Winamp 5.52 Released (security patch)

[Lawnmower233]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
How many other programs do you have that allow you to set file associations and shell extensions etc from within the program's preferences? This requires writing to the registry.

The only other way would be to hide any settings that require writing to the registry - on Vista only - so you can only set associations via Default Programs, and can't remove the shell extensions.

As for your claim that the devs are lazy, maybe you should read the changelog (either via: Winamp -> Help menu -> About Winamp -> Version History, or here) ?

You can change Program Associations in RealPlayer too through "Tools" > "Preferences..." > "Content" > "Media Types". Think I've seen it in a good few programs. But I don't really use it. I find the Vista Set Defaults dialog thing to be handier. It's right on the Start Menu.

And I guess due to the lack of reasonable cause for having admin a service would be a waste of a user's resources (if it takes up much at all which I doubt). WinAmp should only ask for admin when it's "writing to the registry" or whatever, just like RealPlayer and whatever else does.