Association (avi)

I have .avi files associated with Media Player Classic
(http://mewnlite.com/associate.jpg) but no matter what the avi files all
come up in Windows Media Player. The only way I can make it play in Media
Player Classic is to open it directly from Media Player Classic.
Is this something in the registry? How do I fix it?
Thanks

--
--- Long live Fat32! ---

Which MPC installer did you use?

Most of them that I'm aware of have used some pretty bad/broken association
logic. This sucks and it would be great to get those fixed up.

What are the registry keys and values under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi
and
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile
?

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"Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9AF9E18C9DB33butter@wefb973cbe498...
>I have .avi files associated with Media Player Classic
> (http://mewnlite.com/associate.jpg) but no matter what the avi files all
> come up in Windows Media Player. The only way I can make it play in Media
> Player Classic is to open it directly from Media Player Classic.
> Is this something in the registry? How do I fix it?
> Thanks
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---

right click on an avi file, select the option to open with , select choose
default program, then you can set it up as you want
"Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9AF9E18C9DB33butter@wefb973cbe498...
>I have .avi files associated with Media Player Classic
> (http://mewnlite.com/associate.jpg) but no matter what the avi files all
> come up in Windows Media Player. The only way I can make it play in Media
> Player Classic is to open it directly from Media Player Classic.
> Is this something in the registry? How do I fix it?
> Thanks
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---

"zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in
news:OW1UVsd$:

>
> Which MPC installer did you use?

K-Lite MegaPac

> Most of them that I'm aware of have used some pretty bad/broken
> association logic. This sucks and it would be great to get those
> fixed up.
>
> What are the registry keys and values under:
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi

Name Type Data
(Default) REG_SZ avifile
Content Type REG_SZ video/avi
Perceived Type REG_SZ video
> and
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile]
@="Video Clip"
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,01,00
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex
(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,0 0,52,\

00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00 ,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,0
0,\

32,00,5c,00,75,00,6e,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,6d,00,70 ,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,7
8,\
00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,39,00,39,00,30,00,35,00,00,00
"PreferExecuteOnMismatch"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\CLSID]
@="{00022602-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Compressors]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Compressors\auds]
@="{0002000F-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Compressors\vids]
@="{00020001-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\K-Lite Codec Pack\\icons\\divx.ico"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\AU]
@="{00020003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\AVI]
@="{00020000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\BMP]
@="{00020006-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\DIB]
@="{00020006-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\FLC]
@="{00020007-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\FLI]
@="{00020007-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\TGA]
@="{0002000A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\WAV]
@="{00020003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\RIFFHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\RIFFHandlers\AVI]
@="{00020000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\RIFFHandlers\WAVE]
@="{00020003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\open]
@="&Open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\K-Lite Codec Pack\\Media Player Classic
\\mplayerc.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\open\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\play]
@="&Play"
"MUIVerb"=hex
(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,0 0,52,00,6f,00,\

6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65 ,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5
c,\

00,75,00,6e,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,6d,00,70,00,32,00 ,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,0
0,\
2c,00,2d,00,39,00,39,00,39,00,31,00,00,00
"LegacyDisable"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\play\command]
@=hex
(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,0 0,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,
\

00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00 ,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,0
0,\

4d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,20,00,50,00,6c,00,61 ,00,79,00,65,00,72,00,5
c,\

00,77,00,6d,00,70,00,6c,00,61,00,79,00,65,00,72,00 ,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,0
0,\

22,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,72,00,65,00,66,00,65,00,74 ,00,63,00,68,00,3a,00,3
8,\

00,20,00,2f,00,50,00,6c,00,61,00,79,00,20,00,22,00 ,25,00,4c,00,22,00,00,0
0

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\play\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers\PlayOnMyTV]
@="{FFB699E0-306A-11d3-8BD1-00104B6F7516}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers\WMPAddToPlaylist]
@="{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers\WMPPlayAsPlaylist]
@="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-
0d564250836f}]
@="{031EE060-67BC-460d-8847-E4A7C5E45A27}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\VideoClipContainer]
@="{5cdcb131-a1a1-4fe9-9a10-80effe042ae0}"


> ?
>



--
--- Long live Fat32! ---

"I have .avi files associated with Media Player Classic"
Did that just the way you said.


"William" <> wrote in
news:F98CA355-C812-4268-A835-:

> right click on an avi file, select the option to open with , select
> choose default program, then you can set it up as you want
> "Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns9AF9E18C9DB33butter@wefb973cbe498...
>>I have .avi files associated with Media Player Classic
>> (http://mewnlite.com/associate.jpg) but no matter what the avi files
>> all come up in Windows Media Player. The only way I can make it play
>> in Media Player Classic is to open it directly from Media Player
>> Classic. Is this something in the registry? How do I fix it?
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> --- Long live Fat32! ---
>
>



--
--- Long live Fat32! ---

Yep, they're writing bad associations. Have them talk to me and I'll get
them fixed up. Or bug them to fix this.

I would extremely rather not directly solve this for you as a one-off
solution because that leaves K-Lite being dumb. I want Media Player Classic
to work for everybody, and we get there in this case by fixing the broken
K-Lite MPC installer. I would work with *them* to solve this.

It should take a knowledgable dev about 83 seconds to straighten this out,
but I'm still here to provide advice to them if they need it.

This again ties into my ongoing theme that it's just braindead for each
"codec pack" to make its own installer for common components, especially
given that various of them come up with bad plans or bad installers. As yet
again evidenced here.

If I remember I'll hit up my indirect K-Lite contact on Monday and see if he
can pass this along to those peoples.

