How do I make iTunes my default music player?

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Have you tried the following document?
[iTunes for Windows: How to make iTunes the default application for music and audio files in Windows Vista and Windows 7|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3202]

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  • How do I make iTunes my default music player instead of Quicktime?

    First let me say I'm not very tech savy so this could all be something simple that I'm overlooking but iTunes used to be my default player on my mac but now when I try to play music files from other devices such as a flash drive it prompts Quicktime to start up. Any ideas on how to change this back to iTunes?

    Select a document in the Finder, choose Get Info from the File menu, click on Open With, select the desired application, and press the Change All button.
    (91084)

  • How do you make itunes your default media player?

    On itunes 7, I have been looking everywhere for the setting that changes itunes to your default media player but I cannot find it. Can anyone please assist me since I do not know what I am doing. Sorry if i'm reposting.

    this document might be of some help with that:
    iTunes for Windows: How to make iTunes the default application for music and audio files

  • I want to make iTunes my default music player + P.S.

    RE: music &/or video playing on my iMac
    What is the path that I must take to find out where to set iTunes as the default music/video player? I believe that I have QuickTime at this point, but have learned that for the music player, iTunes is the preferred application. One can import, organize, browse, plan, and burn all in the same application. So.... I am going to change over but need to know where it is. I know it is in System Preferences but can anyone steer me in the right direction? Thank you.
    P.S.: I now have music automatically starting and looping on a page in my website. I am going to add more music to my pages, too.
    Lorna in Southern California

    Hi Lorna...
    Still up, huh? Me too.
    .......... Lorna says ................................................
    I was up late last night, though not as late as the time I went to bed at 6 AM. And then woke up at 9 AM.
    I don't think you need to do anything really to have
    iTunes handle your audio files. Keep in mind that in
    general, iTunes=audio, and QuickTime player=video.
    I believe that OS X is already set up along these
    lines and the appropriate application will open up
    according to file types and file extensions....
    .......... Lorna says ................................................
    But James every now and again I deal with some sort of programlet or another, and it asks me whether or not I want to have THAT program as my default handler of (whatever). In the past (but probably prior to Tiger) I have accepted the idea because it seemed sane and probably appropriate. I know that in the past, it was a matter of choice between iTunes and QuickTime.
    This
    is not to say, though, that the occasional podcast
    or ITMS video file can't be played in iTunes and
    that QuickTime player can't also open up audio
    files.
    .......... Lorna says ................................................
    Aha. My podcasts come in thru iTunes. That is how I accidentally discovered (the other night) that I had probably clicked onto someone's podcast icon. It had lovely music on it.
    Ultimately, everything is part of the same
    thing. That's what is so easy about using
    Macs...things just work.
    So no worries, Lorna.... I have added some audio to
    my website, too....dedicated to you, Lorna... It's
    just baby sounds, but hey...it's SOUND!
    .......... Lorna says ................................................
    Those sounds are very sweet. Baby squeals are always heart tuggers. Innocent, vulnerable creatures always have a straight path to the heart, and thus so do the little creature sounds that they make.
    I am soon going to work on my second song for another page. As you know, I began it last night.
    (The only semi-nightmare scenario I see is me not being too acquainted with the html page, and maybe sneezing and my mouse erases data on the page and everything on that page gets wiped out. I am a little bit (a lot) afraid of messing up changing the html on the new page. 8-( 8-( 8-( And Apnewbie is somewhere in the mountains with his son. HahahahahahaHAHAHA!
    OK. Back to serious controlled business here.
    Lorna in Southern California

  • How do you make iTunes the default media player again?

    thanx

    ok that almost worked lol. when i get to configuration and click on microsoft windows, there is no way for me to change it. however if i go to custom and switch it back to iTunes, i don't think it saves. because when i open iTunes this pop up comes up saying "windows can perform the same action each time you connect this device. what do you want windows to do?" and then it has real player or take no action as my only options.

  • Vista - how do you make iTunes the default player for audio files?

    Having started using iTunes on a new Vista PC, I've found that it defaults back to Windows Media as the default audio file player every time the machine is rebooted.
    But worse than that, I cannot find any option to make iTunes the default player for MP3 files - under the Vista settings, the ONLY option offered is Windows Media: there is not even a box to tick for iTunes.
    Have others found this? Is there any way around this?
    (I thought that Microsoft was legally precluded from making these kind of enforced settings now???)

    Although I now seem to have successfully made iTunes the default player for audio files, iTunes has started putting up this message:
    "The iTunes Music Library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation."
    A quick scan of the forum shows this problem has come up quite a few times, but I'm far from clear if there is a definitive answer/solution. I am the administrator for the computer. It sounds worrying that the Library file is not being saved - should I be worried?

  • Lacking sufficent privilges to make ITUNES the default Audio player.

