Windows 10: Zoom Player File type associations

Ever since I've updated to the most recent version of windows all the Video files will no longer asscociate to the various file types withing the Zoom icon library. It seems just to asscociate all to one particular Icon which is the main Zoom player Icon.

I've done a sfc/scannow to repair any problems and I've used a little app that is supposed to specifically associate ZP types.





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Cant install Big Fish Games

It sounds like you have changed the file association to one of the Movie maker types, possibly
.wmv .

You can re-set file associations to default.

tenforums.com default-file-type-associations-restore-windows-10-a.html

Big Fish games are Flash based, I believe, so your original issue may be due to an out of date Flash player,

or not yet installing Flash and Shockwave if you are using a 'clean' Win10 install.

Adobe - Install Adobe Flash Player

Adobe - Adobe Shockwave Player

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WHy are my MP3's showing as Nokia Music Manager under Type

I guess NMM "claimed" (ie: changed the file associations) for the various file types when you installed it.

You need to change the associations - Windows default program - for each file type. There are a couple of ways you can do this.

In Windows Explorer, to change the default for MP3s to Windows Media Player:

- open Windows Explorer

- right click on a an MP3 file

- from the pop-up menu select "Open with" and then "Choose program .."

You'll then see a list of applications.

- Select Windows Media Player

- click the "Alwayse use the selected program to open this kind of file" box at the bottom of the list

You'll need to repeat this process for each affected file type.

Alternatively, open your favourite media player and somewhere in the options there will be a list of file associations where you can "re-claim" the file types you want to use it for.

Usually, when you install media players there's an option during the installation about allowing the media player to change the file associations: generally speaking you should say No.
Message Edited by patc on 12-Nov-200710:24 AM

 

Hi, I 'll guess what's happening is this:
Perhaps in (say) win 7, if you set the associations from with Zoom player, icons were set appropriately.

From Win 8 on, associations cannot be set by programs- they can only register themselves as capable of handling the file types they do.

When you set the association from Settings or the Control panel or Open With, you are setting that association with the main executable.

If you wished, you could achieve this by hand, or by writing an appropriate script, I would think. But is it worth the time?

 

It was fine with previous Win 10 versions but with v14393.187 all has changed

 

How did you set up the associations previously? Were the icons as you wanted, then you installed the update and then you found they were the same as each other, or did you apply the update, then install Zoom player?

 

All I used to do was right click the file/ open with zoom/ and check always use this app to open .mkv. After the update it had reverted to default then when I did the same, right click etc... all filetyes were associated with the main Player Icon.

 

What happens if you use Default Programs/ Associate a File type... in the Control Panel?

 

Funnily enough I've just done another win update and the probelm has resolved itself.

Thank you for your replies and your assistance it is much appreciated.