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MM overriding file icon types

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:24 pm
by DJ Dust
Hi all

Hope someone can help. I just got rid of Winamp as I got fed up of it overriding all my music icon types and replacing them with the default Winamp icon. I like all my files like MP3, MP4, M4A, FLAC, WAV, etc. to have a different type of icon so I can tell them apart when looking through my folders...

I've just installed Media Monkey and found to my complete dismay that it does exactly the same thing - all the above icons now all look the same and have the MM logo. It's getting uninstalled if it won't stop doing it.

Can anyone help?

cheers

Re: MM overriding file icon types

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:40 pm
by Lowlander
Disable all file associations in the Options.

Re: MM overriding file icon types

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:47 pm
by DJ Dust
Have done that and unticked the "Re-associate File Types on startup" box.

Hasn't made any difference. :(

Re: MM overriding file icon types

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:01 am
by MusicBringer
DJ Dust, try this Freebie it works for me:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html
FileTypesMan v1.61 - File Types Manager for Windows

Re: MM overriding file icon types

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:34 am
by DJ Dust
Hi there

Funnily enough, that's exactly what I have been using to change the icons. It makes no difference though. As soon as I set MM to be the default player to anything changed by it, they immediately get overwritten and become MM icons again. :(

Re: MM overriding file icon types

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:43 am
by MusicBringer
Then have another player as default such as these little freebies:

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
1by1 is a small, fast and handy audio player which is not only small: it provides a smart and versatile environment to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks - with no need for playlists or databases.

OR
http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
Billy is a lightweighted no nonsense audio player that allows you to quickly play an entire directory of MP3 files.