Almost playing MIDIs

I had set up Microsoft Media Player to play some special MID files
through my browser in a special situation and it was working quite well.
(In fact, that was my only reason for buying into Windows.)

One day something asked me if I wanted to install Quick Time. It was
apparently very foolish to say yes. Quick Time took over ALL possible
music protocols including my MIDI setup with never so much as a "may I"
that I can recall.

Now Quick Time insists on playing my browser MIDI files and doing a
very, very crappy job of it. I know how get rid of Quick Time, but
going into any browser, including IE, does not show me the menu item
necessary to set the browser file defaults as I did previously.

Can someone help me get this thing back on track?

And, yes. I DID say opening IE (v 6) doesn't show the option of setting
readers for various estensions. Perhaps this is because IE 6 is totally
freaked out, bonkers, loony, crazy, insane and otherwise around the bend
if you don't let it go onto the internet willy nilly. (Fortunately I
have Mozilla to get my work done.)

Actually, clicking on a .mid file via My Computer, etc., puts the file
into Media Player. But I really need my browser MIDI lined to with the
Media Player again. HELP!

Jim L

IE has never had the option to change file types.
Change it in Windows Explorer, not in IE.

Explorer-View-Folder Options-File Types

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html



In microsoft.public.win98.setup, wrote:

I had set up Microsoft Media Player to play some special MID files
through my browser in a special situation and it was working quite well.
(In fact, that was my only reason for buying into Windows.)

One day something asked me if I wanted to install Quick Time. It was
apparently very foolish to say yes. Quick Time took over ALL possible
music protocols including my MIDI setup with never so much as a "may I"
that I can recall.

Now Quick Time insists on playing my browser MIDI files and doing a
very, very crappy job of it. I know how get rid of Quick Time, but
going into any browser, including IE, does not show me the menu item
necessary to set the browser file defaults as I did previously.

Can someone help me get this thing back on track?

And, yes. I DID say opening IE (v 6) doesn't show the option of setting
readers for various estensions. Perhaps this is because IE 6 is totally
freaked out, bonkers, loony, crazy, insane and otherwise around the bend
if you don't let it go onto the internet willy nilly. (Fortunately I
have Mozilla to get my work done.)

Actually, clicking on a .mid file via My Computer, etc., puts the file
into Media Player. But I really need my browser MIDI lined to with the
Media Player again. HELP!

Jim L

Doubleclick the Quicktime Icon in the Control Panel. The settings box
should come up. Click on File type Asssociations in the Drop down
list, and uncheck the associations there. Quicktime is famous for
stealing associations. This worked for me.
charlie R

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I had set up Microsoft Media Player to play some special MID files
through my browser in a special situation and it was working quite
well.
(In fact, that was my only reason for buying into Windows.)

One day something asked me if I wanted to install Quick Time. It
was
apparently very foolish to say yes. Quick Time took over ALL
possible
music protocols including my MIDI setup with never so much as a "may
I"
that I can recall.

Now Quick Time insists on playing my browser MIDI files and doing a
very, very crappy job of it. I know how get rid of Quick Time, but
going into any browser, including IE, does not show me the menu item
necessary to set the browser file defaults as I did previously.

Can someone help me get this thing back on track?

And, yes. I DID say opening IE (v 6) doesn't show the option of
setting
readers for various estensions. Perhaps this is because IE 6 is
totally
freaked out, bonkers, loony, crazy, insane and otherwise around the
bend
if you don't let it go onto the internet willy nilly. (Fortunately
I
have Mozilla to get my work done.)

Actually, clicking on a .mid file via My Computer, etc., puts the
file
into Media Player. But I really need my browser MIDI lined to with
the
Media Player again. HELP!

Jim L