Help - Windows Media Player in Vista

In Windows XP, I can select the type of files, such as mp3 or wav,
I want to play using 'Windows Media Player'. How do I select or
un-select to play the type of media files while I am running
Windows Vista? I don't see any 'File Types' in Tools, Options....,
in Windows Media Player running in Vista.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Hi,

There is no in-depth file types utility in Vista like there was in previous
versions of Windows. However, if you go to the Control Panel/Default
Programs, there is a link to associate a file type with a program. Also,
many media players (WMP included) also have settings within their
options/preferences to set them as the default player for certain file
types.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OtbhQIG6HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> In Windows XP, I can select the type of files, such as mp3 or wav,
> I want to play using 'Windows Media Player'. How do I select or
> un-select to play the type of media files while I am running Windows
> Vista? I don't see any 'File Types' in Tools, Options...., in Windows
> Media Player running in Vista.
> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>

Thank you so much.



"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message news:eAos7WJ6HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> There is no in-depth file types utility in Vista like there was in previous
> versions of Windows. However, if you go to the Control Panel/Default
> Programs, there is a link to associate a file type with a program. Also,
> many media players (WMP included) also have settings within their
> options/preferences to set them as the default player for certain file
> types.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "User66" <user66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OtbhQIG6HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> In Windows XP, I can select the type of files, such as mp3 or wav,
>> I want to play using 'Windows Media Player'. How do I select or
>> un-select to play the type of media files while I am running Windows
>> Vista? I don't see any 'File Types' in Tools, Options...., in Windows
>> Media Player running in Vista.
>> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>>
>