All the desktop icons are open in Windows Media Player in Vista

Opens a file that requires a program to run so I chose windows media player, now all the icons are the media icon just bugging me now... well I guess as the defasult return parameter

* original title - are all my icons on the desktop windows media player do not know what I did, open something with her, she asked me to run sound as media player, don't know what I did, I just put back the way it was... *.

Hello

the process is called for the restoration of the system

try a restore of the system before this happened

http://www.windowsvistauserguide.com/system_restore.htm

If necessary do in safe mode

Windows Vista

Using the F8 method:

  1. Restart your computer.
  2. When the computer starts, you will see your computer hardware are listed. When you see this information begins to tap theF8 key repeatedly until you are presented with theBoot Options Advanced Windows Vista.
  3. Select the Safe Mode option with the arrow keys.
  4. Then press enter on your keyboard to start mode without failure of Vista.
  5. To start Windows, you'll be a typical logon screen. Connect to your computer and Vista goes into safe mode.
  6. Do whatever tasks you need and when you are done, reboot to return to normal mode.

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