Nucleus Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 After the installation of PowerDVD 6.0 some of the video file extensions are assigned to PowerDVD for playing. I would like all video files to be played with Windows Media Player 10. (mpg, mpeg, avi, wmv, asf, etc..) How can I do that?Thanks
Nucleus Posted August 24, 2005 Author Posted August 24, 2005 I have tried this, with no luck@echo offcmdow @ /HID::Short %PF% VariableFOR %%A IN ("%PROGRAMFILES%") DO SET SHORTPF=%%~sAREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mpg\shell\Open\command" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /Open \"%%L\"" /fREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mpg\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe,0" /fREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mpeg\shell\Open\command" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /Open \"%%L\"" /fREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mpeg\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe,0" /fREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mp3\shell\Open\command" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /Open \"%%L\"" /fREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mp3\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe,0" /fREG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mpg" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fREG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mpg" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fREG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mpeg" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fREG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mpeg" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fREG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mp3" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fREG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mp3" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Redcloud Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 It seems that there is a much simpler way to do this. You could go to settings - folder options - reset. I believe Windows places Media Player as a default setting. The reason I'm putting in my I don't know what I'm talking about, I recently installed a bitmap editor that reset my default setting from Windows image viewer to the editor so when I open the image it loads the bitmap editor program to view. There seems to be a much easier way to change the file association.
Nucleus Posted August 29, 2005 Author Posted August 29, 2005 Assoc.cmd@echo offassoc .mpg=WMP.mpegfileassoc .mpeg=WMP.mpegfileftype WMP.mpegfile="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" %1assoc .mp3=WMP.mp3fileftype WMP.mp3file="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" %1Thanks to Batch World
Redcloud Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 Thanks. In my case it was settings - folder options - file types - change
Nucleus Posted August 29, 2005 Author Posted August 29, 2005 Thanks. In my case it was settings - folder options - file types - change <{POST_SNAPBACK}>How can you do that unattended?
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