Icon opens wrong player.

[Guest]

When I click on a specific desktop icon, it opens the Realplayer. Nothing
happens, because its rtsp://video.rfn.ru/rtr-planeta/video plays only in
Windows Media Player.

How can I change the icon, so that it automatically opens with windows media
player?

Thanks in advance, Gerhard

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Right click a file, point to Open With and then click Choose Program.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Thanks for helping. When I right click the desktop icon, only “open†(not
“open withâ€) appears. Clicking open brings up Realplayer. It does not give me
the choice of selecting windows media player.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You should probably try a Windows Media Player newsgroup.

Open Windows Media Player | Tools | Options |
File Types tab | Click the Select All button |
Click Apply | Click OK

Select All
[[Click to select all the file types in the File types list.]]

[[If you install other multimedia playback programs on your computer, they
may interfere with your Player file types settings. For more information
about setting file type ownership in other multimedia playback programs, see
the documentation that came with those programs. ]]

[[If you want to make another player the default player for a specific file
type, clear the check box for it in the File types list. ]]

[[If a selected check box is dimmed, Windows Media Player has only partial
ownership of the file type. Multiple file extensions are assigned to the
file type, but the Player only plays some of those extensions by default. To
give the Player full ownership of a file type, double-click the dimmed check
box. ]]

Setting file type options help...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/player_overview_formats.htm

Supported file types help...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...
hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/supportedfileformats.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Even after I selected all file types (in Windows Media Player | Tools |
Options |File Types tab | Click the Select All button | Click Apply | Click
OK), clicking on the desktop icon still opened the wrong Realplayer.

Thanks for your help and your suggestion to contact a windows media player
newsgroup.

Gerhard

You should probably try a Windows Media Player newsgroup.

Open Windows Media Player | Tools | Options |
File Types tab | Click the Select All button |
Click Apply | Click OK

Select All
[[Click to select all the file types in the File types list.]]

[[If you install other multimedia playback programs on your computer, they
may interfere with your Player file types settings. For more information
about setting file type ownership in other multimedia playback programs, see
the documentation that came with those programs. ]]

[[If you want to make another player the default player for a specific file
type, clear the check box for it in the File types list. ]]

[[If a selected check box is dimmed, Windows Media Player has only partial
ownership of the file type. Multiple file extensions are assigned to the
file type, but the Player only plays some of those extensions by default. To
give the Player full ownership of a file type, double-click the dimmed check
box. ]]

Setting file type options help...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/player_overview_formats.htm

Supported file types help...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...
hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/supportedfileformats.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for helping. When I right click the desktop icon, only “openâ€Â
(not “open withâ€Â) appears. Clicking open brings up Realplayer. It
does not give me the choice of selecting windows media player.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

rtsp://video.rfn.ru/rtr-planeta/video

RTR-Planeta is a television channel dedicated to Russian speakers across the
globe.

rtr-planeta
http://en.rtr-planeta.com/

http://en.rtr-planeta.com/help

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Even after I selected all file types (in Windows Media Player | Tools |
Options |File Types tab | Click the Select All button | Click Apply |
Click OK), clicking on the desktop icon still opened the wrong Realplayer.

Thanks for your help and your suggestion to contact a windows media player
newsgroup.

Gerhard

You should probably try a Windows Media Player newsgroup.

Open Windows Media Player | Tools | Options |
File Types tab | Click the Select All button |
Click Apply | Click OK

Select All
[[Click to select all the file types in the File types list.]]

[[If you install other multimedia playback programs on your computer,
they may interfere with your Player file types settings. For more
information about setting file type ownership in other multimedia
playback programs, see the documentation that came with those programs.
]]

[[If you want to make another player the default player for a specific
file type, clear the check box for it in the File types list. ]]

[[If a selected check box is dimmed, Windows Media Player has only
partial ownership of the file type. Multiple file extensions are
assigned to the file type, but the Player only plays some of those
extensions by default. To give the Player full ownership of a file type,
double-click the dimmed check box. ]]

Setting file type options help...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/player_overview_formats.htm

Supported file types help...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...
hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/supportedfileformats.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for helping. When I right click the desktop icon, only
“open†(not “open withâ€Â) appears. Clicking open
brings up Realplayer. It does not give me the choice of selecting
windows media player.

:

Right click a file, point to Open With and then click Choose Program.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Gerhard <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
When I click on a specific desktop icon, it opens the Realplayer.
Nothing happens, because its rtsp://video.rfn.ru/rtr-planeta/video
plays only in Windows Media Player.

How can I change the icon, so that it automatically opens with windows
media player?

Thanks in advance, Gerhard