I've installed Vista Ultimate and when running IE7 and surfing the channel 9 web site -- when I click download on any of the videos, instead of popping up windows media player like it usually does (and still does in FF on vista) i get a "

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Error.  Any suggestions or ideas how to fix the problem??

thanks.

I'm getting this too, not just on C9 but on any site with videos that would normally open in WMP. Any solution would be welcome.

Iirc, WMP10 had an option to re-register its file associations, but I can't find that in WMP11. Maybe I'm remembering wrong though.

Alt - T : Tools, then choose Options, then the File Types tab and tick everything then apply.

shuff1203 wrote:

Alt-T in IE7?  then pick Internet Options I assume (versus just Options)???  there is no File types tab.

I think he meant in WMP.

blowdart wrote:

Alt - T : Tools, then choose Options, then the File Types tab and tick everything then apply.

That's the thing. There is no File Types tab in WMP11 (at least not on Vista, not sure about XP). Not even when I run it elevated.

Sven Groot wrote:



blowdart wrote: Alt - T : Tools, then choose Options, then the File Types tab and tick everything then apply.

That's the thing. There is no File Types tab in WMP11 (at least not on Vista, not sure about XP). Not even when I run it elevated.

Sorry, don't know much about the issue itself. If you want to re-register file associations, you can use the SPAD tool. On Vista, it's "Default Programs" on the start menu and on XP I believe it's called "Set Programs and Defaults"

Sven Groot wrote:



blowdart wrote: Alt - T : Tools, then choose Options, then the File Types tab and tick everything then apply.

That's the thing. There is no File Types tab in WMP11 (at least not on Vista, not sure about XP). Not even when I run it elevated.

The file types tab shows up in XP if I run it as an administrator, but it's not there if I'm running as a limited user.

Maybe it would show up in Vista if you turned off UAC...  but you probably don't want to do that.

PetKnep wrote:



Sven Groot wrote:  blowdart wrote: Alt - T : Tools, then choose Options, then the File Types tab and tick everything then apply. That's the thing. There is no File Types tab in WMP11 (at least not on Vista, not sure about XP). Not even when I run it elevated.

Sorry, don't know much about the issue itself. If you want to re-register file associations, you can use the SPAD tool. On Vista, it's "Default Programs" on the start menu and on XP I believe it's called "Set Programs and Defaults"

I did this and the problem still happens.

EDIT: Some more info: I tried disabling protected mode, didn't work. I tried resetting IE settings, didn't work. I tried using 64 bit IE, same problem.

I managed to fix this. It was a file registration problem after all, one that the Default Programs stuff wasn't able to fix. I ended up copying the registry entries from XP.

Here's the stuff you have to import into the registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv]
@="WMVFile"
"Content Type"="video/x-ms-wmv"
"PerceivedType"="video"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

In my case I had to make similar changes to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.wmv for it to work in my limited user account.

After doing this, the videos open in WMP11 again as they should.

Sorry to bug you Sven...

This solved my problem with wmv files.  But I have the same problem with launching mp3 and asx files from IE7.  Works from Firefox.

For example:

http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/1pcast.bole.012607/http://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/cnetbuzz_012607.mp3

and

http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0701/29031/CES.asx

Can you give me the reg script to fix these file types as well?

Thanks

I was having the same problem.  At first, I thought the problem was specific to Vista/IE7 because the only machine I had with that configuration had any such issues.  The information on this thread was very helpful in tracking down the real source of the problem. 

I started having the problem with .asx, .mpeg and .mpg files shortly after I installed VLC (to view .ogg files), but since I didn't discover the problem until a few days after installing VLC I didn't even think that VLC was the issue.  I tried all kinds of things to fix the problem - reassociating file types, installing WMP and various codecs again, etc - but none of that worked. 

Sven's post about his Registry fix combined with Kulltogi's post about removing VLC helped me find a solution.  Kulltogi was very close, but you don't have to actually uninstall any software to restore the associations.  For each file type that VLC supports, it associates itself with the extension in the Registry.  Fortunately, it creates a backup of the previously associated program for that file extension.  When I went to the Registry keys that Sven pointed out I noticed that the data in the (Default) value was "VLC.xxx" (where .xxx is the file extension in question) even though I had associated said file type with another program in both the Default Programs 'Set Default Programs' and 'Set Associations' utilities.  So, I changed the (Default) value for each file extension I was having problems with to match the program I wanted associated.  This wasn't too tough because, as I said, VLC made a backup value called "VLC.backup" that contained the data I needed.  After about 6 or 7 Registry searches for file extensions and a few copy and pastes... it all works now.  I still have VLC installed, and I still have my associations working as desired.

The real problem, as I see it, is that Vista didn't override the file type association correctly.  You'd think that after a reinstall of WMP and multiple attempts at associating file types with WMP manually Vista would change the Registry to match.  I'm not sure what's going on there, and I don't have time to investigate, but I think it's a real problem.

I hope this helps someone else that is as frustrated as I was...

For those interested, details of the system used in this description follows:

• Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.80 GHz
• 3.00 GB of RAM
• Windows Vista Business 32-bit SP1
• IE 7.0.6001.18000 Update Versions: 0; 3283;
• Windows Media Player 11.0.6001.7000
• VLC media player 0.8.6d (exWidgets interface)