I know I have seen somewhere about using of players to preview
downloads while in progress (avi) apprarently WMP won't. Whats a good player that will allow me to do that and also since you can't drag the file how do you get it to the player you want to use

VLC has in-built codecs & divX also plays avi files. For links see: VLC media player - Overview (choose nearest mirror site) OR

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To make an application default for particular type of file, select it (outside of LW), go to menu File>Properties>Change Open with ... & choose the program (eg: VLC) & choose always open with. Press OK, Apply & OK.

In the example below my system thought all my video files were WinAmp. Doh!

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I've decided to offer another option similar to above. By the way I believe the technique might be a little different for XP.

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Thanks for the info Ive downloaded VLN I haven't had alot of time lately to experiment but I was able to play a couple of files just to get a little feel about the player now I'm in the process of trying to decide on a good mp3 player I really appreciate your support you guys and gals @ limewire are the greatest

If you're talking about the people in this forum then almost no one is affiliated with LW.

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Any problems with icons & their default apps despite making changes like above then see:

Other options: 1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q132668/
2. http://www.easydesksoftware.com/news/news12.htm

but i have macintosh (an imac computer) so i dont have a menu and i went to file and couldn't find properties what do i do.

For a start you should probably be posting in the General mac or OSX section. This post is very obviously only concerned with windows. I have posted similar answers for mac os9 & osx! More than once. So do a search of the forums or search thru those sections, & if you can't find such an answer then create a new thread in those sections suggested.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

quintessential is a great mp3 player. beats real n winamp bigtime. windows media player is not worth comparing to, it sux. quintessential plays lot of other formats as well, may require plug-ins occasionally [reqd plugin for mp4 files]. it also plays video usin divx, but like lotr said, VLC is the best for video.