hi.

i'd like some tech advice..

i am trying to set 1 of my media players to play media files online- right now, it's defaulted to winamp... and i don't want- i want it to be set to windows media player.

how do i do it?

i've set windows media player to open all files anyway, but it won't open them online

it's important to me i work this out- because a website i use to update my internet radio uses windows media player as the way you can test to see if the streams are actually working

thanks..

[FooZe]

I don't know the answer but here's where I'd look. Windows usually has a way to associate file types (.doc, .jpg, .wav, etc.) with the application that you want it to use to open the file. How/where this is done varies from one Windows version to another. In XP, for instance, it's done through Control Panel > Folder Options > File Types. When I scroll down to .WAV and click on it to select it, it tells me (below) that such files are opened with Windows Media Player (and there's a "Change" button).

My impression is that browsers keep their own list of file types and associated applications and that they don't always consult Windows. I've had a hard time telling Firefox that when I ask to view a .jpg file attached to an email, I always want it to open the file in Firefox, not in Photoshop or Paint. Firefox will do what I ask each time but never remember the checkbox, "Do this automatically with files of this type."

okay, well, that's a start.

thanks..

[pachyderm]

I wondered what "fies" were...

I am feeling a bit snarky this morning.

[Oxidopamine]

First, make sure your OS is correctly associating the file types with the desired program. Go to Start and type "set your default programs" (without the quotes). Click on the button under the Control Panel category with that name. On the menu to the left, find Windows Media Player -> Choose defaults for this program. Make sure they're all checked off. You can also do this for file associations by going to Start -> Default Programs -> Associate a file type or protocol with a program. These two do the same thing but from different directions.

If the above doesn't work, then you'll have to set Windows Media Player for your browser. The steps for this depends on the browser you're using.

Originally Posted by Oxidopamine

First, make sure your OS is correctly associating the file types with the desired program. Go to Start and type "set your default programs" (without the quotes). Click on the button under the Control Panel category with that name. On the menu to the left, find Windows Media Player -> Choose defaults for this program. Make sure they're all checked off. You can also do this for file associations by going to Start -> Default Programs -> Associate a file type or protocol with a program. These two do the same thing but from different directions.

If the above doesn't work, then you'll have to set Windows Media Player for your browser. The steps for this depends on the browser you're using.

this is great.

thanks for the reply.