I want to have .mid files open with a particular program vs WMP.
When I attempt to assign a new association using File Types/Folder Options 
and "Change" the program I want to use is not listed and then I use the 
"Browse" to the .exe of the application.  But when I do that there is no 
change in the association and WMP remains the assigned application.   The 
program I want to use, Power Tracks Pro (PTP), is not registered in windows 
I guess as it does not show up in the "Programs" list under file types.

Is there a way to force the .mid or .midi file type to open then PTP?

thank you 

The only thing I can think of off-hand is that you may have WMP set to 
reclaim filetypes for itself. In WMP, go to Tools>Options and click on 
the File Types tab to see if it's set to be the default player for MIDI 
files.

Other than that, I'm not sure. I went through the same process with a 
standalone exe that is not registered with windows, but it seemed to 
work fine...other than the fact that the exe I used knows nothing about 
MIDI files. :)


trs80 wrote:
> I want to have .mid files open with a particular program vs WMP.
> When I attempt to assign a new association using File Types/Folder Options 
> and "Change" the program I want to use is not listed and then I use the 
> "Browse" to the .exe of the application.  But when I do that there is no 
> change in the association and WMP remains the assigned application.   The 
> program I want to use, Power Tracks Pro (PTP), is not registered in windows 
> I guess as it does not show up in the "Programs" list under file types.
> 
> Is there a way to force the .mid or .midi file type to open then PTP?
> 
> thank you 
> 
> 

"trs80" > wrote
> I want to have .mid files open with a particular program vs WMP.
> When I attempt to assign a new association using File Types/Folder Options
> and "Change" the program I want to use is not listed and then I use the
> "Browse" to the .exe of the application.  But when I do that there is no
> change in the association and WMP remains the assigned application.   The
> program I want to use, Power Tracks Pro (PTP), is not registered in
windows
> I guess as it does not show up in the "Programs" list under file types.
>
> Is there a way to force the .mid or .midi file type to open then PTP?
>
> thank you

See my reply to your post in alt.music.midi for the answer.



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