WMP10 File Association breakdown!
- From: "Tim" <vlad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:15:59 -0000
Hi
This may sound like a minor problem but I'm losing hair over it! I'm
using windows mediaplayer 10 and am generally happy with the
programme - this is a system problem I'm sure.
I've lost the ability to open (or play) an .mp3 file (and .avi file &
probably more for
that matter) by double clicking on them in explorer, eg from a window or
desktop or by clicking play all in the window. I've reset and
checked all the associations via tools>folder options>filetypes etc but
no joy. Odd thing is if I right click and follow openwith>mediaplayer
the file will open the mediaplayer and then play normally. Similarly
if the media player application is running and I double click a media
file it will launch into the media player application.
It's making me suspect that it is a registry problem that prevents the
link being made between the file type and the programme in explorer?.
I've checked that .mp3 is associated with "mp3file" and mp3file is
associated with wmplayer.exe using assoc and ftype in the command
window. Now I don't know where to go next - if the last resort is a xp
reinstall I'll give up but I'm sure it's just a registry fix.
I've restored to 2 months ago still no joy. The combination of opening a
media file (successfully into the program) via the command prompt window
and
opening it successfully from the run command makes me sure it's an explorer
association problem.
In the advanced file types menu for .mp3 I tried defaulting the association
to "open" but it didn't do anything until I clicked "set default" once and
it moved up the list, twice and it went bold, but when I went back in
explorer it had made no effect in the right click menu. However, for a text
document eg .txt changing the folder options for example default = print ,
work just as expected; making immediate changes to the context menu default
for the file type on the desktop.
I think I've concluded that there is a corruption in the explorer: .mp3:
mediaplayer association so I'm going to check that more thoroughly via
regedit.
However, which hive(s) should I change so that when I boot up again it does
not revert to my previous registry settings??
But I am homing in on problem as I have found if I associate .mp3 with
another program eg Audacity it all works fine so corruption seems to be in
explorer setting associating mediaplayer file types. now I've just got to
spot where in registry I can see anew association with audacity so I know
where problem was and I can set it back manually hopefully
.
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