Windows 10: Can't change default music player to new program, but can change default browser just fine.

Hey,


So I can't set my default musicplayer to MusicBee in the standard apps settings. I can only switch between WMP, Groove and VLC. Other settings I could test work just fine.


I've tried all the commandline solutions found on here, I'm up to date, nothing works. Right-clicking an mp3file and opening it with MusicBee works, but I can't set it as default.


Any help? Thanks

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Default Music Player

Hello,

I want to assign my keyboard's launch music player key to Spotify on win 10. For this I need to either assign the media key to the program somehow, or change the default music player.

The default music player is Groove and this is the one that starts when I press music player button. I cannot change the default program to Spotify, because it does not show up in the list when I go to default programs > music player. It suggest I search
in the store, so I downloaded store version of Spotify as well, and it still doesn't show up there.

So how do I either change the behaviour of the music launcher key, or change the default music player to a program that does not show up in the list of music players under default programs.

 

Default Browser Keeps Changing to Edge

There are three other ways to set your default program. In Default apps, navigate the page to find the following:

• Choose default apps by file type
  
• Choose default apps by protocol
  
• Set defaults by app
  

To manually change your default browser, follow these steps:

• Set your preferred default browser to skip Choose default apps by file type. Click
  Choose default apps by protocol then look for HTTP and HTTPS. Change them to your preferred browser.
  
• After that, click Set defaults by app and wait for the new windows to load. Search your preferred browser and click it. Select
  Set this program as default and press OK.
  
• Close all your browsers and check if it still asks you to set your browser.
  

Let us know how it goes after doing the troubleshooting steps.

 

Change default media player in Windows 10

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community Forums.

As per description you like to change the default program for your media player.

Follow the steps for changing the default program.

• Press Windows key + X key
• Select Control Panel and Click on Default Programs
  
  
  
• Change the default programs for your player

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.