goku21 Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMikeM Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolookingca Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 did you try to start the program it's supposed to run? That usually get the program to associate the file extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku21 Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku21 Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 Same trouble here. The only files it plays without asking is MS media formats.I get the issue even with MS Format =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku21 Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy20 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 I believe you need to remove the "LegacyDisable" reg key. Search for it with RegEdit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku21 Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolookingca Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 this is more generic, but it might help:http://mvps.org/sramesh2k/yahooprofiles.htmfrom the page:Procedure 2:Click Start, Run and type the following command exactly:REGSVR32 /i SHDOCVW.DLLProcedure 3:Try the IEFix utility available here:http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFIX.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skorpion Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku21 Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder2k Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku21 Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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