i feel stupid for even asking this, but I am using vlc media player and winamp. does anyone know how to set winamp as my default media player this way i only have to use vlc when i want to play something with missing codecs?

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Winamp Options > Preferences > General Preferences > File Types

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That's the twicket.

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already tried that. doesn't work. after i click ok from chossing all file types, it goes right back to what it was. i looked on vlc to see if there is a setting to disable it as default but to no avail. been to the video lan website and didn't have time to read through everything and checked winsoft's website, but got the info that i had already tried. will prolly uninstall vlc and see if i over looked something in the install.

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open any window (not browser), click

Tools >> Folder Options >> File Types Tab

Scroll down to choose the file(s) you want to change associations of (MP3 in this case), select it by single clicking on the file type, Click "Change" in the window below and then choose the program you want to associate it with.

The other option is to just uninstall / re-install Winamp and select it to be the media play for mp3s only.

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Right click on any file u want to be used in winamp, properties, under the general tab... u will see "opens with" hit change button... find winamp and do the rest if it asks if you always want to use winamp for these type of files hit yesssss. and ur dunzo

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^ appreciate all the help. considering that i have a few gigs worth of music, rather than changing each file, i just reinstalled winamp and set as default. much quicker and frankly my dumb ass should have thought of it before i even posted

thanks tho

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hehe, nice move, probably would never fall on my mind so i would try to fix that digging in options for some time like an ''experienced'' user