media player

i have disabled the "use limewire's mp3 player" option but still every time i try to preview a file i double click it or i will highlight it and then press preview this file but my media player wont open to play the file, so everytime i wan to check the files that i have downloaded for the first time i have to open the media player and open the file through the media player open file option. it's really annoyng as i need to remember the exact name of the file i just downloaded in order to find out of the 1000+ files i have. how can i fix this?
thanks

[fabion]

Did you close and restart LimeWire for the change to take effect?

Did you set your media player as the default application to run that type of file?

restarted limewire : only about 50 more times

setting media player: i ...erm ...hm ..don't know. how do i check it?

thanks

yeup, done that ages now, lol anything else i could do??
god i will be feeling really dumb when i see how simple it turned out to be

[fabion]

hmmm this is odd --- have you tried double left mouse clicking the icon

yes i have done the whole left clicking thing. or the highlighting and then saying preview file and all that. i think my best bet is setting the media player through the player itself unless there is something else that the guys that are developing the software or whatever are not telling me!! ;-)

[fabion]

This is really odd.

What media player are you using.

What type of file are you try to launch. ie mp3, m4a, ....

[legepe]

I had the same problem before, cleaned my computer down for other reasons, recently installed again LW, and Yep same prob...
I believe that i've done all you have pre-mentioned here, I have a default player but I have not made any specific changes to it. is that what i am doing wrong, or should it work automatically when i choose within LW the systems default player?
What i would like to do really is make AVI Player default to LW, and keep 'media player' default for other applications
Is this possible???
Thanks
legepe

Originally posted by bpmax
Very little of that made sense... left clicking???.... setting the media player through the player itself???

Sorry to sound like a pucker, but... if yer serious, you have a lot to learn about basic file management before you tackle media players......

This has nothing to do with "the guys that are developing this software"... it sounds like 100% user error to me.

Yer first step would be to learn where the files you are trying to play are actually going on your drive. Lets start there.... do you know that?

im sorry i sounded like an idiot it was late in the night and i was tired.
i am not a novice by any means. now listen to the problem and what i've done.
yes, i know where my files are saved. i am mostly downloading mp3 format audio files and mpeg and avi video files. i have tried to right click whatever i am dowloading and then clicking on the preview file option but it doesnt work. yes i have disabled limewire's mp3 player. i have also tried to double click on the item but it wont do anything. i also clicked on an mp3 file AND a mpeg file and chose the always open with media player and it still doesn't work.
now is there something i could set through the media player that could help? consider me an expert in " basic file management" and an advanced media player/winamp/real player user. i still can't figure it out though.
any ideas?

help anyone?