Hi guys, try as I might I cannot stop Nero being the player for lime wire. I'm sure there is a setting somewhere but I cant find it. I have Nero 7 and cant find the preferences (or the preferences I have found do not cover what it plays). Usually when installing a new player it will let you set what it plays but not nero. It has taken over all limewire files and I wouldn't mind except it cannot play a preview so I don't know what I'm downloading. The settings in LW don't seem to do much they never changed anything when the Windows player played the files. Any ideas, it's probably a regedit thing is it?
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Right click any media file you do not want Nero to open, choose "Open with...", then choose the media player you want to use for that specific file type and mark the square where it says 'Always use this program to open files of this type" (Might be that you have to go down to "Choose Program" to get the square displayed).

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Hi I can't do that in Limewire can I? The right click option isn't available is it? I'm just going from memory so I could be wrong.

Much less complicated than you suspect

Outside of Limewire. Alternatively you can choose a file in the saving library and press explore to go to that folder

Just right click on some videofiles and go to open with then press choose program. Now just highlight the program and check the box that say "Always use the selected program...". Now press OK and you have changed the default program for that filetype.

You have to do this once for every format.

But that still wont change the way limewire plays the files will it. I know about outside of lime wire no problem but within its green walls I am bound to play using Nero. If I do as you say it only effects how to play it once it's downloaded and on my desktop. I won't effect playing previews will it? Tha's all I bothered about as you know the preview tool is so important to make sure you are actually downloading the thing you want and not some renamed nonsence.

For the preview of videos LW uses your default media player. So, if you do as Sleepless and I have suggested, then you'll have a new default media player after doing the recommended steps.

As for music files, LW comes with an integrated player. Go LW>Tools>Options>Player and see whether the square is marked about using the LW player.

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Thanks guys, nero has taken over everything including pdf files!! Yep your suggestions are working. Thankyou.....Now to go and moan at Nero.com.

Allready have allthough not about that issue. I ranted a bit over the fact that with every update from there were new bugs and a even more offsync play using ShowTime and NeroVision.

Maybe fixed now...dunno. There was a new update released a few days ago. Just haven't downloaded it yet.

Looked at the Release notes. According to it the "Doubleclicking on second mp3 file would freeze Nero" should be fixed now. (BTW. That was one of the new bugs that came with the last update)

Sure wish I hadn't spent money on buying it.