Windows Media Player file type annoyances

  • Thread starter André Gulliksen
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André Gulliksen

I am running Windows XP Professional with SP2 installed. I also have Windows
Media Player 10 installed. WMP is _not_ my preferred player, and it is not
the default application for any major media types. Still I find that most of
the entries in the context menu when I right click a media type are
WMP-related. I have tried editing the file types in the registry, but I am
unable to find any registry entries for the following options:

- Add to Now Playing list
- Add to Playlist...
- Add to Sync List
- Add to Burn List
- Play with Media Player

I consider these to be clutter on my context-menu. The only WMP-related
entry I want for my media files is under the "Open With" submenu. Apart from
that I want to rip out all of the above and leave them bleeding on the
ground. But how on earth do I do this? I do not find them in the registry,
and I don't find any options in WMP to remove them.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi André,

See if this command helps, from Start, Run:

regsvr32 /u wmpshell.dll
 

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