The right side of the screen will change and provide options on how to manage Windows Media Player's defaults as shown below. Scroll down until you find Windows Media Player and left click on it. Please click on the option labeled Set your default programs and a screen will open that lists numerous programs on your computer.

Now click on the Default Programs option and you will be brought to the Default Programs control panel where you can specify the program you wish to act as the default when interacting with certain files on your computer. If you wish to make it so that Windows Media Player is the default media player like it was in previous Windows versions please follow these steps.įrom the Windows 8 Start screen type default and when the search results appear click on the Settings category as shown below. When you open a MP3 file, the Music app is used to open and play the file instead. In Windows 8, Windows Media Player is no longer the default program to open your music files such as MP3 files.

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