Annoyance with media files

[goku21]

Everytime I try to open a media file (mpeg, wmv, etc.), windows xp always pops up the "Open With" dialog box. This just recently started happening with the new installation of SP2.

Has anyone else had this problem?

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Everytime I try to open a media file (mpeg, wmv, etc.), windows xp always pops up the "Open With" dialog box. This just recently started happening with the new installation of SP2.

Has anyone else had this problem?

What app do you use to play media files?

And do you have this problem only with video or also with music files?

[DMikeM]

Everytime I try to open a media file (mpeg, wmv, etc.), windows xp always pops up the "Open With" dialog box. This just recently started happening with the new installation of SP2.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Same trouble here. The only files it plays without asking is MS media formats.

[nolookingca]

did you try to start the program it's supposed to run? That usually get the program to associate the file extension.

[goku21]

What app do you use to play media files?

And do you have this problem only with video or also with music files?

I use WMP9 for my video files and Winamp for my audio.

This only happens with Video files.

[goku21]

Same trouble here. The only files it plays without asking is MS media formats.

I get the issue even with MS Format =(

[goku21]

did you try to start the program it's supposed to run? That usually get the program to associate the file extension.

Tried that just now and I get the same thing.

[Sammy20]

Kelly XPs corner has reg files that fixes video files associations

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/

Ill get a direct link to it later.

[GreenMachine]

I believe you need to remove the "LegacyDisable" reg key. Search for it with RegEdit.

[goku21]

I believe you need to remove the "LegacyDisable" reg key. Search for it with RegEdit.

I ran a search and found a s*** load of'em. Do I need to delete each one of them or is there a certain one I need to delete?

[nolookingca]

this is more generic, but it might help:

http://mvps.org/sramesh2k/yahooprofiles.htm

from the page:

Procedure 2:

Click Start, Run and type the following command exactly:

REGSVR32 /i SHDOCVW.DLL

Procedure 3:

Try the IEFix utility available here:

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFIX.htm

[Skorpion]

Did anyone resolve this issue?

Or any other tips?

I'm having the same problem, its only withj WMP, not winamp or any other application..

[goku21]

Did anyone resolve this issue?

Or any other tips?

I'm having the same problem, its only withj WMP, not winamp or any other application..

I did what greenmachine said to do and just went through and deleted every one that I found and it fixed my problem.

[Spyder2k]

Open Windows Media Player -> Tools Menu -> Options... -> File Types Tab. From there you can check all the filetypes you want to open with windows medai player. That is of course if you use windows medai player to play your medai files.

Or you can do right click the file -> Open With -> Choose Program... -> Select the program to open the filetype with and check the box "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"

[goku21]

Open Windows Media Player -> Tools Menu -> Options... -> File Types Tab. From there you can check all the filetypes you want to open with windows medai player. That is of course if you use windows medai player to play your medai files.

Or you can do right click the file -> Open With -> Choose Program... -> Select the program to open the filetype with and check the box "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"

WMP is set to play all media files except those not supported by it and MP3s for me. Everytime the "Open With" box popped up, I would always choose to open it WMP from now on, but that never fixed the issue before. The only was I fixed it was to delete every instance (though you probably don't have to) of LegacyDisable found in my registry.