default programs

Hi everyone! I've installed Win7 recently, and couldn't help but play with settings and services. I can't remember precisely what I've done, but now the search is unavailable, i.e F3 won't work anymore, and the search field in folders have disappeared. I've looked for a windows search...

Windows Media Player is listed under possible default programs in control panel, and in the options dialogue that opens when I insert a DVD - but Windows Media Center is not. And there don't seem to be any file association settings within Media Center. In order to play the DVD in Media...

Can anyone tell me how to get a program listed in the "Open With" manager so I can set a default? I've tried several times and it just won't list the programs I want. The first time I tried it (with a pdf), I thought I got it listed and hit enter without checking and now all of the pdf's start...

Resolution This helped me.:p This happens if a default mail client is not correctly set. Using the Default Programs - Set your default programs, and selecting your mail client (for example, Windows Mail) also may not help. Follow these steps to resolve the problem. Click Start, select...

In my emails, when I would get more than one picture. I could view pictures in a slide show, which when clicked opened windows photo gallery and I could view slide slow. Now for some reason my slide show is opens in windows live photo gallery. How do I get it to open in windows photo gallery and...

Hi Everyone. I've changed some registry key to make Windows 7 to use WMP12 x64 as the default media player. Still the default media player remained WMP12 32bit, so I've changed those keys back. After all this "Windows Media Player" item with it's ">" strip menus (like "Windows Media Center"...

All my mp3 files have an iTunes icon instead of the Windows Media Player icon, even though I have set WMP as the default program. In going into the imagere file, I find that there is no WMP icon to choose from - only the iTunes icon. So my questions are 1) how did that happen? and 2) how do I...

I accidently chose Windows Photo Gallery to be the default program to open all of my picture files on the computer, and now it has virtually taken over! I tried to change it back using the "autoplay" selection in the control panel, but it does not seem to change anything. Does anyone have...

Ok, I'm using COWON jetAudio as my media player in Windows 7 (I've been using this all in one media player for years now, and I love it.) And I'm trying to associate all of the file types to jetAudio. When I go into the jetAudio preferences, and check all file types, it doesn't work properly...

I am having a problem with being able to open the Control Panel along with the utilities included within. I can't open things like Default Programs, Devices and Printers, Uninstall Programs etc. Right clicking on the desktop and clicking on Personalize, Gadgets, Screen Resolutions does nothing...

Hello, Suddenly Windows Mail, Windows Defender ( an some ther stuff ) just disappeared and I can run them. I must say that I changed default program files directory in registry to other partition, maybe this is the problem. Anyway how to fix this? Thanks a lot

hey all, i just got a computer with windows already installed and am already hating life. first of all, when i download music files from the internet they go straight to my desktop as a shortcut, i tried fix this by going to "default programs" and putting it on windows default settings, but it...