Winamp Messed My Win Media Player

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10-13-2003, 02:22 PM
silent VI

i downloaded winamp and once i finished installin it i couldnt use my windows media player and it changed all my files into ithink a .amp file typethis was not cool so i uninstalled winamp and my windows media player still wouldnt work and my file types wheres still left as .amp so i reinstalled the newest version of windows media player and it works and all now but all my file icons look the same instead of mpg files being gree avi grey mp3 gold did i install a diffrent version of WMP if so ne 1 know what the other version i was using with diffrent icons per file type and once in reinstall this how would i install winamp without it messing with my WMP and my file types

Thanx to ne1 who can help
10-13-2003, 05:03 PM
clocker

Winamp didn't really "mess up" your file types, it simply did what it was trained to do...associate itself with all the available file extensions.
Next time, right after you install Winamp, go to Options>Preferences>Setup>File Types and only check the extensions that you want WinAmp to play.
10-13-2003, 06:31 PM
Izagaia

You can also do this (for XP users) to make system-wide changes by going into:

control panel>add or remove programs>set program access and defaults

...and then just configure which applications you want to open whichever file-types you wish.
10-13-2003, 06:44 PM
Kunal

Quote:

(for XP users)

should be for XP sp1 users! as this is added by sp1!
10-14-2003, 02:52 AM
silent VI

;) thanx a lot for the help clocker ill try that btw does ne1 know how to change my file icons so that there look difrent for diffrent files cause right now they all look the same and i like it how i had it before
10-14-2003, 02:59 AM
kurtsl0an

Quote:

Originally posted by DrunkeNStylE@14 October 2003 - 02:52
;) thanx a lot for the help clocker ill try that btw does ne1 know how to change my file icons so that there look difrent for diffrent files cause right now they all look the same and i like it how i had it before

icons will automatically change when u reassociate the extensions.
10-14-2003, 03:42 AM
silent VI

i ment with windows media player lol i get the winamp part but first i want to reinstall the version of windows media player with diifrent icons like mpg is green avi is grey currently my icons all look the same and when i search on kazaa the icons all look the same so i was wondering if i need an older version of win media player or somthing else?
10-14-2003, 05:26 AM
Nightwolf

Open Media Player.

Go to Tools and select Options.

Click on the File Types tab, and check all the boxes you want associated with it.

After that you should have the old-sytle icons back (you may need to reboot).
10-14-2003, 05:33 AM
silent VI

:D great thanx a lot Nightwolf ill try that now
10-14-2003, 05:48 AM
silent VI

nope no luck my media icons all stiill look the same i guess ill try instaling a diffrent version of WMP thanx anyways for the help every1
10-14-2003, 09:48 AM
Cl1mh4224rd

Did you try rebooting after your changes? Sometimes the icons won't change until you reboot, but it'll still open with the app you just associated it with.
10-14-2003, 10:02 AM
silent VI

yea i tried to reboot still no luck i think im just gonna dl an older version of wmp does ne know wich 1 im talkin bout (with the diffrent icons for files)
10-14-2003, 09:08 PM
Nightwolf

Yeah, I was wrong. For some stupid reason MS made all video icons look the same with newer versions of Media Player. If you want different icons for different video types, you need to install an older version. I have both 6.4 and 9 installed. I keep video files associated with 6.4 for a double-click, but if I want to use 9 I just right-click on a file and select 'Play with Media Player'.
10-15-2003, 08:53 AM
silent VI

so 6.4 is the version with diffrent icons?
10-15-2003, 08:49 PM
Nightwolf

Quote:

Originally posted by DrunkeNStylE@15 October 2003 - 03:53
so 6.4 is the version with diffrent icons?

Yes, you can get it here...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en

XP might tell you it's incompatible during installation, but I haven't had any problems with it.
10-15-2003, 09:05 PM
ObiWan

its already in all versions of windows
just go start>run and enter "mplayer2" without the quotes

For an even older version do the same as above replacing mplayer2 with mplay32
10-17-2003, 02:12 PM
silent VI

Quote:

Yes, you can get it here...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

XP might tell you it's incompatible during installation, but I haven't had any problems with it.

everything works fine now thanx a lot :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: i got my icons back
10-17-2003, 02:41 PM
clocker

You must really love those icons... :P
10-18-2003, 01:41 AM
Nightwolf

Quote:

Originally posted by clocker@17 October 2003 - 09:41
You must really love those icons... :P

:lol: I do too. I think it's nice to be able to see at a glance whether a video file is mpg, avi, or wmv.