Invisible MP3 files in Windows Media Player
After a registry cleanup, I ended up in a strange situation. Windows Media Player 11 will play MP3 very well, if I double click on an MP3 file in Windows Explorer to the media player will start and play the file.
If however in Media Player, I open a file I don't see any MP3 file, if the file type is defined for media files (all types). In the drop-down menu, I don't see a type of MP3 file. If I select all the MP3s files are displayed and can be read.
Where and how can I reset the media player will identify the types of media?
Thanks in advance!
OK, I found the problem!
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Extensions the following is missing:
In the Descriptions:
1 file REG_SZ Audio (*.wav; *.snd; *.au; *.aif; *.aifc; *.aiff; *.wma; *.mp3)
In MUIDescriptions:
1 REG_EXPAND_SZ @%SystemRoot%\system32\unregmp2.exe,-9995
In Types:
1 REG_SZ *.wav; *.snd; *.au; *.AIF; *.aifc; *.AIFF; *.WMA; *.MP3
I found these comparing entries to those for the 32-bit version of media player. After that I added these entries media player launched recognizing MP3s again!
Marcel
Tags: Windows
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