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

Would the prefetch have anything to do with it as I changed it to monitor
boot files?

"zachd [ms]" wrote:


Not that I'm aware of. If this isn't working for you and you don't have any
Windows skinning or anti-virus software interfering with shell temporary
file creation (and the %temp% dir is of slight interest here, I believe),
you'd probably need to contact actual technical support at this point.
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#psssupport

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"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It's there, but it still doesn't work.
Is there a registry value that's needed for it to work also?



"zachd [ms]" wrote:


They go through wmpshell.dll .

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"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Do you know what allows those context to work, like a .dll or
something?

"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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