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MP3 players have big egos. As soon as you install one, it assumes that you want it to automatically play all your sound file, including MP3s, CDs, and any other piece of sound that's on your hard drive.
What if you don't like this newcomer and want to switch back to your old player? If you're lucky, it's as easy as clicking a button.
For example, to reassign MP3-playing rights to Winamp, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the lightning bolt symbol in the lower-right corner of the Winamp window, select Options, and choose Preferences.
2. Choose File Types, and click the All button.
When you click the Select All button, Winamp highlights all the file types that it supports.
To ensure that you don't lose Winamp as your default player in the future, select the Restore File Associations at Winamp Start-Up check box.
3. Click the Close button, and Winamp grabs back its abilities.
If the wrong MP3 player leaps into action when you double-click a song — and you can't fix the file associations from within the correct program — follow these steps to change the MP3 player that is assigned to MP3 files under Windows XP:
1. Right-click any MP3 file in Windows Explorer and choose Open With.
Windows displays the Open With dialog box.
2. When the list of programs pops up, select Choose Program.
3. In the Recommended Programs list, choose the program that you want to play your songs by clicking the program's name.
If a specific player you've installed doesn't appear in the list, click the Browse button, navigate to the program on your system, click to select it, and then click the Open button.
4. Select the Always Use the Selected Program to Open This Kind of File check box.
5. Click OK to save your changes.
Now, whenever you click an MP3 file, your newly selected MP3 player should pop into action to play it.
If you experiment with several different MP3 players, each player tries to set itself up as the default player. Following this procedure lets you choose the player that should automatically jump up and begin playing MP3 files.
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