"Play With Media Player"

  • Thread starter Sasha Gottfried
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Sasha Gottfried

Hi,

How can I get this right context menu item: "Play With Media Player"
removed from my various video files?

Thanks,

marc
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

S

Sasha Gottfried

Thanks very much.........The Shell Extension Manager For Windows is a great
utility!

Marc
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

You're welcome Marc.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks very much.........The Shell Extension Manager For Windows is a great
utility!

Marc
 
S

Sasha Gottfried

Hi,

I disasbled the ShellEx View listing for "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher"
and that removed the context menu item but then Windows Explorer could not
make sense of WMP file associations for WMP! Thankfully I re-enabled it and
Windows Exoplorer is OK.

But I'm stll wondering how to get rid of that Right Context Item w/o
screwing up windows explorer.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Marc


Ramesh said:
You're welcome Marc.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks very much.........The Shell Extension Manager For Windows is a
great
utility!

Marc


Ramesh said:
Manage the context-menu entries for files, folders, drives and Namespace
objects:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Marc,

Any error message? Removing the shell extensions does not usually screw the
file association.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,

I disasbled the ShellEx View listing for "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher"
and that removed the context menu item but then Windows Explorer could not
make sense of WMP file associations for WMP! Thankfully I re-enabled it and
Windows Exoplorer is OK.

But I'm stll wondering how to get rid of that Right Context Item w/o
screwing up windows explorer.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Marc


Ramesh said:
You're welcome Marc.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks very much.........The Shell Extension Manager For Windows is a
great
utility!

Marc


Ramesh said:
Manage the context-menu entries for files, folders, drives and Namespace
objects:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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S

Sasha Gottfried

First, the "play with media player" RCMI shows up when I right-click on
files in my Video Folder! This folder has all my MPG, MPEG, and AVI files.
It does not appear in my Music Folder (Mp3, WMA, Wav files).

After disabling "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher" in the Shellex program
I can play the video files in Windows Explorer w/o a problem. But when I
click (or double-click) on an Mp3, Wave or WMA file in Windows Explorer, the
icon turns pale gray and nothing happens. I then go back and reset the file
associations. The Mp3 files will temporarily open up in
WindowsExplorer....... but then the Wave files won't.....or they'll open in
"Sound Recorder.....or I'll get a message that WMP can't play the file!

All the files play from WMP open command within the player but trying to use
Windows Explorer (the most convenient access) becomes impossible unless I
re-enable the "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher" in the Shellex program.

It would appear that this context menu item is intricately woven into XP and
WMP. Unless there is a way to remove it without totally confusing Windows
Explorer. This may seem like an unimportant issue but it indicates
Microsoft's attempt to steer you toward their software, when there are often
better options out there...especially for playing videos.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.....and thanks for taking this under
consideration.

Marc


I went back to reset
Ramesh said:
Marc,

Any error message? Removing the shell extensions does not usually screw
the
file association.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,

I disasbled the ShellEx View listing for "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher"
and that removed the context menu item but then Windows Explorer could not
make sense of WMP file associations for WMP! Thankfully I re-enabled it
and
Windows Exoplorer is OK.

But I'm stll wondering how to get rid of that Right Context Item w/o
screwing up windows explorer.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Marc


Ramesh said:
You're welcome Marc.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks very much.........The Shell Extension Manager For Windows is a
great
utility!

Marc


Ramesh said:
Manage the context-menu entries for files, folders, drives and Namespace
objects:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Sasha,

I've tried to repro the problem in my system, and yes, disabling "WMP Play
As Playlist Launcher" causes the same problem as you said. "Play" action is
removed from the context-menu. Anyway, I don't see a "Play with Media
Player" option in the right-click menu.

Is it ok to rename "Play with Media Player" to "Play" ? If so, post a file
association report here.

FileExtInfo - View the association settings for a file type easily:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


First, the "play with media player" RCMI shows up when I right-click on
files in my Video Folder! This folder has all my MPG, MPEG, and AVI files.
It does not appear in my Music Folder (Mp3, WMA, Wav files).

After disabling "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher" in the Shellex program
I can play the video files in Windows Explorer w/o a problem. But when I
click (or double-click) on an Mp3, Wave or WMA file in Windows Explorer, the
icon turns pale gray and nothing happens. I then go back and reset the file
associations. The Mp3 files will temporarily open up in
WindowsExplorer....... but then the Wave files won't.....or they'll open in
"Sound Recorder.....or I'll get a message that WMP can't play the file!

All the files play from WMP open command within the player but trying to use
Windows Explorer (the most convenient access) becomes impossible unless I
re-enable the "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher" in the Shellex program.

It would appear that this context menu item is intricately woven into XP and
WMP. Unless there is a way to remove it without totally confusing Windows
Explorer. This may seem like an unimportant issue but it indicates
Microsoft's attempt to steer you toward their software, when there are often
better options out there...especially for playing videos.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.....and thanks for taking this under
consideration.

