Problem with default Media Player from Browser

mibaup

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Hello,

There's a website that has a list of videos I need to watch, which is supposed to stream the videos to Windows Media Player, but I accidentally chose "Google Chrome" to open the videos, and now everytime I click "Play Video" it opens a blank Google Chrome page. Is there a way to make the video streaming link launch Windows Media Player instead of Google Chrome again?

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64-bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    i5-4210m
    Memory
    4GB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 m230 2GB + Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Switchable Graphics)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6"
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
Go into Control Panel (Right Click start button and select it)
Do a search for default
the top result should be set default programs

If you click on this and then in the list at the left hand side find Windows Media Player
Click this and then click on set as default (or click on the customize to select what WMP opens)

Hope that helps
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3521
    CPU
    i5
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon
    Browser
    IE
Thanks for the help, but I figured it out and it was a bit different, what I did was:

Swipe mouse to the right side to open the charms bar > Settings > Change PC Settings > Search and apps > Defaults > Choose default apps by protocol.

From the list opened, I looked for all the protocols using Google Chrome, because that is what I accidentally chose, and I saw that in the "MMS (URL:MMS Protocol)" Google chrome was the default, and I could also change it to Windows Media Player, so I suspected this one is the one I should change (because in other protocols that showed Google Chrome, such as "HTTP" and "HTTPS" I did not have the option to choose Windows Media Player, but other browsers only), and after I changed it, it really worked.

I don't know what exactly is MMS Protocol I just saw that this is the one showing Google Chrome with the option to change it to Windows Media Player :sarc:

Have a good day!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64-bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    i5-4210m
    Memory
    4GB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 m230 2GB + Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Switchable Graphics)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6"
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
Glad to hear you got it fixed

Thanks for the update
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3521
    CPU
    i5
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon
    Browser
    IE
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