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By: How to Set 64-Bit Windows Media Player 12 (WMP12) As Default Player » My Digital Life

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:57:23 +0000

[...] Windows Vista, and the WMP 11 x64 has also not been made as default player. There is workaround to switch or change and set 64-bit Windows Media Player 11 as default player in Vista. However, the simple trick to switch to 64-bit player does not work anymore as Windows 7 locks the [...]

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:03:56 +0000

Your welcome Marcel

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:25:10 +0000

THANK YOU !!!! After trying many many “solutions” that were recommended … this is the ONLY one that worked. 64-bit Windows System seems incompatable with many programs. I can’t use “Google Desktop” either.

By: Marcel Molendijk

Marcel Molendijk — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:20:58 +0000

Hi!

I just wanted to say thanks to WaltRex. His method turned out to be the working one. This saved me to edit the complete registry, undoing it from all keys pointing to 32bit mplayer.

Thanks!

Marcel.

By: the fixer

the fixer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:46:23 +0000

I figured it out. Under the “Path” key, type

%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\

Just like that without quotes. If you type “wmplayer.exe” aftet the “\” it gives you an error. Leave te “defualt” as:

“%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe”

Include the quotes.

By: superweapons

superweapons — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:00:15 +0000

Following the guide step-by-step, it still did not launch automatically under a 64-bit image. However, after just a few small registry, I managed to get it to launch. Referencing the guide, under “Path”, instead of “%Programfiles(x86)%\Windows Media Player” as the key, use “%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player”, redirecting it to launch the 64-bit executable.

By: WaltRex

WaltRex — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:24:04 +0000

The right way to switch WMP 11 x64 is:
• Run unregmp2.exe /SwapTo:64
• Open Regedit
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\wmplayer.exe
• Delete quotes from Default. Its seems like this: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
• Then, delete the key named “Path”
• So, create a new key “Expandable String Value” and label it’s like “Path”
• The Value Data must be: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player
• Close the regedit
Now is 100% WMP x64, without any x86 media player
No more crash, no more warning message from video card

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By: Ross Snowden

Ross Snowden — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:40:12 +0000

I just wanted to confirm the post by “Unimpressed” on June 8th: as well, the “path” was set to x86 on my machine as well. This stumped my, as all the solutions to this problem were suggesting that I this didn’t need to be changed. Changing it (i.e.: taking out the “x86″ portion of the string) solved the problem. This mean that the “default” and “path” string should be pointing to the 64bit version of WMP and *not” the version in the “(x86)” folder.

Double clicking on a media file now brings up the 64 bit version of WMP. However, when I click on a link in Outlook 2007, the 32 bit version still launches. I haven’t figured out why this behaves the way it does.

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Switching to 64-bit: WMP 11 | BlobbyBlog 2 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:26:20 +0000

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Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:40:10 +0000

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By: Unimpressed

Unimpressed — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:44:13 +0000

Just want to point out that by default the “Path” already has (x86) and the (x86) bit needs to be REMOVED to make WMP11 x64 load by default when opening a media file. So you might want to double check your info before posting, ’cause from my experience, you’re wrong.

By: VISTA.BLORGE.com » Blog Archive » Windows Media Player comes broken on 64-bit Vista

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:45:47 +0000

[...] My Digital Life has several solutions for this problem. You can set either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions as default via several methods depending on your needs. And as with all things Microsoft this problem seems to be random so I guess it just depends on what “mood” Vista is in at that particular moment. [...]