Is version 4.0x still reassociating media files

[MosGod]

I was using 3.25 just fine then upgraded ... is that the right term for this? .. to 4.0x last November or when it first came out. That experience was gawd awful so I was lucky to be able to get back to 3.25 by just installing it over. But this new Mediamonkey reassociated all my media files. I did not want nor did I know it would do it, but I did not want to change file associations like mp4 to mediamonkey! I had a very nice fully functional system that was all associated just like I liked. After I put Mediamonky 4 on my computer it was a LOT of work to put it all back as it was and a lot of the icons still need to be fixed.

Since nothing this insulting had ever happened before from the nice guys who write the Mediamonkey software I really did trust that going to the next version would be good. Boy was that wrong!!! and that was regardless of underlying functions - this was a real basic bit of software etiquette completely ignored.

So I ask out there and please some of you who have attitude (you should know who you are from your aserbic replies to many who are challenging the big changes we see in version 4) don't reply if you cannot answer this question nicely,

Will an install of MediaMonkey 4.02x whatever is the latest revision, still just go ahead and reassociate every media file it finds with itself?
or has it been made well behaved and not act like apple software or vlc or some of the other super aggressive, take over your computer type programs.

Thanks for the answer,
best, Mosley Godfreid.

[Lowlander]

That is not a correct statement. MediaMonkey doesn't take over file associations unless the user allows this to happen. On first install the Wizard is presented to the user where file types are pre-selected, but only if the user Okays the wizard will MediaMonkey set the file associations. If this happens you can still undo this under Tools > Options > OS Integration.

The only file associations that MediaMonkey automatically sets during installation are for those file types that have no program associated with them. This still can be undone in the Wizard or under OS Integration.

[MosGod]

That is not a correct statement. MediaMonkey doesn't take over file associations unless the user allows this to happen. On first install the Wizard is presented to the user where file types are pre-selected, but only if the user Okays the wizard will MediaMonkey set the file associations. If this happens you can still undo this under Tools > Options > OS Integration.

The only file associations that MediaMonkey automatically sets during installation are for those file types that have no program associated with them. This still can be undone in the Wizard or under OS Integration.

Thank you Mr Low Lander for your replly. However when I installed ver 4.00 in late November, I can reall *no* option for association of files. the Installer took over and associated every media related file with MediaMonkey - including ones I had associated with other programs. It was a pretty big pissoff. That is not my point in my post a couple days ago. What I wondered was if hte initial setup now asked if I would want an association. And you have answered this ... I think you have anyway although I am confused you write " If this happens you can still undo this ".

I have a new computer that I would like to try 4.0x now that it has been a couple months for the authors to fix things, and will give it a try. Since I have not setup too much on it yet even it does take over and associate things it should not be too hard to fix. I think MediaMonkey is still the best overall music manager out there but I only want it for music and would much prefer it had not headed into video managing too. Maybe it would have been better to have fixed the tagger problem in something like MM version 3.3 then made a version 4.x for those who want video too.

Have a nice day,

[Lowlander]

As I said it is user error. I tested this myself on a machine that never had MediaMonkey installed as I don't like MediaMonkey associating with my files and it did not take over file associations until the user either okayed out the Wizard or the Options, both of which present the user with the option to deselect file associations. Cancelling either dialog still doesn't associate MediaMonkey with any files.

What I discovered: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8888