wmp 11 64bit

How to set the wmp11 64bit as the default player for the internet explorer
streaming videos...i`m running windows vista ultimate 64 bit...thanks in
advance...

The Control Panel has a 'Default Programs' app.

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"xsentrik" <> wrote in message
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> How to set the wmp11 64bit as the default player for the internet explorer
> streaming videos...i`m running windows vista ultimate 64 bit...thanks in
> advance...

It is also on the Start Menu just below the Control Panel button.

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>> How to set the wmp11 64bit as the default player for the internet
>> explorer
>> streaming videos...i`m running windows vista ultimate 64 bit...thanks in
>> advance...
>

On Jun 19, 7:35*pm, xsentrik <xsent...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> How to set the wmp11 64bit as the default player for the internet explorer
> streaming videos...i`m running windows vista ultimate 64 bit...thanks in
> advance...

1) You really don't want to do this. WMP11 64-bit can't use 32-bit
codecs, and 64-bit codecs still need a bit of maturing.

2) If you're dying to have 64-bit WMP11 as your default you can google
"x64 components" as this is a freeware collection of known working 64-
bit codecs, and has a tool to set the default player.

(oh and for the other person, you can't set the 64-bit WMP11 to
default player through Default Programs, same goes for IE 64-bit)

That's not supported, but:

If you want to use the 64bit version of WMP as the default player on Vista
64-bit, run "unregmp2.exe /SwapTo:64" from an ELEVATED (admin) cmd.exe
prompt and then set registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\wmplayer.exe, "Path" to
be "%Programfiles%\Windows Media Player". To undo that, reset the "Path"
value and then run "unregmp2.exe /SwapTo:32" from an elevated cmd.exe
prompt.

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"xsentrik" <> wrote in message
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> How to set the wmp11 64bit as the default player for the internet explorer
> streaming videos...i`m running windows vista ultimate 64 bit...thanks in
> advance...