How to Make Windows Media Player Default
563How to Make Windows Media Player Default..
For as long as Windows users can remember, Windows Media Player has always been the default playback program for audio and video files. Unfortunately, this changed when Windows 8 came around, and the same is true for every iteration of the Windows Operating System that was developed and distributed after Windows 8. Microsoft has set modern or universal applications as playback defaults on Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 – Windows 8 and 8.1 have the Music app set as the default playback app for audio files, and Windows 10 has the revamped Groove music app set as the default.
The Music and Groove Music apps are pretty decent as far as features and audio playback go, but most Windows users would still prefer to have Windows Media Player handle all of their audio file playing – for nostalgia, if nothing else. Microsoft hasn’t made any major changes or improvements to the Windows Media Player, but the playback program is still one of the best and most commonly used media playback applications for Windows. Windows Media Player is also much faster as compared to Windows 10’s Groove Music app, which is quite clunky and unstable for most Windows 10 users.
On both Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, Microsoft has set modern or universal apps as default for most file types. The Music app or Groove Music (on Windows 10) is the default music or media player. While the Groove Music app in Windows 10 is pretty good and it has been revamped with several new features, it still lacks a couple of features, and it isn’t as good as Windows Media Player or any other well-known desktop player for that matter.
Though Windows Media Player is your computer's initial default media program, each subsequent player that you install tries to replace it. After you've installed several players, Windows may associate one program with MP3s, a second program with video files and a third with ripping audio from CDs. Restoring Windows Media Player as the single default player adds some consistency to your workflow. If you run Windows Media Player continuously, you can also load media more quickly by loading all files in a single open program.
Thankfully, it is entirely possible for you to replace whatever your default music playback application is on any version of the Windows Operating System with Windows Media Player. In addition, doing so is also no uber complicated feat. If you want to set Windows Media Player as default on a Windows computer, here’s how you can do exactly that:
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).