    Never had any problems until updating to this latest version of ITUNES but it now gives me the "you lack sufficent privilages" message whenever I try to set ITUNES as the default player for audio files in preferances.
    I've set my permissions on MY DOCUMENTS/MY MUSIC and all sub-folders/files to full control for everyone and yet this problem persists.
    I have went into program access control and set ITUNES as default and it acts like it is setting it as default but when I open ITUNES it asks me if I want to set it to default player I check yes and it promply tells me I lack sufficent privilages to do so.
    I am of coure running as an ADMIN account.
    I am running XP PRO with all latest updates and patches
    SPYBOT S&D
    SpywareBlaster
    AVG anti-virus
    AD-AWARE SE
    COMODO Firewall
    I have tried changing things with all of the above security items turned off on 2 differant ADMIN level accounts and the result is the same...no joy
    My computer has Two ADMIN level accounts on it and a VISITOR account with limited privilages...could the limited Privilage account be causing a problem as it was added after my original install of ITUNEs (version 6.whatever) and was already installed on the computer when I installed the current upgraded version.
    Since ITUNES installs it's startup ICON in the ALL/USERS folder could the fact that the one account has limited privilages prevent allowing the change to be made on all accounts??
    If anyone has the solution please respond...this version should be called LOONEYTUNES cause that is where it is driving me!!

    It makes and keeps all the changes I make in preferances with the exception of making ITUNES the default audio player. The only solution or work around has been to go and right click on say a MP3 file select file/open with/select ITUNES check the box always open with this program box and then it will open the Mp3 files with ITUNES.
    It kinda gets what I want done I suppose, but I, like the Dyson vacuum guy on TV believe things "should work as they as supposed to".
    As yet ITUNES Ver.7 has been a disappointment, as long as windows XP has been around and as widspread as the usage of ITUNES is on windows platrom machines, IMHO there is no excuse for these kind of compatability issues.

  • How can I make itunes detect new music added to Music folder

    How can I setup itunes to automatically detect new music added to my music folder? Under the advanced setting I currently have Itunes set to view my music folder where all my music is located. Im using Windows 7, Itunes Version 10.4.1.10. Currently I have to add new music manually and that's *****. I have over 2000 cd's that I need to rip. Please help. Thanks

    If you are ripping CDs, you can rip with iTunes and the tracks will be added to your iTunes library without manual intervention.
    But if you already have the files, or are using something other than iTunes to rip, you will note that iTunes does not automatically detect when new files have been placed in a folder.  You can add this capability by using a 3rd party program such as iTunes Folder Watch.

  • How do i make itunes find my music library on an external hard drive?

    OK. So i got a new PC and ive downloaded itunes. Ive authorised itunes. However, no matter how hard i try, i cannot get it to find my existing itunes library which is situated on an external hard drive.
    I know ive done it before with my last PC but cannot remember how...and itunes made sense back then rather than the nonsense it is now.
    Any tips?
    Cheers

    Hi there,
    You may find the information in the article below helpful.
    iTunes: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589
    -Griff W.

  • Stopping iTunes being default music player

    I have several players, such as RealPlayer, QuickTime and VLC, capable of playing mp3, AAIF and other types of music files already on my computer. Whenever I double-click one of these files, it is always iTunes that opens and starts playing the file. How can I prevent iTunes being the default player?

    Select a document, choose Get Info from the File menu, specify the correct application under Open With, click on Change All, and confirm this action.
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  • How can i make RealPlayer the default video player?

    I use safari 3.0.4
    When it accesses sites containing video, it plays it in Flash (eg YouTube)
    How do I get safari to use realplayer instead? (Even my Firefox 2.0 uses flash) (I have RP 10)
    I am teaching a course in media literacy and show some of the uploaded old tv commercials to my students. i want to show next year's class some of the same commercials, so i want to save the ones I find this year while they're available.
    At school, I work on a pc, and it plays video back in RealPlayer which gives me a 'download' option, so i can save these commercials.
    But when i find good clips at home, on my mac, all I can do is note the urls, then do it all again at school to get to them to download. it would be much easier if i could download them as I find them, then take them to school on my portable drive.
    any solution?
    Thank you
    Elizabeth

