I also saw the "access denied" error in FileTypesMan on my system, so I analyzed it with Sysinternal's Process Monitor to see where it was failing on. This solved my immediate usability problem, it would still be great to know if there is a proper method that can be recommended to the users. mp3 registry entry changed to ProgId="3" and Hash="+ArSXyKb5G8=". mp3 association to 3, which is the existing association type from the properly installed WMP:Īfter running this command, the. Using the hacking method and tool described in that article I was able to set the. Fortunately, there is someone who figured it out: I cannot change these keys because I need to know how to generate the hash. I see two keys ProgId="VLC.mp3" and Hash="GmB3NDUc5ck=". Looking in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mp3\UserChoice, The reason why FileTypesMan cannot change the association type is because Windows started protecting association settings with a special secret hash. What is the proper way to make WMP the default media player, so it shows up in the Default apps list? mp3 file and select "Open with." it still suggests me to go to Microsoft Store, open with Notepad, Paint, Word, but not Windows Media Player. mp3 files, I get "Error 5: Access is denied" from the tool. I used FileTypesMan as was suggested in the article, but when I try to change assignments for. "Set Defaults by app" > Windows Media Player is here! > select "Manage" > find ".mp3" > "Choose a default" - the only choice is "Look for an app in the Microsoft Store".Īfter a long time spent searching I found this article: Īpparently after 1803 you are supposed to use hackers tools to set the Microsoft's own Windows Media Player as default."Choose default apps by file type" > ".mp3" > "Choose a default" - WMP is not there.
Go to "Default apps" > "Music Player" > "Choose Default" - WMP is not there.However, there is no way in Windows 10 to set it as a Default App to play media file types. I did all that, and now WMP runs and plays media files. There are steps to get the WMP in Windows Optional Features, install it if missing, etc. I know, this question was asked many times, but there is still no answer that can actually solve the problem.
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