As in more early versions Windows systems ten Same chooses the default programs to run music and video clips.
But that if you do not like the standard media player and instead you need another program to open music and video files? You can set the necessary program as a player used by default in Windows 10.
Let's see how to do it.
Media Player in Windows 10 by default
Windows has a set of programs that will always be used to open certain types of files. For example, when trying to play such audio files as. WMA or video files. The standard media player window instantly opens and the file playback automatically begins.
Most of the time it is perfect, but you may want to use another program, for example, VLC Media Player.
How to do it
Very simple! Open Windows Settings (pressing the gearbox in the Start menu) and click the System button. Go to section Default applicationsBy selecting the appropriate item in the left block. Scroll down a bit, if you can not find the option.
Here you can choose the default application for music files and films and tv.. Click on the title icon Music player And you will see a list of applications that can open these files. Choose the desired file. and click on it.
Perform the same procedure for video player.
After you do this, you can successfully use the selected player to view the video in Windows 10.
If you want to reset to the Microsoft recommended by default, you can click on the reset button at the end of the list.
Many people think that Windows Media. Player gradually loses its popularity, but it is not quite so. Recently, so many updates and additions have come for the player that you can completely adjust it to your taste. During playing different types Files, you can change the skin player and install different additions. Although the player was always the main component of Windows, really good, Windows Media has become in the last few years. The last, 12 version, contains a number of interesting features that you will probably interest you. We will tell about these features and many other things in this article.
Refresh player
If you have yet installed old version Player, then we strongly advise it to update it. Windows Media is completely free and always available for download on the official website of Microsoft.Auto mode: Open windows player Media, press the "Alt" key, go to the Help menu and click "Check Updates".
If you do not want to check the availability of updates each time manually, you can enable " automatic check" To do this, follow these steps:
Step 1
Open Windows Media Player, press the "ALT" key, Expand the "Service" menu and open the settings.
Step 2.
In the "Player" tab, specify the scan frequency of the update player.
First start
When you start Windows Media Player for the first time, you need to spend a few minutes to install the primary player settings. They consist of several steps:Step 1
The master will appear windows installations Media Player, which at the first stage will offer to choose which type of parameters to use: Recommended or customizable. If you choose the recommended, the player will automatically set all the settings without your intervention. In this case, skip this section and go to the next one.
If you want to configure the player yourself, select the "Custom Settings" option and click the Next button.
Step 2.
The first confidentiality dialog box opens. Check the checkboxes opposite those items that you really want to use, and click the Next button.
Step 3.
At this stage, WMP will ask if you want to add a shortcut on the desktop and the panel quickly launchAnd also suggest note to the default use. Stop the desired settings and click Next.
Step 5.
At the final stage, the player will propose to configure the online store to access a raid content. Select "Do not configure an online store" and click Finish.
Always stay anonymous online
When installing, Windows Media Player generates a unique identifier for your computer. This identifier is used in many places, including on some web resources. Thanks to him, Windows Media Player can independently request information about media and carry out an exchange of information information. Although the developers argue that the player does not transmit any personal information, but sometimes there are cases when they can track what you look. If you do not want information about using the player randomly leaked to the network, disable this feature. For this:Step 1
Hold down the "ALT" key, and then open the "Service" menu and select "Paramets".
Step 2.
Click the Privacy tab and remove the checkbox opposite the "Send Unique Code ..." item.
Update the codec
After you installed a new windows version Media Player, you also need to install additional codecs to support some file types. The codec is nothing more than an additional superstructure for Windows Media Player, which helps identify and play a variety of file formats. We recommend installing the K-Lite Kodek codec package. Its one is enough to enable support for almost all audio and video formats. You can download it from the developer's official website.It is also necessary to enable the option. automatic download Codecs, turning to the player parameters and in the Player tab, mark the "Automatically download codecs".
Adding covers and visual images to the player
Covers and visual images will make the use of the player more pleasant and allow you to set up appearance to your taste. The only problem is, from the official Microsoft website you can no longer download, so the search for covers and visualization will have to be performed on the Internet.In Windows operating system, video files can be opened using programs that can work with such files, that is, you can show video and simultaneously play sound. Similar programs are sometimes called players. Next, consider how to make the default video player in Windows 10 to view was comfortable.
If the process is described forming, then video files can be called a chest on which the lock is hanging. To open the lock and eventually see what is in the chest, you need a suitable key. So with video files: To open them, you need a suitable player program.
What does the default player mean
The default player is the player that on your device always automatically opens the video. The video playback program is initially selecting and assigned a developer, but the user can change this choice as desired.
On a computer (laptop, tablet) there may be several player programs that can play video. Imagine the situation. There is a video that the user wants to see, and there are several player programs that can open this video. How to choose a convenient player from several programs that will be "without unnecessary words" to open the video?
