Vista - Assign playback to WMP

How do I assign default playback of certain file types to the 64-bit
wmplayer.exe? (Note that I still need the 32-bit WMP to open other file types
by default.) And why is it that in Vista x64 the 64-bit player is not the
default one?

What file types do you want to assign? Assigning *some* to that is
difficult, swapping them all over is easier.

The 64bit player isn't the default because third parties don't really fully
support 64bit yet. Same as with Internet Explorer. That'd be rude to leave
everyone else in the dust at this juncture. =)

If you're a poweruser, look up my previous references (many people have
referenced this externally) to /SwapTo:64 . (Don't forget the Path fix.)
With that in hand, you could track the registry changes and revert back what
you want to WMP-32. But a mixed environment probably won't really work
properly. If you tell me you work with disabled or autistic children I'll
probably be willing to figure out how to mostly get it to work best, but
it'd be a rather a headache, frankly, and you probably want me spending my
time doing more interesting things anyways. =)

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"HrundiBakshi" <HrundiBakshi@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> What file types do you want to assign? Assigning *some* to that isYeah, *some* but not all is the interesting option, I'm afraid. Why is it
that Vista makes this so hard? It would not have been a hassle in WinXP,
where you can just assign filetypes manually to programs of your choice.

Anyway, Iguess I'll just switch everything to the 64 bit player for now. How
do I do that? I take it, this has been deteiled somewhere on your webpage,
right? I'l look it up right away...

Thanks.

It wouldn't have been possible in Windows XP, since there's never previously
been a 64-bit native version of the player shipping alongside a 32-bit
version of the player. =)

If you want to use the 64bit version of WMP as the default player on Vista
64-bit, run "unregmp2.exe /SwapTo:64" from an ELEVATED (admin) cmd.exe
prompt and then set registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\wmplayer.exe, "Path" to
be "%Programfiles%\Windows Media Player". To undo that, reset the "Path"
value and then run "unregmp2.exe /SwapTo:32" from an elevated cmd.exe
prompt.

Cheers,
-Zach
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