Cheers & Thanks!

I have been downloading successfully for over a year & all my audio files defaulted to Quicktime. All of a sudden my files are coming across as generic mp3's (looks like MusicMatch icon) and prompts my system for an application to open it in!!! Total pain. How do I make Quicktime the default file format for audio downloads????

Are you on Windows or Mac OS?

For windows, select one such file on your desktop & go to File>Properties & press the Open with ... button & then select your app. In this case that would be QT.

For Mac OSX, highlight/select such a file & with either CMD+I or Control+click for the menu to come up & select Open with ... & select your app. OSX will make an educated guess as to what apps should open it but if your prefered choice is not there (& that can happen) then scroll all the way to the bottom of the list & choose Other ...

In Mac OS9, you'll need to go to your Apple Menu>Control Panels>File Exchange & scroll down the list until you find that type of file. If it's not there you can add it. Then select it in the list & open the advanced section & choose your prefered app to open it. That will mean directing the chooser to your applications folder to choose it. (It must be 18 mths since I last opened it lol)

Now whichever app you've chosen will become the default app to open that type of file.

Most helpful, Oh Knowledgable One.

Serious appreciation for taking the time not only to answer my question, but to include all system possibilities. Share On!!!

peter