How to Set Windows Media Player As Your Default Music Player
Microsoft produces a free media player called Windows Media Player. The player enables users to listen to, rate and sort music as well as create playlists, copy (burn) music to a CD and purchase music from pay sites. When you insert a CD into your computer or when you download a music file and click on it, Windows will usually ask you which program you want to use to listen to the music. If you want to ensure that Windows always uses Media Player, set it as your default (automatic-selection) music player.
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Instructions
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Music CDs
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Change your computer's autoplay settings for music CDs. An autoplay designation means that whenever a music CD is inserted, a predesignated program automatically runs to play the music. Click the Windows Start button (located at the lower-left side of your desktop), then "Control Panel" and then "Hardware and Sound."
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Click "AutoPlay." In the window that opens, set the default player for all music. Next to "Audio CD," click the down arrow and scroll down until you see "Play audio CD using Windows Media Player." Click once on this option to select it.
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Continue selecting Windows Media Player as the default music player for enhanced-audio CD and audio files.
Music Files
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Select Windows Media Player as the default music player for music files. Each time you attempt to open a music file, Windows will open a window asking you which program you want to use to run the file.
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Select "Windows Media Player," then click the box for "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file," and then click OK.
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Attempt to open another music file. If Windows Media Player is not automatically used to play the music, the audio file probably has a different extension. (For a list of music file extensions, log on to fileinfo.com.) Repeat the preceding steps to set Windows Media Player as the default music player for this new file type.
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