INSTRUCTIONS TO RESET YOUR DEFAULT MUSIC PLAYER TO

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

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Using Windows Explorer, find an MP3 file on your computer. 

              (Click for an alternate method)

After you have found the file, right click on the file and select 'Open With'

Select 'Windows Media Player' if it available.

 

 

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If it is not on the list,  select 'Choose Program' from the popup menu.

 

In the 'Open With' dialog box, select 'Windows Media Player'

 

 
In the dialog box, also click 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file'. This will make the selected application the default for this file type.

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If the application is not listed at all, you can browse for the application by clicking on the 'Browse' button.  Select the 'Windows Media Player' directory in 'Program Files', and click on the file 'wmplayer.exe', then click 'Open'. 

 

 

In the 'Open With' dialog box, click 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file'. This will make the selected application the default for this file type.

 

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Alternate Method:


Richt click on the Start button and select Explore to open Windows Explorer
Then click on Tools -> Folder Options
Click on the File Types tab.


 

Then select MP3 and in the lower 'Details' area, look at the program that the file type opens with.  If this is not set to Windows Media Player, click the Change... button and find Windows Media Player

If it's not listed, click on Browse.

 

Find the Windows Media player directory in Program Files and select the file wmplayer.exe.)
 

Then repeat the process with the file type M3U.

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If you are still having problems accessing MP3 files, please email the webmaster for further support.