Window drive audio link to Windows Media Player

Just refreshed to new PC.  Used to be able to listen to audio clips using a window of audio player (like Barnes and Noble).  But with the new PC, I get a msg "you need Windows Media Player.  Which is already installed.  When I "Launch standalone player" WMP will launch and play the music most of the time.   How to bind upward WMP in the Audio Player window as before?

Hello jebe1133,

·        You try to play Audio content of online sites?

When you try to play content online on Web sites, it will automatically launch Media Player.

I tried to run the test of the barnesandnoble.com, I see that launching a plug-in to play Audio files, it doesn't have to be manually linked to Media player.

Try also to set Media Player as default player for Internet Explorer:

1. open Internet Explorer, click options.

2. the tab programs, click on the tab Internet programs.

3. you will get an option to choose Media Player, click Media Player and as a default value.

Thank you

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