If you do not want Internet Explorer as the default browser, uncheck this option. Check the "Tell me if Internet Explorer is not the default web browser" option.In the Internet Options window, click the Programs tab.If you do not see the menu bar at the top, press Alt on the keyboard to make the menu bar visible. Select Tools > Internet Options in the menu bar.If you have another browser installed and want Microsoft Internet Explorer to check if it's set as the default browser, follow the steps below. In the Choose an app window, select Microsoft Edge from the list.In the window that appears, under the Web browser section, click the on the current default browser icon.From the drop-down menu that appears, select Settings at the bottom.In the upper-right corner of the screen, click the button.To set Microsoft Edge as your default Internet browser in Windows, follow the steps below. Click the Make Google Chrome the default browser button to make Google Chrome your default Internet browser.In the menu, select the Settings option.Click the Customize and control Google Chrome button in the top-right corner.If you have installed Google Chrome and want it to be the default browser, follow the steps below. I thought it might help not typing the commands each time hence I wrote a little batch script to speed up the process.If you have other media players installed, you may need to enable or disable their association with the file type you enabled or disabled in Apple QuickTime.
#Set default cd player how to#
Here is how to restore the to it was before the the start.
#Set default cd player windows#
Ok maybe the experience is lacking and Windows Media Player is the gold standard again. Reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\DVD\shell\play\command Reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioCD\shell\play\command Note: For readability the commands are spread on two lines but they need to be on a single line when entering in cmd. The PathToVLC needs to be replaced with the value we extracted from HKLM\SOFTWARE\VideoLAN\VLC. REG_SZ C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exeĪdd override the default play function. And reg can help us once more with this task. But first we need to know where VLC is located on the disk. Now we get down to business and overwrite the default Windows Media Player entries. Reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\DVD\shell\play /v MUIVerb /f Reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioCD\shell\play /v MUIVerb /f Reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\DVD\shell\PlayWithVLC /fĪnd some more stuff not required for VLC in the default value Reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioCD\shell\PlayWithVLC /f
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Now we can remove the old entries if you want to confirm deletion of the keys and sub-keys omit the /f option. When uninstalling VLC these files are needed to restore functionality to Windows Media Player. Reg export HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioCD To get there we need the reg tool.Īlways have a plan B so before starting we want to backup the registry entries in question. Which is good but does not really offer the comfort of a simple double click on the icon and VLC will play back the disc. After trying to explain the user to right click the drive icon then select Play with VLC a few times without much success I decided for everyone's sanity to make it the default player.ĭuring VLC installation there is an option called Discs Playback which will add a context menu to AudioCD or DVD disc in explorer.
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Turned out that the Windows Media Player on XP was still the default player. Only to get another call a week later that DVD's are not playing. Making VLC the default AudioCD and DVD player on Windows XPĪs the computer support staff of the extended family I had a case where there were problems with playing videos after the installation was done I went my merry way. 1 Making VLC the default AudioCD and DVD player on Windows XP.