How to Make WMP10 Your Default Player
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=271949
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"James W." wrote:

> I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
>
> Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped playing
> any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG video,
> etc.)
>
> It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media or
> "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a few
> seconds I get the following error:
>
> "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the
> file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."
>
> I have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check and
> verify that the codecs exist (they do).
>
> I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times downloaded
> directly from Micrsoft).
>
> I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> James.
>
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