

On the "Choose an application" pop up menu click on "Windows Media Player" to set Windows Media Player as the default player for video files.įootnote: The same method can be used to apply file associations for music, by simply clicking on "Groove Music" under "Media Player" instead of changing Video Player in step 4.It plays all known media formats, and futhermore has an implemented LiveUpdate function to update the latest codecs if there is a problem with opening a movie file. On the "Choose default applications" pane click on "Films & TV" under "Video Player". On the "System" pane click on "Default apps". In the "Windows Settings" window click on "System". A simple workaround for this problem is to switch playback of video and music files to Windows Media Player manually. Third party codecs are also blocked in some instances, preventing some files from playing in the Zune players.

Microsoft chose to block changes of file associations with the introduction of their Zune players. How to set file associations in Microsoft Windows 10ĭescription: In Microsoft Windows 10 it is not possible to set all file associations using an installer. Media Player Codec Pack was created to make installing major multimedia codec's, filters,
