Wont associate with Audio Cd's

aeroman10 · 27th November 2001, 04:37

I am running a pentium III 500 mhz, 384 mb ram, Win Me
The problem is: I keep on associating WinAmp to play audio cd's but everytime I restart the computer the windows media player takes over again. I go back to preferences and re-associate winamp with cd audio again and the next time i boot up the pc windows media is once again the default. I really want winamp to keep its association with audio cd's. How can i do that? What is wrong?

The winamp.ini is not set to read only.
Also, I checked and Windows Media is not set to be associated with audio cd's but winamp wont play them either even though i checked the button. I mean, it will play them at first but not after your restart the pc.

GazzaBloom · 27th November 2001, 06:46

I have exactly the same problem (I've posted here elsewhere...) I've also checked winamp.ini, deleted it and so recreated it...it's not set to read only!

This is driving me nuts(not only me by the looks of it)

Please help...anyone?

Is this a bug...?

There must be somenthing during the WindowsME startup...

Gazza

NeoRenegade · 27th November 2001, 14:24

The solution is to open Windows Media Player and UNselect CD audio from it before selecting it in Winamp.

Windows Media Player uses a sort of association-keeping much the same as Winamp, which causes it to reclaim extensions that are still checked in its preferences after every reboot, or possibly just constantly while the computer is running.

27th November 2001, 16:37

From TSGH -> Useful Links

RE: Problems with AudioCD : Playback / Association / Autorun / CDDB:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=48777 (autorun)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=52410 (MMJB "associate with" bug)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=40123 (Win9x/ME regfix)
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q259/4/73.ASP (Win2k fix)

aeroman10 · 27th November 2001, 18:41

I just want to say that I made sure that the CD Audio box is not checked in Windows Media. Then I checked the Associate with cd's box in winamp. BUT when you restart the pc, both boxes in both programs are NOT checked but Windows Media plays the cd.

27th November 2001, 04:37	#1
aeroman10 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2	Wont associate with Audio Cd's I am running a pentium III 500 mhz, 384 mb ram, Win Me The problem is: I keep on associating WinAmp to play audio cd's but everytime I restart the computer the windows media player takes over again. I go back to preferences and re-associate winamp with cd audio again and the next time i boot up the pc windows media is once again the default. I really want winamp to keep its association with audio cd's. How can i do that? What is wrong? The winamp.ini is not set to read only. Also, I checked and Windows Media is not set to be associated with audio cd's but winamp wont play them either even though i checked the button. I mean, it will play them at first but not after your restart the pc.

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27th November 2001, 06:46	#2
GazzaBloom Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: King's Lynn Norfolk England UK Posts: 5	I have exactly the same problem (I've posted here elsewhere...) I've also checked winamp.ini, deleted it and so recreated it...it's not set to read only! This is driving me nuts(not only me by the looks of it) Please help...anyone? Is this a bug...? There must be somenthing during the WindowsME startup... Gazza

27th November 2001, 14:24	#3
NeoRenegade Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada, eh? Posts: 4,083	The solution is to open Windows Media Player and UNselect CD audio from it before selecting it in Winamp. Windows Media Player uses a sort of association-keeping much the same as Winamp, which causes it to reclaim extensions that are still checked in its preferences after every reboot, or possibly just constantly while the computer is running.

27th November 2001, 16:37	#4
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	From TSGH -> Useful Links RE: Problems with AudioCD : Playback / Association / Autorun / CDDB: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=48777 (autorun) http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=52410 (MMJB "associate with" bug) http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=40123 (Win9x/ME regfix) http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q259/4/73.ASP (Win2k fix)

27th November 2001, 18:41	#5
aeroman10 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2	I just want to say that I made sure that the CD Audio box is not checked in Windows Media. Then I checked the Associate with cd's box in winamp. BUT when you restart the pc, both boxes in both programs are NOT checked but Windows Media plays the cd.