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From: Mike Williams [MVP] (mikew_at_Nospam.mvps.org)
Date: 01/15/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:02:15 +1100
To: rosawood <rosawood@discussions.microsoft.com>

rosawood wrote:
> Specifically, the problem is withstreaming files with .pls extensions. WMP
> doesn't recognize them, and won't let Winamp or RealPlayer (which do
> recognize them) open them. So far I've
> 1) Installed a complete version of Winamp and set it to open *.pls
> specifically and everything else as well
> 2) Done the same for RealPlayer
> 3) Gone into file associations and changed EVERYTHING that's connected with
> WMP to Winamp or RealPlayer.
> 4) Uninstalled WMP 10 and reverted to 9.
> 5) Rolled back WMP certificates.
>
> When I'm online, I click on the link for the radio station I want...and up
> comes Media Player saying it doesn't recognize the file type.
>
> To compound the matter, there's no "open with" choice on my right -click
> menu. This is irritating me no end. Any solutions or suggestions I haven't
> already tried gladly and gratefully accepted.

Your (unspecified) browser may have an options dialog governing handling
of media-types.

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