WMP11 on Vista cannot be selected as default but program opens fine when double-clicked

I am running Windows Vista SP2 with WMP 11.0.6002.18111. A few months ago, WMP has disappeared from the pinned part of my Start menu, then I navigated to C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player and click right on "wmplayer" and choose "Pin to start menu". This works very well as a way to open WMP11.

However, is no longer the default program to play videos, and I wish it were. If I click with the right button on a video and choose "open with > choose default program", WMP is not one of the available options. So if I choose Browse and go in C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player and select "wmplayer.exe" in the list, it should add it. But for some reason, it does not become a choice when I select it. The dialog box closes, but there are no additions to the list of programs to choose from by default.

If I try to go through Control Panel > default programs > Set Default programs it does not either: WMP does not appear in the list of programs on the left side.

I would like to re-install WMP11 to see if it works, but after searching the Internet for a while it seems that this is not possible under Vista. I can't do system restore, because the only restore point is that earlier today, I did.

Any ideas?

Thank you

Ed

Hi Ed,

Step 1: Auditor of file system (CFS) scan to fix all of the corrupted system files. To do this, follow the steps mentioned in the link below:

How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

Now, try to set Windows Media Player as the program by default, for more information, see the link below:

Change defaults to programsWindows

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default

Thank you, and in what concerns:

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