How to set "64-bit" Windows Media Player as the default media player?
Instructions for Windows 7 are here. It's likely that these will be the same for Windows 8.1
Note that it's generally not recommended to switch to the 64-bit version. You will lose compatibility with 32-bit codecs and plug-ins. And there's no noticeable improvement when using the 64-bit version.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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aniskhan001 almost 2 years
I'm using 64-bit version of Windows 8.1 Pro. It always run the 32-bit version of Windows Media Player.
How can I set the 64-bit version as the default player or whenever I chose to open music files with WMP?
I manually set the location of 64-bitwmplayer.exe
as default program of music file types. It doesn't work.I have also tried modifying the registry setting of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\wmplayer.exe
Which is suggested here. But, still no luck, any ideas?
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miniBill over 9 yearsMay I ask why you want to do this?
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ap0 over 9 yearsSorry, overread the part where you mentioned the link.
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aniskhan001 over 9 yearsThey included the 64-bit player with their 64-bit OS. That's the reason I'm trying to use it. Not related to anything else. @miniBill
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