Uberduck Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Knowing the immense wealth of techinical skill on this board :wink: :wink: .............. My default player for windows Xp has for some reason switched to real-player. I dont like this as my version of realplayer seems to crash real easy. I had a virus a while back which has totally f****d my computer. Firstly, how do I change back to media player as my default and secondly, why when I select to specifically open with media player does my computer now spring up a box loading the track before mediaplayer is open. Beofre it used to just open media player instantly, then load the track within. Totally confused???? :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 hmm, i don't understand that bit about the box popping up... But for your preferences, all u have to do is open media player, go into file - open up the option or preferences and look for file types - shoudl bring up a list of file types with check boxes next to em, make sure they are all checked and that shud restore media player as your default player :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberduck Posted June 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Cheers mate. Thats sorted it. Default is now media player and no w***y box keeps popping up. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 no probs timmmmmmmmmmy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aza Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 had a similar problem like this before, only with winamp and media player. I use winamp as my default player and media player (using microsoft monopoly technology) changed my settings... for anything you want to associate default files, applications with etc... open my computer > tools > folder options > file types here lists all file types associated on your computer, if you want to change things, for example, i use internet explorer to view jpegs, then change it here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadrant Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 The knowledge on here is always great Uberduck possibly the reason you got a virus was because you were downloading too much pornography? RealPlayer is a load of bollocks as well - it hi-jacks all the file extensions to make you use it. Why oh why did the BBC choose it as its default media medium? :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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