Annoyance with media files

[GreenMachine]

For those interested:

; Allow WMP to play.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AIFFFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AIFFFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASFFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASFFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASXFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASXFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AUFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AUFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIDFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIDFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mpegfile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mpegfile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SoundRec\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SoundRec\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WAXFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WAXFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wmafile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wmafile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMP.DVR-MSFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMP.DVR-MSFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMVFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMVFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WPLFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WPLFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WVXFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WVXFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-

[Skorpion]

thanks for the help, it worked!

[_Shorty]

thanks, this does get rid of the repeating open-with problem. Now I just need to figure out why it thinks it doesn't have codecs to play plain old mpg 1 files, no sound.

[WwTIPPYwW]

**** - I spent the weekend reinstalling XP like 4 times trying to get around this....WwTIPPYwW

[Marsden]

4 times? What was wrong with your system?

[WwTIPPYwW]

4 times? What was wrong with your system?

this legacy crap - installed - made some changes/tweaks and then I'd go to Media Player and it was screwed.