i have downloaded vlc player but dont know and cant figure out how to add movies i'm downloading to this player. windows media player keeps coming up when i click preview.i know u said to go to file, open with but where are u going to do that?
i know this sounds really stupid but i'm just learning all this.when i click on movie i'm downloading, there's noplace to add it to vlc media player. (as usual) raisinkane

try this, on your computer go to Start, Set Program Access and Defaults, click Non Microsoft, there should be a place that says media player. Then it says Choose a default media player. See if yours is listed and highlight it, then click Ok. let me know if it works or if your media player is listed.

Good luck,
Moe

no there's noplace to hightlight anything there. it says:
MEDIA PLAYER: MUCICMATCH JUKEBOX
ENABLE ACCESS: MUSICMATCH JUKEBOX
REMOVE ACESS: WINDOWS MEDIA PLAY
there's noplace there where it lists vlc player at all

Open your saved folder outside of LW. Right click on one of the files you're going to want VLC to play. Now go to Open With > Choose Program. Select VLC & tick "Always use the selected program..." & click ok.

If it still refuses to default to VLC, change the file types that WMP associates with. In WMP go Tools > Options > File Types. Now untick the kinds of files you don't want WMP to open, Apply & ok.

If you still have probs, run the VLC installer again & this time tick all the options when the installer prompts you.

*Just be aware that there seems to be a bit of a problem with previewing & launching within LW using VLC. It seems to work fine on a Mac, but a few people have found that it won't work for Windows. What I do is open the incomplete file outside of LW & preview that way... VLC works fine. To launch, just open your folder outside of LW too.

thank you very much birdy it worked. just want to say you all are gr8 here. i appreciate all the help ev1 has given me. i'm new to all this so i've learned alot in the past week. thx to all my friends here.