media player9 and mpeg encoding

[firecracker]

i have just installed wmp9 in win xp home and now tmpeg and nero 5.5 will not work they just say they need to close what can i
do system restore will not go back to before wmp9 i have read that wmp9 cannot be deleted?how is it i get dodgy files sometimes and fear they will mess me up and they are fine ,and its always something from microsoft that i trust that causes me bother(sp1)please help if you can .cheers

[overdo]

system restore will remove wmp9 if u have a restore point before wmp9 was installed. u could try reinstalling nero and tmpg to see if that helps. searching the microsoft knowledge base may also bring up some explanation to this problem.

[nasrules]

wmp9 CREATES a restore point when you install it.............

an congrats overdo on bein Advanced!!!!

[overdo]

lol thx nasrules. yeah i forgot wmp9 automatically created a restore point

[firecracker]

ive tried system restore and it wont go back to before wmp9
reinstalled nero and tmpg, nero seems okay now but tmpg is still a goner. any ideas

[overdo]

try searching the MS knowledge base here (http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?ln=en-gb)
u could also try the nero help page here (http://www.nero.com)

u could also check out any tmpg help files/forums on the internet. i don't use tmpg myself so i can't be more specific sorry.

[Krell]

Did you reboot?

[firecracker]

to answer krell i did reboot ,what i dont get is files that i have encoded before will not open ,they will open with media player
and virtual dub but not tmpg,what has changed?thats why i blame wmp9,i know this is quite vague but short of posting the
error report when tmpg crashes i dont know what else i can do
except try another encoder (but i liked tmpg) ive searched the newsgroups,vcdhelp etc but to no avail ,thanks for trying to help
much appreiciated.firecracker

[Krell]

firecracker

I would uninstall tmpeg, then fix my associations, reinstall tmpeg to a diff location. Also right click media in question to set associations as per directions below.

Use this script to restore your default associations. Its a bit tedious, but less than using Explorer > File Types.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm

Paste these lines in one by one to a dos screen, then hit enter each time.

This reg script will help you with Mpg\Mpeg files too
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_mpg_fix_reg.zip

Or, to do it manually, follow these steps:

SUMMARY
You can specify that files with certain file name extensions are always opened in the same program. You can also modify an existing file type to change its association with a program. You can work with file associations in Windows Explorer or My Computer. This article describes how to change file associations in Windows XP.


How to Change File Associations:
You may want to change the association of a file extension from one program to another. For example, you may prefer to open text files (.txt) in you favorite word processor so you can format the text. By default, text files are associated with Notepad. Note that file extensions for known file types are hidden by default.
To See All File Extensions:
On the Tools menu in My Computer or Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box.

To Change File Associations:
Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
In the Open With dialog box, click the program in which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program you want.
Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.


How to Create File Association for Unassociated File Type
You may want to create a file association for a file type that is not associated with a program in your computer. There are two common reasons for this action:
A program (often a database) produces file reports with extensions that are not registered in Windows XP.
You receive e-mail message attachments that are created in a program that is not installed on your computer, but there is an installed program that can read these files.
To create file association:
Right-click a file with the extension you want to change, and then click Open, or double-click the file.
Windows XP displays a dialog box that indicates that no program is associated with this file. The dialog box offers two choices for creating an association:
Use the Web service to find the appropriate program
Select the program from a list
Unless you want to find and download software that opens this file type, the best choice is to select the program from a list.


Windows displays a dialog box that displays programs that are installed on the computer. If the program you want to use for this file type is not listed, click Browse to locate the appropriate software. Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.