This browser is no longer supported.
Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
I have been trying to figure out how to use WMP 12 as the default player for .pls files. I have done START/Default Programs and have associated .pls file for WMP 12. However it still won't work. Is there a specific download for the proper codecs that can be used with WMP for .pls files?
Thank you to those who respond.
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
Answer accepted by question author
Hi FIATSD,
Welcome to Microsoft Answers.
****I am sorry to inform you that Microsoft Windows 7 and its software does not automatically detect PLS format and cannot run it. By design the .PLS file format cannot work on windows media player.
Hope this helps. Let us know the results.
Thanks,
Meghmala – Microsoft Support
Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think
There is a simple way to make this work.
Open notepad.exe, and paste the following code:
@echo off
for /f "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%a in (%1) do (
if /i "%%a"=="File1" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" %%b
)
Save the file as playPLS.bat in your C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player folder.
Save a PLS file to your desktop.
Right click the PLS file and click Open With
Use Browse to find "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\playPLS.bat"
Make sure "Always use the selected program..." is checked
Click OK
You can delete the PLS file on your desktop if you want
You're done!
If you don't have a "Program Files (x86)" folder, use Program Files instead.
This is nonsense. The .pls format is rudimentary, almost identical to .m3u:
==
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=http://war.str3am.com:8300/
==
This can be played just fine by opening the .pls file in Notepad and pasting the URL into the "Open URL" box in WMP. There is no "by design" incompatibility; a first-year programming student could add the format to WMP's playlist handler in a day. Not supporting this format -- at version 12 of WMP -- is obviously a Microsoft marketing decision. And a very bad one.
Linux has no problem playing pls files by default.
