Itunes as default player

Question

After upgrading to window 7, Im having difficulty keeping itunes as default music player.  Everytime I restart computer I get a message the itunes is not the default music player.  I would like to keep itunes as the default player.  What do I do?

Answer 1

Hi,

Could you please answer this below question?

a) Did you set iTunes as your default player earlier?

b) From when are you facing this issue?

c) Did you do any recent changes on your computer?

I recommend you to follow these below steps to set itunes as default player on your computer.

iTunes for Windows can be configured as the default application using the Default Programs control panel.

Changing the default media application

1.From the Start button, click Default Programs.

The Default Programs control panel appears.

2.Select Set your default programs.

3.Select iTunes.

4.To make iTunes the default player of all media types iTunes can recognize: Select "Set this program as default."

To customize which media types iTunes will play by default: Select "Choose Defaults for this program," and place check marks by the desired file types.

5.Click OK.

Note: To make a different application the default media player, follow these same steps and select the application you want to use. iTunes for Windows can be configured to notify you if iTunes is not the default player for audio files.

Setting notification if iTunes is not the default media application for audio files

1.Open iTunes.

2.From the Edit menu, choose Preferences.

3.Click the Advanced button and then click the General tab.

4.Click "Warn me if iTunes is not the default player for audio files" to select this option.

5.Click OK.

Each time you start iTunes, you will see this message: “iTunes has detected that it is not the default player for audio files. Would you like to go to the Default Programs control panel to fix this?” This message will appear unless iTunes is set as the default application. You can also unset this message.

Unsetting notification if iTunes is not the default media application for audio files

1.Open iTunes.

2.From the Edit menu, choose Preferences.

3.Click the Advanced button and then click the General tab.

4.Click "Warn me if iTunes is not the default player for audio files" to deselect this option.

5.Click OK.

For more information on this you may visit this below link.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3202 

Thanks and Regards:

I. Suuresh Kumar- Microsoft Support.

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Answer 2

Having similar issue.  I cannot seem to set up ITunes as default for .mov.  IT is not an option and I cannot unassociated it from Windows Media Player.  I know .mov works in ITunes, so I am struggling.  How do I do it?

Basically, I do not want to use Windows Media Player as the default for anything.  Do I have to uninstall it?

Answer 3

I have Win7(64bit) and iTunes DOES NOT show up on the list of the "Set Default Programs".  No one seems to know how to fix this!!!!!!!