I often access a web page that contains a .wav file. It should open with
Windows Media Player, but this has been altered by Quick Time to open with
it.

I accessed Windows Media Player and made sure it was selected to open .wav
files. But when I went back to the web page it would only open with Quick
Time, once again. How can I fix this back, and to see to it that Quick Time
does not change this again without asking?

Welcome to the media player wars, where every media player assumes that,
of course, you'll want to use it for every kind of media file.

Open QuickTime and look for the setting that says (I'm paraphrasing)
'automatically restore all file associations when some other naughty
media player steals them'. Now close QuickTime. Open WMP, set the file
associations as you desire and close WMP. The next time you open
QuickTime, you'll see WMP selected for the file types you desire.
---
Leonard Grey
Packin' the 'K'

Tom B wrote:
> I often access a web page that contains a .wav file. It should open with
> Windows Media Player, but this has been altered by Quick Time to open with
> it.
>
> I accessed Windows Media Player and made sure it was selected to open .wav
> files. But when I went back to the web page it would only open with Quick
> Time, once again. How can I fix this back, and to see to it that Quick Time
> does not change this again without asking?

"Tom B" <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C028446-BE4B-4F13-A7BB-0A3456C0E021@microsoft.com...
>I often access a web page that contains a .wav file. It should open with
> Windows Media Player, but this has been altered by Quick Time to open with
> it.
>
> I accessed Windows Media Player and made sure it was selected to open .wav
> files. But when I went back to the web page it would only open with Quick
> Time, once again.

> How can I fix this back, and to see to it that Quick Time
> does not change this again without asking?

Open QuickTime and click on Edit||Preferences||QuickTime Preferences...
Click on the "Browser" tab and then click on the "Mime Settings..." button
at the bottom of the Browser tab.
Open "Audio-Audio only file formats" and remove the checkmark in the box
next to "WAVE audio".

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These include
but are not limited to Ad-aware Pro's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, AVG Anti-Spyware,
Norton AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware, NOD32, and Zone Alarm
(Free, Pro, & Security Suite).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Tom B wrote:
> I often access a web page that contains a .wav file. It should open with
> Windows Media Player, but this has been altered by Quick Time to open with
> it.
>
> I accessed Windows Media Player and made sure it was selected to open .wav
> files. But when I went back to the web page it would only open with Quick
> Time, once again. How can I fix this back, and to see to it that Quick
> Time
> does not change this again without asking?