    At school, I work on a pc, and it plays video back in RealPlayer which gives me a 'download' option, so i can save these commercials
    RealPlayer v. 11.0.0 (may still be in beta) now includes that Downloader - a very useful item!
    It is a free download but they will ask for money in July. Must be why they call it RealPlayer Plus!
    You can get it here:
    http://uk.real.com/player/mac/
    I have had it for a couple of weeks and have had no problems.
    As for making RealPlayer the default video player, IMO that is not a good idea. There is a lot of stuff out there that RealPlayer would not be able to handle.
    These are the downloads and the settings you need in order to view/hear pretty much everything that the net can throw at you: The setup described below has proved repeatedly successful on both PPC and Intel macs, but nothing in life carries a guarantee!
    It is known to work in the great majority of cases with Safari 3.0.4, QT 7.3 or 7.4 and OS 10.4.11. (If you are running Leopard, ensure that all plug-ins have been updated for OS 10.5.2, but please see my footnote).
    Assuming you already run Tiger versions OS 10.4.9 or above (this has not yet been verified with Leopard) and have Quicktime 7.2 or above, and are using Safari 2 or 3, download and install (or re-install even if you already had them) the latest versions, suitable for your flavor of Mac, of:
    RealPlayer 10 for Mac from http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html?platform2=Mac%20OS%20X&product= RealPlayer%2010&proc=g3&lang=&show_list=0&src=macjack
    The new RealPlayer Plus (v.11) is still in beta and therefore free, but works well on Tiger. It includes a download function, and you can get that here:
    http://uk.real.com/player/mac/
    Flip4Mac WMV Player from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx (Windows Media Player for the Mac is no longer supported, even by Microsoft)
    Perian from http://perian.org/
    You should read this support page http://perian.org/#support in case you need to delete older codecs.
    Adobe FlashPlayer should first be uninstalled using the appropriate uninstaller available here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=2 and then the latest version obtained from here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash and installed.
    (You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS, but please see my footnote if you are running Leopard.)
    In earlier versions than QT 7.1.3 in Quicktime Preferences, under advanced, UNcheck Enable Flash, and under Mime settings/Miscellananeous only check Quicktime HTML (QHTM).
    You should also ensure, if you are running Tiger 10.4.11 or Leopard, that you have downloaded and installed the correct version for your Mac of Security Update 2007-009.1.1, which also deals with the Quicktime/Flash issues you may have experienced, such as the '?'. What happened was that both Quicktime as well as Adobe FlashPlayer tried to play the Flash video at the same time. This no longer happens. (N.B. Security Update 2007-009 1.1 requires both a restart and a permission repair.)
    If you get problems with viewing video on a website try moving this file to your Desktop:
    Hard drive/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.webplugin
    and then restarting Safari. If all now works, you can trash that file.
    In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/
    Now go to Safari Preferences/Security, and tick the boxes under Web Content (all 4 of them) to enable Java.
    Lastly open Audio Midi Setup (which you will find in the Utilities Folder of your Applications Folder) and click on Audio Devices. Make sure that both Audio Input and Audio Output, under Format, are set to 44100 Hz, and that you have selected 'Built in Audio'.
    Important: Now repair permissions and restart.
    You should also consider having the free VLC Player from http://www.videolan.org/ in your armory, as this plays almost anything that DVD Player might not.
    FOOTNOTE
    If you are running Leopard:
    Some users have mentioned that the latest Flash Player (v.9.0.115.0) conflicts with Leopard, and that they have needed to revert to v. 9.0.47. This can be downloaded from here:
    http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=1

  • Why Doesn't Making iTunes Your Default Media Player Always Work?

    I bought a new hard drive on my desktop PC and I installed Windows 7 Pro on it.  I just installed iTunes version 10.6.1.7.  Everything that's in my itunes music folder seems to be playing fine.
    When I inserted an mp3 audio file (from Dropbox)into my iTunes folder and double-clicked to play it, Windows Media Player opened and played it.  So I opened the Auto Play window in Windows Control Panel to make iTunes my default audio player.
    I was able to set iTunes as my default player when I insert an audio CD into my PC.  iTues also plays songs that I download from the internet.  But when I attempted to select iTunes as my default player for audio files that I copied and pasted into the iTunes folder, it wasn't listed on the pulldown menu. The only choices listed on the pulldown menu are:
    Windows Media Player
    Input Pictures & Video Using Dropbox
    Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer
    Take No Action and
    Ask Me Every Time
    How can I make iTunes my default media player for any audio file that I wish to play?

    Right click mp3 file and select "Open with", then "Choose Default Program....."

  • How to make QT the default internet player?

    How do I make QT the default internet player?

    Highlight the music file>File>Get Info>
    In the Get Info window, scroll down to "Open with:"
    Select the player you want to open the music file. In your case it would be Quicktime.
    Click the "Change All..." button if you want to "Use this application to open all documents like this.”
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  • How to make iTunes the default on my MacBook Pro

    I recently updated iTunes and now I'm having trouble making it my default music player. Any ideas?

    Hi ajjacoby14,
    To make iTunes the default application to use for playing music, use the steps found in this article -
    iTunes for Windows: How to make iTunes the default application for music and audio files
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    Best,
    Brett L 

  • Make iTunes default Music Player????

    Hi.
    I just updated my windows comp. to itunes 6.5 or what ever the newest itunes is. But now when I open up my songs from 'My Music' in my documents, they all have the quicktime icon next to it. i some how think i didnt click on the "make itunes the default player" when i was installing the new itunes. does any one know how i can fix it and make itune the new defualt thing. thanks

    Select "Edit", choose "Preferences", click the "Advanced" tab and then select the "General" tab. Lastly put a check mark next to "Use iTunes as the default player for audio files". This should solve your problem.
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