Re: Stuck WAV definition

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Peter Hucker (hucker_at_clara.co.uk)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:21:30 +0100

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:32:59 +0100, Alex Nichol <alexn.mvpdts@ntlworld.delete.com> wrote:

> Peter Hucker wrote:
>
>> Double-clicking a WAV file always opens a horribly old looking media player (looks like win3.1), there is no entry in file types, and nothing for wav in the registry - I deleted it in anger. If I right click, open with, select an app, and tick always, it doesn't remember it.
>
> Presuming you want to use the present Windows Media Player, load that
> from Start - All Programs and take its Tools - Options - File Types.
> Check Windows audio (wav) and OK, and it will set up its association.
> Similarly other player programs you might want to use, eg Winamp - just
> have it checked in one only

Thanks! Doing that in media player seemed to fix whatever weird stuff had happened in the registry, allowing me to then adjust it to use what I wanted. 

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