How to Make Windows Media Player Your Default Player (271949)

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To make Windows Media Player your default media player, follow these steps:

1. In Windows Media Player, click Tools, and then click Options.
2. On the Formats tab, under Available File Formats, click Select All to select all of the file formats listed (or you can click to select each individual check box).
3. Click Apply, and then click OK.

Windows Media Player is now your default media player for those selected media file formats.

You can click to select any of the file types, which Windows Media Player supports, to make Windows Media Player the default player for the specified file format. If you want to make another player the default player for a specific format, click to clear the appropriate check box in the Available File Formats list.

   CHECK BOX NAME                     FILE TYPE   
   ==============                     =========  
   Windows Media file                .asf, .asx, .wm, .wmx, .wmp
   Windows Media audio file          .wma, .wax
   Windows Media audio/video file    .wmv, .wvx
   Video file                        .avi
   Audio file                        .wav
   Movie File (MPEG)                 .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, .mpv2, and .mpa
   MP3 Format Sound                  .mp3, and .m3u
   MIDI file                         .mid, .midi, and .rmi
   Indeo Video File                  .ivf
   AIFF Format Sound                 .aif, .aifc, and .aiff
   AU Format Sound                   .au, and .snd
   CD Audio Track                    .cda
				

Note: If a check box appears gray, Windows Media Player has only partial ownership of this file type. Multiple file extensions are assigned to that format, but Windows Media Player only plays some of those extensions by default. To give Windows Media Player full ownership of a file type, double-click the gray check box.