Re: Clicking on media files won't open Windows Media Player

And you were right, the reg had nothing to do with it.

"zachd [ms]" wrote:


* What version of Windows XP are you using? You should be using Service
Pack 2...
* Are you using Grisoft's AVG anti-virus?

I don't believe that change would do it. That value should be
"{09799AFB-AD67-11d1-ABCD-00C04FC30936}", I believe, if you want to restore
it.

The registry is extremely powerful - be very careful about editing it. =)

-Zach
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"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When I right click, I have

Play (default)
Add to Now Playing list
Add to Playlist
Add to Burn list
Add to Sync list

except NONE of them work, and again I can't double click the media file.


Do you think removing the "Open With" context has anything to do with
this?
I used the reg file
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Remove Open With From Right Click
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With]
@=""

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If this is the problem can someone post the code to restore the "Open
With"
context as I didn't backup the key.










"zachd [ms]" wrote:


If you right-click on a file type, what options are presented? Which of
those actually work from a cold start... ?

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"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Whenever I double click a media file associated with WMP it never opens
the
player, and the right click context doesn't work either. Strangest part
is,
all of this works after I open the media player first. What's going
on?
Can someone help me get back this function?






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