

Here you can select the default app for Music files and Movies & TV. Scroll down a bit if you do not find the option. From the ‘System Settings’ section look for Default Apps option in the left side. Open the Settings app and then click on ‘System’. However, if you are using Windows 10, you need to follow these steps:
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Read: How to change default programs in Windows 10. You need to click on each file extension and choose another media player that you want to set as default. Here you can find some file extensions such as. After that, go to Apps > Default apps > Windows Media Player. To get started, press Win+I to open the Windows Settings on your computer. To learn more about these steps, continue reading.
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Recent versions of WMP include the ability to synchronize digital media with a portable media player, like Microsoft’s Zune or Creative’s Zen and purchase or rent content from online media stores so, you may keep it as your default player.

Most of the time this is fine, but you might want a different program to do the job, such as VLC Media Player. For instance, when you attempt to play a supported file type, such as Windows Media Audio (.wma) or Windows Media Video (.wmv), the Windows Media Player opens up instantly and automatically begins playing the file. Windows has a set of programs that it will always use to open certain file types. But, what if you do not like the default media player and instead, want a different program to open your music and video files? You can set your desired program as the default Media Player in Windows 11/10. Like its earlier versions, Windows 11/10 chooses its default players to run your music and video clips.
