Re: "Play With Media Player"

The "Play with Media Player" option in the right-click menu shows up in my
videos folder (for some reason)....not in the music files folder!

I'm not sure how to rename the "Play with Media Player item." There is no
evidence of it in the registry or in the file associations.

Marc

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sasha,

I've tried to repro the problem in my system, and yes, disabling "WMP Play
As Playlist Launcher" causes the same problem as you said. "Play" action
is
removed from the context-menu. Anyway, I don't see a "Play with Media
Player" option in the right-click menu.

Is it ok to rename "" to "Play" ? If so, post a file
association report here.

FileExtInfo - View the association settings for a file type easily:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Sasha Gottfried" <sashago@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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First, the "play with media player" RCMI shows up when I right-click on
files in my Video Folder! This folder has all my MPG, MPEG, and AVI files.
It does not appear in my Music Folder (Mp3, WMA, Wav files).

After disabling "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher" in the Shellex program
I can play the video files in Windows Explorer w/o a problem. But when I
click (or double-click) on an Mp3, Wave or WMA file in Windows Explorer,
the
icon turns pale gray and nothing happens. I then go back and reset the
file
associations. The Mp3 files will temporarily open up in
WindowsExplorer....... but then the Wave files won't.....or they'll open
in
"Sound Recorder.....or I'll get a message that WMP can't play the file!

All the files play from WMP open command within the player but trying to
use
Windows Explorer (the most convenient access) becomes impossible unless I
re-enable the "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher" in the Shellex program.

It would appear that this context menu item is intricately woven into XP
and
WMP. Unless there is a way to remove it without totally confusing Windows
Explorer. This may seem like an unimportant issue but it indicates
Microsoft's attempt to steer you toward their software, when there are
often
better options out there...especially for playing videos.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.....and thanks for taking this under
consideration.

Marc


I went back to reset
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Marc,

Windows Explorer could not make sense of WMP file associations for WMP!

Any error message? Removing the shell extensions does not usually screw
the
file association.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Sasha Gottfried" <sashago@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I disasbled the ShellEx View listing for "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher"
and that removed the context menu item but then Windows Explorer could
not
make sense of WMP file associations for WMP! Thankfully I re-enabled it
and
Windows Exoplorer is OK.

But I'm stll wondering how to get rid of that Right Context Item w/o
screwing up windows explorer.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Marc


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You're welcome Marc.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Sasha Gottfried" <sashago@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks very much.........The Shell Extension Manager For Windows is a
great
utility!

Marc


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Manage the context-menu entries for files, folders, drives and
Namespace
objects:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com










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