Windows 7 broken icons after uninstalling windows media player

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Hello,

I've uninstalled Windows media player and installed KMPlayer. However, for some reason, the icons that WMP had associated (avi for example) are now blank (like for a unknown file type), and will not change even if the file is associated with KMPlayer (double-clicking on the file opens it with the correct player).
So far I tried:
- reinstalling KMPlayer
- installing VLC and the icons are still blank.
- refreshing the icon cache
- rebuilding the icon cache
- restart

Any other suggestions?
 
Solution

have you tried your defualt programs link ?

you could also associate the file type with your program , go control panel\default programs, then you have a variety of options

let me know how you get on ?
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have you tried your defualt programs link ?

you could also associate the file type with your program , go control panel\default programs, then you have a variety of options

let me know how you get on ?
 
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yep, that did it. after deleting the associated program, re-adding it, and a restart. I didn't even notice that menu in control panel

Thanks for the quick reply!
 
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