Vista - WMP Default Associations Problem

Hey,


I've been fiddling with this for more than an hour now and it's driving me nuts. After
I installed Vista, I quicky set up WMP cause I wanted to listen to some music. Then
a few days later I got around to installing my fav audio and video player (Foobar and
KMPlayer). Both work but Vista won't let them open files by default. I tried setting
them both as the default program for their respective extensions via in program
preferences, but no go. Neither are listed under "Set your default programs". I tried
disassociating WMP, but all the boxes under "Set your default programs" are greyed
out and I can't change them. I CAN manually set each program (Foobar and KMPlayer)
the default choice by right clicking a file -> Open with -> Always use this program.
This way, Vista opens that file with the program chosen every time, the icon changes
plus, under "Set your default programs" -> "Windows Media Player" that extension that
I changed no longer has a tick next to it. Also, the the empty box is now editable,
meaning I can switch the asscociation back to WMP if I want. All other boxes are
still greyed out. Both programs can also be chosen manualy for each individual file
via Open with. But none of this is a solution. I want WMP to release it's hold on all of
its asscociations.

So does anyone know, how to disable all asscociations held by WMP so some other
program can grab them? I've been at it now for like forever and I'm kinda fed up with
it. If anyone needs any additional info, just ask. Any help is greatly appreaciated.


Thanks.

Can you do a system restore to the time before you installed Foobar and
KMPlayer? Then once that is done, remove all of the associations with Windows Media Player, and then install Foobar and KMPlayer. Finally, you should be able to set the appropriate defaults the way you want.

The only way system restore would help is if I restored all the way to before I setup WMP.
Which I did immediately after Vista installed. It seems WMP hasa mortal grip on those assocs
and the only way to relinquish them from it is by manually assigning each to the desired program. Very lame and time consuming.

Hey Slycer,

Try changing the filetypes from the Default Programs menu

It's nice that people try to help but I do wish they would atleast read what I wrote.

If there is an interface *inside* of either of the two players to set associations, then run each player as admin and set the associations from inside the player(s).

Are you sure you tried both options below instead of the "Set Default Programs" option because the other two do change filetypes aswell...

Control Panel\Default Programs\Set Associations
Control Panel\Default Programs\Set Program Access and Computer Defaults