File associations for AVI and MPG corrupted after installing Nero

[Rufus Firefly]

I installed Nero 7 ultra edition trial version and later uninstalled
it. I did not assign any file associations to Nero but after removing
it, my avi, mpg, and dvr-ms associations with Windows media player 10
had been removed. Reassigning them is easy enough but problems remain
with other programs, most notably Forte Agent 1.93. Now when I try
to launch from Agent I get the oft reported "There is no application
associated with MIME type application/octet stream". I've gone
through all of the instructions for repairing this problem but nothing
seems to work. When I select an application (Windows Media Player, or
for that matter, any other app that plays the media type) I get a file
not found message. Tried to add a mime type in General Preferences
but that doesn't work either. I've seen dozens of reports specific to
Agent but no fixes (tried uninstalling and removing reg entries and
reinstalling but to no avail). I'd like to know if there is a fix but
also am curious as to why Nero seemingly created the problem. Thanks
My OS: WindowsXP SE Media Edition

 

[Jason Tsang]

Try reinstalling Media Player 10. Hopefully that will fix the issue.

Download WMP10 from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...53-3759-40cf-80d5-cde4bbe07999&DisplayLang=en

 

[Mungo Bulge]

I'm not much help, but there should be a warning label on Nero. The
un-installation of Nero and Roxio cause more problems the almost all
other software put together.
And that's all I'm going to say on that.

|I installed Nero 7 ultra edition trial version and later uninstalled
| it. I did not assign any file associations to Nero but after
removing
| it, my avi, mpg, and dvr-ms associations with Windows media player
10
| had been removed. Reassigning them is easy enough but problems
remain
| with other programs, most notably Forte Agent 1.93. Now when I try
| to launch from Agent I get the oft reported "There is no application
| associated with MIME type application/octet stream". I've gone
| through all of the instructions for repairing this problem but
nothing
| seems to work. When I select an application (Windows Media Player,
or
| for that matter, any other app that plays the media type) I get a
file
| not found message. Tried to add a mime type in General Preferences
| but that doesn't work either. I've seen dozens of reports specific
to
| Agent but no fixes (tried uninstalling and removing reg entries and
| reinstalling but to no avail). I'd like to know if there is a fix
but
| also am curious as to why Nero seemingly created the problem.
Thanks
| My OS: WindowsXP SE Media Edition

 

[Plato]

I installed Nero 7 ultra edition trial version and later uninstalled
it. I did not assign any file associations to Nero but after removing
it, my avi, mpg, and dvr-ms associations with Windows media player 10
had been removed. Reassigning them is easy enough but problems remain

File association fixes:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Image file association fixes:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm

 

[Rufus Firefly]

Thanks.
This (http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm) had a fix for mpg but
not for avi, which I still can't restore.

 

[Rufus Firefly]

there should be a warning label on Nero

Good point. I went into reg entries for media files and still found
Nero associations (NeroShowTime.Files7.avi) even though Nero is gone.

 

[No Body]

reinstalling but to no avail). I'd like to know if there is a fix but
also am curious as to why Nero seemingly created the problem. Thanks

Because Nero has grown to a bloated OS hog that arrogantly takes over file
associations without asking. At least I assume it didn't ask, I haven't
tried version 7. When you installed it, did it give you the option of
automatic or custom/advanced installs? If so, did you choose the custom
one? That's usually where a piece of software will ask you if you want to
re-associate different file types with it.