Vista - viewing \ downloading MPEG files

I noticed that weeks ago I could simply click at a site with an MPEG file
and view it without having to download it.

Now I am forced (at least at one site) to download it. What can I change of
anything to have Vista automatically open it and view it from the remote
site.

Thanks, DH

I should give more information, the file extension is tv ( *.tv ). I do
not see it listed in File Associations.

Suggestions? Thanks, DH

Dave Horne" <davehorne@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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No one responded .... but in the meantime I tried a few things and 'solved'
my problem.

I went to Start \ Default Programs \ Set program access and program defaults
.... and reset a few items.

In the future I'll have a better idea what to do when this happens again.


"Dave Horne" <davehorne@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Do you have Nero on this system? I'd be interested in knowing what third
party player might have caused this by misregistering the file association.
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"Dave Horne" <davehorne@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I had installed a 'video' program - a well known program though I can't
remember the name at the moment, uninstalled it, but it didn't revert the
settings back to Media Player. I did this manually and then everything was
OK.

It would be great if in these situations, Windows would prompt the user
with - I see you do not have a program associated with this file - let's
take a look .... instead of simply asking me if I want to save the file to
the hard drive. Had I not known where to look, I would have been really
confused.

Problem solved. Thanks.


"zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just remembered the program I uninstalled - WinAmp


"zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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There actually is an association set up, but that third party player has
broken the association - running that step simply has WMP rebuild the
association. Since that requires administrative privileges, there's not a
great solution *readily* available other than that.

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"Dave Horne" <davehorne@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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