Marc


I went back to reset
Ramesh said:
Marc,

Any error message? Removing the shell extensions does not usually screw
the
file association.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,

I disasbled the ShellEx View listing for "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher"
and that removed the context menu item but then Windows Explorer could not
make sense of WMP file associations for WMP! Thankfully I re-enabled it
and
Windows Exoplorer is OK.

But I'm stll wondering how to get rid of that Right Context Item w/o
screwing up windows explorer.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Marc


Ramesh said:
You're welcome Marc.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks very much.........The Shell Extension Manager For Windows is a
great
utility!

Marc


Ramesh said:
Manage the context-menu entries for files, folders, drives and Namespace
objects:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
S

Sasha Gottfried

The "Play with Media Player" option in the right-click menu shows up in my
videos folder (for some reason)....not in the music files folder!

I'm not sure how to rename the "Play with Media Player item." There is no
evidence of it in the registry or in the file associations.

Marc
Ramesh said:
Sasha,

I've tried to repro the problem in my system, and yes, disabling "WMP Play
As Playlist Launcher" causes the same problem as you said. "Play" action
is
removed from the context-menu. Anyway, I don't see a "Play with Media
Player" option in the right-click menu.

Is it ok to rename "" to "Play" ? If so, post a file
association report here.

FileExtInfo - View the association settings for a file type easily:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


First, the "play with media player" RCMI shows up when I right-click on
files in my Video Folder! This folder has all my MPG, MPEG, and AVI files.
It does not appear in my Music Folder (Mp3, WMA, Wav files).

After disabling "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher" in the Shellex program
I can play the video files in Windows Explorer w/o a problem. But when I
click (or double-click) on an Mp3, Wave or WMA file in Windows Explorer,
the
icon turns pale gray and nothing happens. I then go back and reset the
file
associations. The Mp3 files will temporarily open up in
WindowsExplorer....... but then the Wave files won't.....or they'll open
in
"Sound Recorder.....or I'll get a message that WMP can't play the file!

All the files play from WMP open command within the player but trying to
use
Windows Explorer (the most convenient access) becomes impossible unless I
re-enable the "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher" in the Shellex program.

It would appear that this context menu item is intricately woven into XP
and
WMP. Unless there is a way to remove it without totally confusing Windows
Explorer. This may seem like an unimportant issue but it indicates
Microsoft's attempt to steer you toward their software, when there are
often
better options out there...especially for playing videos.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.....and thanks for taking this under
consideration.

Marc


I went back to reset
Ramesh said:
Marc,
Windows Explorer could not make sense of WMP file associations for WMP!
Click to expand...

Any error message? Removing the shell extensions does not usually screw
the
file association.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,

I disasbled the ShellEx View listing for "WMP Play As Playlist Launcher"
and that removed the context menu item but then Windows Explorer could
not
make sense of WMP file associations for WMP! Thankfully I re-enabled it
and
Windows Exoplorer is OK.

But I'm stll wondering how to get rid of that Right Context Item w/o
screwing up windows explorer.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Marc


Ramesh said:
You're welcome Marc.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks very much.........The Shell Extension Manager For Windows is a
great
utility!

Marc


Manage the context-menu entries for files, folders, drives and
Namespace
objects:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

I'm not sure how to rename the "Play with Media Player item."

Post a file association report for that video file tye (.wmv ?). Pls see the
link to "FileExtInfo" tool that I posted earlier.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The "Play with Media Player" option in the right-click menu shows up in my
videos folder (for some reason)....not in the music files folder!

I'm not sure how to rename the "Play with Media Player item." There is no
evidence of it in the registry or in the file associations.

Marcnews:%[email protected]...
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Marc,

Saved the logs and will look into it this week-end.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Attached are the file association reports for the files where "Play With
Media Palyer" shows up as a RCMU.

Marc


Ramesh said:
Post a file association report for that video file tye (.wmv ?). Pls see
the
link to "FileExtInfo" tool that I posted earlier.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The "Play with Media Player" option in the right-click menu shows up in my
videos folder (for some reason)....not in the music files folder!

I'm not sure how to rename the "Play with Media Player item." There is no
evidence of it in the registry or in the file associations.

Marc
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S

Sasha Gottfried

Thanks,

Marc


Ramesh said:
Marc,

Saved the logs and will look into it this week-end.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Attached are the file association reports for the files where "Play With
Media Palyer" shows up as a RCMU.

Marc


Ramesh said:
I'm not sure how to rename the "Play with Media Player item."
Click to expand...

Post a file association report for that video file tye (.wmv ?). Pls see
the
link to "FileExtInfo" tool that I posted earlier.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The "Play with Media Player" option in the right-click menu shows up in
my
videos folder (for some reason)....not in the music files folder!

I'm not sure how to rename the "Play with Media Player item." There is no
evidence of it in the registry or in the file associations.

Marc
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