how can i set windows media player to be my default media player?
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Open windows media player.  Go to tools, options, file types.  Click select all and hit ok.  You're done.
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You can either change the file associations (what they call MIME Type Assignments).  However, I would just re-install Media Player.  It will take over agin and its much easier.
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Per experience, Windows Media Player is a resource hog (but Media Player Classic is pretty light!).  Winamp (with classical skins), take up the least amount of memory, while Real Player in my experience is the worst of the bunch.
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Press start. click on Set Program Access and Default. Click custom. Scroll down to "Choose a Defaul MEdia Player" select Windows Media Player
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Open media player and then click 'tools - options - file types' then select each file type that you want media player to be the default for.
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his sounds like you selected to make quicktime the default player for ALL media formats.\nthis can be changed in the add remove programs section under my computer or the start menu. just scrool untill you find this and select the option that is not removing programs and that is not modifying windows installed programs. scroll around untill you find the options that should be easy to find from the location. just find the windows media player option and set it as default.\n\ni cant be more specific at this time as i've forgotten the exact names of what to look for as i'm currently concentrating on using the new VISTA beta.\n\ngood luck and i hope i've pointed you in the right direction.\ni just hope i've helped a little.
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Depends on the verison of Windows Media player that you have.\nYou can always install "Quicktime" to play MP4 files.\nI'm listening to one now.\n\nHere is the page where you can get the installer-\nhttp://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/mpeg4/\n\nmessage me if you have any questions.
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Well the easiest way to do that without losing anything else on your computer would be to uninstal Media Player 10 and go to: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/alldownloads.aspx\nat the top it you will have to choose the version that you would like to have, and from there you can install media player 9. :) HAVE FUN!\nKayla
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go to start click on set program and default access click on custom scroll down to media and check media player
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Download and install the newest Windows Media Codecs from: \n\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows... \n\nReinstall the correct Windows Media Player version for your operating system from \n\nthe following page: \n\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows... \n\nGood Luck \n\n\nhttp://search2.cc.dcn.yahoo.com/cct_sear...
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try Windows Media Player 11.\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx\nE
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I'm partial to windows media player....i never really liked it until version 11 (the new one) http://www.filehippo.com/download_windows_media_player/
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I do this often and it works all the time. Simply re-name  it to the file you want :EXAMPLE I named a changed a Windows media player to a wave file so I could have a certain player play a song. So go ahead a try it...
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Have you tried installing media player 10: \nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx
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>Right click the file.\n>click properties\n>click change (in the "Opens with" line.\n>choose "Windows Media Player"\n>click OK and OK again
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Start Windows Media player : \nStart > Run > Wmplayer {Press Enter}\nClick on Tools > Options\nClick on File Types tab\nClick on Select All\nClick on Apply \nClick on OK\n\nWMP is now your default media player.
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It appears that you are trying to play a .WAV file, for which you do not have a player, or it is not properly installed.  You could have as your default player one that cannot play .WAV files.  Try making Windows Media Player your default.\n\nI hope this helps.