Associating Media Types

James OH · Post by **James OH** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:31 pm

OK...like the software and want to associate my media types to it...BUT...it then labels all media types as "MediaMonkey file" in Windows Explorer...and now I can't tell an mp3 from a wma!!!

How can I associate the media types to MediaMonkey but not have MediaMonkey change everything to "MediaMonkey file"??????

nynaevelan · Post by **nynaevelan** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:43 pm

In Windows Explorer you can enable the column "Type", then you will see if it is a WMA or a MP3.

Nyn

James OH · Post by **James OH** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:31 am

thanks for the suggestion...but that is actually the problem - not the solution. Media Monkey takes over the "type" column in Windows Explorer and changes the file type for any associated file to "MediaMonkey file" rather than leaving it as wma, mp3, etc.

Then only solution I have found is to remove the file association within Media Monkey and then the file type in Windows Explorer goes back to being mp3, wma etc. But - that defeats the purpose of associating the files to play in MediaMonkey.

There must be a way to stop Media Monkey from renaming file types to "MediaMonkey file" when the file type is associated to it...and if there isnt then the software should be changed because this is a MAJOR NUISANCE!!!!

Anyone else have suggestions on this?

bluesbeat · Post by **bluesbeat** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:05 am

Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/Untick Hide File Extensions ?

Post by **Peke** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:47 pm

Winamp do that too.
Edit: Reason DDE Access and Communication with apps.

Associating Media Types

Associating Media Types

associating media types