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--
"Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9AFBF056FD190butter@wefb973cbe498...
> "zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in
> news:OW1UVsd$:
>
>>
>> Which MPC installer did you use?
>
> K-Lite MegaPac
>
>> Most of them that I'm aware of have used some pretty bad/broken
>> association logic. This sucks and it would be great to get those
>> fixed up.
>>
>> What are the registry keys and values under:
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi
>
> Name Type Data
> (Default) REG_SZ avifile
> Content Type REG_SZ video/avi
> Perceived Type REG_SZ video
>> and
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile]
> @="Video Clip"
> "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,01,00
> "FriendlyTypeName"=hex
> (2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,0 0,52,\
>
> 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00 ,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,0
> 0,\
>
> 32,00,5c,00,75,00,6e,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,6d,00,70 ,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,7
> 8,\
> 00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,39,00,39,00,30,00,35,00,00,00
> "PreferExecuteOnMismatch"=dword:00000001
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\CLSID]
> @="{00022602-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Compressors]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Compressors\auds]
> @="{0002000F-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Compressors\vids]
> @="{00020001-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\DefaultIcon]
> @="C:\\Program Files\\K-Lite Codec Pack\\icons\\divx.ico"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\AU]
> @="{00020003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\AVI]
> @="{00020000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\BMP]
> @="{00020006-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\DIB]
> @="{00020006-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\FLC]
> @="{00020007-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\FLI]
> @="{00020007-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\TGA]
> @="{0002000A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\Extensions\WAV]
> @="{00020003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\RIFFHandlers]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\RIFFHandlers\AVI]
> @="{00020000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\RIFFHandlers\WAVE]
> @="{00020003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell]
> @="open"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\open]
> @="&Open"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\open\command]
> @="\"C:\\Program Files\\K-Lite Codec Pack\\Media Player Classic
> \\mplayerc.exe\" \"%1\""
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\open\DropTarget]
> "CLSID"="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\play]
> @="&Play"
> "MUIVerb"=hex
> (2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,0 0,52,00,6f,00,\
>
> 6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65 ,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5
> c,\
>
> 00,75,00,6e,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,6d,00,70,00,32,00 ,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,0
> 0,\
> 2c,00,2d,00,39,00,39,00,39,00,31,00,00,00
> "LegacyDisable"=""
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\play\command]
> @=hex
> (2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,0 0,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,
> \
>
> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00 ,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,0
> 0,\
>
> 4d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,20,00,50,00,6c,00,61 ,00,79,00,65,00,72,00,5
> c,\
>
> 00,77,00,6d,00,70,00,6c,00,61,00,79,00,65,00,72,00 ,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,0
> 0,\
>
> 22,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,72,00,65,00,66,00,65,00,74 ,00,63,00,68,00,3a,00,3
> 8,\
>
> 00,20,00,2f,00,50,00,6c,00,61,00,79,00,20,00,22,00 ,25,00,4c,00,22,00,00,0
> 0
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\play\DropTarget]
> "CLSID"="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers\PlayOnMyTV]
> @="{FFB699E0-306A-11d3-8BD1-00104B6F7516}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers\WMPAddToPlaylist]
> @="{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers\WMPPlayAsPlaylist]
> @="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-
> 0d564250836f}]
> @="{031EE060-67BC-460d-8847-E4A7C5E45A27}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\VideoClipContainer]
> @="{5cdcb131-a1a1-4fe9-9a10-80effe042ae0}"
>
>
>> ?
>>
>
>
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---

I had used an old version (1.3.5) of K-Lite which is pre-Vista. I
uninstalled it and reinstalled version 3.4.5 and that took care of the
problem. Without your prodding, though, I'd have never figured it out.
Thank you very much!

"zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in
news:OvITSg2$:

>
> Yep, they're writing bad associations. Have them talk to me and I'll
> get them fixed up. Or bug them to fix this.
>
> I would extremely rather not directly solve this for you as a one-off
> solution because that leaves K-Lite being dumb. I want Media Player
> Classic to work for everybody, and we get there in this case by fixing
> the broken K-Lite MPC installer. I would work with *them* to solve
> this.
>
> It should take a knowledgable dev about 83 seconds to straighten this
> out, but I'm still here to provide advice to them if they need it.
>
> This again ties into my ongoing theme that it's just braindead for
> each "codec pack" to make its own installer for common components,
> especially given that various of them come up with bad plans or bad
> installers. As yet again evidenced here.
>
> If I remember I'll hit up my indirect K-Lite contact on Monday and see
> if he can pass this along to those peoples.
>



--
--- Long live Fat32! ---

Haha, I was just about to ask you which version you were using so I could be
certain that I was looking at their current association logic. I'm pleased
to hear that they've already fixed this. Thanks for the update. =)

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--
"Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9AFCC20E7FE82butter@wefb973cbe498...
>I had used an old version (1.3.5) of K-Lite which is pre-Vista. I
> uninstalled it and reinstalled version 3.4.5 and that took care of the
> problem. Without your prodding, though, I'd have never figured it out.
> Thank you very much!
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in
> news:OvITSg2$:
>
>>
>> Yep, they're writing bad associations. Have them talk to me and I'll
>> get them fixed up. Or bug them to fix this.
>>
>> I would extremely rather not directly solve this for you as a one-off
>> solution because that leaves K-Lite being dumb. I want Media Player
>> Classic to work for everybody, and we get there in this case by fixing
>> the broken K-Lite MPC installer. I would work with *them* to solve
>> this.
>>
>> It should take a knowledgable dev about 83 seconds to straighten this
>> out, but I'm still here to provide advice to them if they need it.
>>
>> This again ties into my ongoing theme that it's just braindead for
>> each "codec pack" to make its own installer for common components,
>> especially given that various of them come up with bad plans or bad
>> installers. As yet again evidenced here.
>>
>> If I remember I'll hit up my indirect K-Lite contact on Monday and see
>> if he can pass this along to those peoples.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---