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Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista

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Written by:Tim Thomas
3/12/2007

After installing Media Player Classic on windows Vista, I couldn't seem to get it to act as the default video player even though all the settings in windows explorer suggested that it was the default player.

After alot of Googling, it seemed that others were experiencing the same problem, but I couldn't find any solutions. Although the default program for the .avi file type was Media Player Classic, avi files were always launching in Windows Media Player 11. This was driving me mad!!

I'd installed Media Player Classic which was part of the KLite Codec Pac, the version I installed was circa March 2006.

I simply upgraded my my version of Media Player Classic by downloading the latest stable version from here, then overwriting the original mplayerc.exe file from my
Program Files/k-lite codec pack/media player classic folder

After that, in Media Player Classic go to:
View > Options > Formats

then be sure the Video File checkbox is checked - this will set media player classic to be the default program for avi files in windows vista.

Hope this helps someone else!

Tim

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8 comments so far...

Re: Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista
Thanks man for advice.
It worked.
Now i will concentrate in changing the icons of vista with the xp's ones, basically i am trying to get the best from my 1920x1200 screen...vista shell doing a very poor job in that way...

By Tokra on 6/01/2008

Re: Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista
Nice one Tim

This was driving my crazy!

This also applies to XP (what I'm using)

"View > Options > Formats" is the key here.

By Mike on 5/06/2008

Re: Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista
i tried this it did not work,ime using vista

By johnn6 on 20/07/2008

Re: Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista
Didn't work for me on Vista either unfortunately :(

By Luke on 6/08/2008

Re: Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista
thanks, seems like that build is more vista compatible

By magnus on 8/09/2008

Re: Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista
maybe a tangent.............
how do you reset MPC to the default settings?
i made the mistake of setting the video frame to 'normal size',
now i cannot stretch the video to fit my pc or tv screen.
anyone?

By audiam on 11/10/2008

Re: Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista
Audiam > Yes, it's quite easy. View > Video Frame > Touch window from Inside

By Tim on 13/10/2008

Re: Media Player Classic - set as default player in Vista
this is working for me. but all of the files that open with MPC have a stupid icon:
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/3664/icon02hv.png

is it supposed to be like this?

By xhcsurge on 22/10/2008

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