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juggernaut · 2005-10-23, 07:39 AM

Heres a test for you. Take a simple text file, you dont have to place anything in it. Save it as a wmv file just like you would if you were saving a html page. Then double click it. If it opens in MS media player or some other media player then all is cool. granted it wont play anything and you most likly will get an error. But this is a quick and easy way to find out if MS Media player is associated to play those files. If it opens back up in notepad then its not. Also make sure you can see the full extention of the file. If you do not have that option set on your system. When you go to save it from notepad, you will really end up saving "filename.txt.wmv
One last thing, look in your event viewer, it sould tell you the problem or at least give you some error codes that you can then go and search google on or MS. Hope this helps..

2005-10-23, 07:39 AM	#7
juggernaut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Jersey! If I was rich and powerful I would dress as my avatar does. Posts: 1,448	Heres a test for you. Take a simple text file, you dont have to place anything in it. Save it as a wmv file just like you would if you were saving a html page. Then double click it. If it opens in MS media player or some other media player then all is cool. granted it wont play anything and you most likly will get an error. But this is a quick and easy way to find out if MS Media player is associated to play those files. If it opens back up in notepad then its not. Also make sure you can see the full extention of the file. If you do not have that option set on your system. When you go to save it from notepad, you will really end up saving "filename.txt.wmv One last thing, look in your event viewer, it sould tell you the problem or at least give you some error codes that you can then go and search google on or MS. Hope this helps..