24-Bit, 96kHz Microsoft PCM WAVs result in no audio in any media player

Hi guys,
I have some downmixes saved by other progarms as 24-Bit 96kHz Stereo WAV files that play fine in all media players. However, when I save these or any other upconverted 16-bit files in Audition 3.0 as "Microsoft PCM WAV" (24-Bit, 96kHz, Stereo), they do not play in any of my media players. The file appears to be playing but there is no sound. The only differences I can see in the file attributes are that there is a new "Audio Format" attribute whose value is "PCM" - this attribute does not exist on the other (working) files. However, if I save the file as a "32-Bit float" Microsoft PCM WAV in Audition, they play fine! Here is an image to explain:
http://www.aotplaza.com/Files/Audition%20Problem.PNG
I would think that it is a codec problem but I didn't think WAV files required third party codecs in Windows XP? Any ideas?

Never mind, I realised that the problem lies in the WAV format used. According to some websites I have visited, high resolution and/or surround sound WAV files can only be played back natively if they are in WAVE EXTENSIBLE format and the files I was saving were in PCM format. I solved this by setting ffdshow to handle all WAV files using DirectShow instead and the files now play back fine. :)
Out of curiosity, I see no WAVEX save format in Audition although it exists in Audacity (an open source audio editor) - is there a way to save WAV files in this format?

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