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| | Setting Program Defaults I am having an issue playing DVD movies on Windows Media Player 11 in Vista. Media player opens up, recognizes the move, then closes. PowerDVD then opens and plays the movie. I have changed the settings in the Program Access and Defaults but they revert back after I exit the window. For example, under "Choose a default media player," I selected "Windows Media Player" then saved the setting and exited the window. When I go back in, "Use my current media player" is selected. Does anyone know what is happening or how to fix this? |
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| | Re: Setting Program Defaults Try creating a new admin user, and test that. If it works, you may need to copy your old profile settings to the new account. 811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811151 -- Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer Mark L. Ferguson .. "EJ" <EJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A82A2941-B883-484D-8154-E722F88DF05F@xxxxxx Quote: > I am having an issue playing DVD movies on Windows Media Player 11 in > Vista. > > Media player opens up, recognizes the move, then closes. PowerDVD then > opens and plays the movie. I have changed the settings in the Program > Access > and Defaults but they revert back after I exit the window. For example, > under "Choose a default media player," I selected "Windows Media Player" > then > saved the setting and exited the window. When I go back in, "Use my > current > media player" is selected. > > Does anyone know what is happening or how to fix this? |
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| | Re: Setting Program Defaults "Use my current Media Player" is just shorthand for "leave things the way they are" and doesn't mean anything further. It doesn't know what player is the default there. Windows Media Player opens up and then closes? I am utterly familiar with this behavior, if that's what you're saying happens. That would be strange. It's not crashing, just -- shutting down... ? -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "EJ" <EJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A82A2941-B883-484D-8154-E722F88DF05F@xxxxxx Quote: >I am having an issue playing DVD movies on Windows Media Player 11 in >Vista. > > Media player opens up, recognizes the move, then closes. PowerDVD then > opens and plays the movie. I have changed the settings in the Program > Access > and Defaults but they revert back after I exit the window. For example, > under "Choose a default media player," I selected "Windows Media Player" > then > saved the setting and exited the window. When I go back in, "Use my > current > media player" is selected. > > Does anyone know what is happening or how to fix this? |
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