how can i stop media player being default player

[stackner]

i have windows 7. just installed sp1. now all my videos play in media player. even if i right click a file and choose a new programe and tick always use this program the next time i open the file its back to media player. i can not find a way to stop windows media player being the default now.

[darkknight145]

What player do you want to be the default?
You should be able to set this up in the player you want to use, look for associations or extensions

[stackner]

media player classic.

tried everything. but since installing win7 sp1 it just keeps defaulting back to windows media player

[redwudz]

MPC-HC did the same on my W7 computers. Apparently it's not easily included in the context menus. (Shows up when you R click a file.) I finally got it to stay there, but don't remember how. Maybe just re-installing it.

[jagabo]

Start MPCHC as Administrator, select View -> Options -> Player -> Formats, select all file types you want it to play.

[stackner]

does not work for me with plain old MPC not MPCHC . it was fine until i installed win7 sp1. i would right click choose mpc as default and from then on double clicking a file would open it in mpc but now its always windows media player crap.

[stackner]

ok its working for MPCHC version so ill use it. cheers.