set windows media player as default video player in Windows 10

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set windows media player as default video player in Windows 10

Shalini Toppo 66

Hi , I want to know ,How to set windows media player as default video player in Windows 10, from any registry or GPO or command line?

Jenny Feng 706 Reputation points

2020-05-18T06:45:39.537+00:00

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We have not get information from you for several days.
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David London 0 Reputation points

2023-07-11T17:45:08.4233333+00:00

Hello, I want to open videos in a .MP4 format using Desktop PC running Windows 10?

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Jenny Feng 706 Reputation points

2020-05-18T06:45:39.537+00:00

Hi,

We have not get information from you for several days.
Any update for your issue?

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If you have any other confuse, please reply to us directly.
David London 0 Reputation points

2023-07-11T17:45:08.4233333+00:00

Hello, I want to open videos in a .MP4 format using Desktop PC running Windows 10?

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Hi,

You can configure the application with which you can open certain types of files from the GUI.

Right-click on the file type that you would always want to open in Windows Media Player, click Open with, click Choose default program, and then select Windows Media Player to set it as default for the selected file type.

In Windows 10 you won’t be able to configure file mapping through the registry.

If you would like to change file association via GPO, this policy named Set a default associations configuration file is located under Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components ->File Explorer.

You may refer to the following link for details:

http://woshub.com/managing-default-file-associations-in-windows-10/#h2_4

Note: This is a third-party link and we do not have any guarantees on this website. And Microsoft does not make any guarantees about the content.

Hope above information can help you.

Dean Trump 1 Reputation point

2021-09-15T23:18:46.357+00:00

A bit late here but why does windows no longer open my default player when i select "Play All" on music files. It used to open perfectly until your update 16/09/2021.
I have been into and set my default player as my PotPlayer (which i have used for years) but now when i select "Play All" on the music tools tab it opens WMP.
Are Microsoft stopping us from using third party apps?
It's getting crazy as i was a Mac user for many years so i guess i'll go back to my mac pro machine if Microsoft are blocking us.

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