In order not to torment users with "unnecessary" issues and not to spend their precious time, Windows developers have found such a way out of this situation. They independently chose from several programs one-sole and asked it as that player, which will be "on the machine" to open almost any video file, except the most exotic with very rare.
Such an approach when developers make a decision for the user and set one or another program at their discretion, called the choice "". This means that the user, if he does not default, will not pass by, can change the choice that previously has already made the developers of the operating system.
In other words, the user can set another "default" program, which always "on the machine" will open any video file. Moreover, the developers did so that the user had such an opportunity - to choose a different program and install it as a "favorite" program operating windows system 10 will automatically run to play video.
By the way, the method that I suggests the default program below is not only suitable for video files, but also for any other types of files: for drawings, texts, documents, etc.
How to make a default player in windows 10
Fig. 1 (click on the drawing to increase). Select a program for "Open with" video
- You need to click PKM (right mouse button) on any video file (1 in Fig. 1).
- A context menu appears, in which you need to click "Open with" (2 in Fig. 1).
- Then click the option "Select another application" (3 in Fig. 1).
A window will appear with the question "How do you want to open this file?":
Fig. 2 (click on the drawing to increase). Player selection to open video
You need to choose the program that is now instead of earlier specified program By default, you will open a video file. In fig. 2 The program "Cinema and TV" is selected, it is marked with a number 1.
It is worth paying attention to the slider in the window (2 in Fig. 2). Also called the engine or slider. If the runner is moved, then new options will appear to select a program that will open the video on your device. That is, in the opening small window, sometimes, not everything is visible immediately and all the programs simultaneously with which you can open this video file.
Now important momentThat tours in front of the option "Always use this application to open.mp4 files." If the tick costs, as noted by the number 3 in Fig. 2, then this means that the selected player program is not only in this moment Outside our video file, but in the future will always open all video files. Without a tick, the opening is set only once and only the video file selected by us. With a check mark, a new "default" mode is set, and the selected program will continue to always open similar video files.
Let us explain more. If you check out the option "Always use this application to open .Mp4 files", then the selected player only opens the video. But this will not change the program that was previously as defined. This option is suitable for checking, like you or no player work. You can install the specified tick after experiments with the default program selection will be completed.
SAMI main Buttonwhich allows us to keep any choice as with a check mark, and without it - it is a click on "OK" (4 in Fig. 2).
Video "Two ways, how to make a default video player in Windows 10"
In the video I tell two ways to make the default video player:
- using PCM (click right-click) via video file;
- through the control panel.
RESULTS
Now we know comfortable the possibility of Windows 10 By changing the default program to open video files. You can always take this opportunity to work on the computer more convenient.
For other type files (not video), you can also use the method described above to select and set the default program.
As you already know, Windows 10. Fall Creators., I received several cumulative updates. The new KB4046355 update package, released for this assembly, deletes Windows Media Player.
The update deletes Windows Media Player from the device (files and entries in the context menu), but it does not prevent users from installing it again.
If this problem is affected by you, and you need to restore the Windows Media player, reinstall it using the parameters application.
How to install, Return Windows Media Player
- Open the application "Parameters" and go to the settings group "Applications". Choose "Applications and Features"and click on the link "Control of additional components".
- On the screen "Control additional features» Press the button "A plus" Near "Add Component".
- Find in the list windows Media player and click "Install". Windows Media Player will be installed. You do not need to restart Windows 10.
Installation does not take more than ten, twenty seconds.
After installing Windows Media Player, it appears on your device. Again, at the moment it is unclear whether this is an error that affects only some insider devices, or if it is an omensing of future events.
Windows users who do not use Windows Media player should not notice any problems caused by removal. However, if problems are detected, it is recommended to reinstall the media player using the method described above.
Now you: What media player do you use?
It became default to open a video file instead of KMPlayer, most likely somehow the settings of the file associations installed earlier were disturbed. Immediately after installation or during the first launch, KMPlayer offers the user to choose which files, and rather what type or format should process this player. If you later want to change the list of formats related to the player, then this can be done at any time using a special configuration partition. To get there by clicking on the KMPlayer window and presses F2 to enter the settings window. Next to the left in the bottom are looking for "Association / Capture" → Tab "Associations". Here, the checkmarks marked those formats for which KMP should be the default player. If necessary, return the initial options simply - just click "video only" and "close" to confirm the changes. Now the program will handle all available video files on the machine. If there is a desire to use the application and as an audio player, then you must run a similar procedure by pressing the "audio only" to bind to the player of the music files.
Use of funds built into Windows
Note that the associations can be set through the standard operating functionality. Let's try to do this on the example of Windows 7. To do this, go to the "Control Panel" → "All control panel" → "Default Programs" → "Select default programs". After some waiting, a list of programs installed in the system will appear, among which will be KMPlayer. Select it from the list and at the bottom, click "Select defaults for this program". In the window that opens, you can see all the formats related to the player and edit this relationship if necessary.
