WinAmp, is not my shoe number, so cannot offer you any direct help. But a couple of suggestions that might prove worth a try.
First of all, should it be that you have something messed up in the Registry, I would suggest running a Registry cleanup. One thing wrong, likely several other issues will have built their nest in there as well. So how about for instance CCleaner? Or any other Registry Cleaner you prefer. Will specially be worth, since you mention there recently have been some kind of servicing on the computer. Who knows, if the technician has bothered running a cleanup. Smiles. Somewhere, and I do not know in Win10, you should be able to unregister filetypes. Unregistering it, and then attempting to reopen the given filetyp, you will be asked to pick your default program for the file in question. Yet, I am not sure if this really is your trouble, since it seemingly already opens in WinAmp. Still, give it a go. Does this happen with all your MP3-files? Or, could there be some issue with particular files? For a moment, try to play the file, with something else, like Windows Media Player (if that still is around in Win10). Usually, focusing the MP3 in Explorer, and then hitting the app-key, or Shift-F10, you will see a choice in the drop-down for replaying in Media Player. This just to make sure your files have not gotten corrupted. Do you have the chance of making a backup? Or at least, make a copy of your WinAmp folders on your hard drive. Then, in case there is such a functionality in WinAmp, you might try rolling it back to factory settings. Does that take care of your issue? If not, simply reinsert your backed up folders. At least, that works in many software. Though, WinAmp may have tons of its settings in the registry, and if so, this approach will delete all your user settings. So be careful what you do. Smiles. Of course, there is the fix you suggested yourself, to roll your computer back to an earlier restore point. Yet, if you'd just had it for service, and now you roll it back to a point prior to servicing, you might end up having to call that tech personel once again. At least, you might want to consider if you should roll back that far, that you know things were up running smoothly before servicing. That could mean a few weeks back. Big challenge then, would of course be to remember when things ran smoothly last time. By the way, does WinAmp fool around with any other filetypes? You told M3U's was no problem, but how about other files? Does WinAmp have any Email or Online forum? If so, try asking there if any users have experienced similar troubles. In itself, I don't see how, or why, WinEyes would be of any trouble in the issue you are facing. Unless the WinAmp app would have got messed up, but that would be quickly determined. Simply go to WinEyes Controlpanel, and turn off all apps - then see if that would be the bottleneck. Very likely not, but then you at least got something to spend your time and nerves on. Sorry for the joke. I just meant to say, if you want to turn every stone, there you have a pebble. I'd leave to other users of your player, to help you further. These were just some guess-work suggestions; places I often start when the computer is playing up on me. Sometimes, even closing the computer all down, and then letting it cold-boot from scratch, might solve a chunk of naggings. On 2/25/2020 5:36 AM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: > Oh yeah Rod, Winamp is the default for .mp3 files. It always has been. > The weirdness of it all is that the nature of the .mp3 file has been > changed > > to something else. Only God knows what. What I've been getting when > running them is another description namely - Winamp URL Command > Handler, and there is no such choice given either in Winamp settings, > or in Windows. I have tried changing the setting both in Windows > properties and default app settings in settings, but to no avail. I > can't seem to change these settings in Winamp at all, there seems to > be no way to actually select them. This situation is most unusual to > say the least. This only started happening this morning, so I am > really at a loss as to what might be going on. > > The only thing I can think of to do for it is to use system restore, > and see if maybe the registry hasn't become corrupted. > > Someone on another list suggested that there might be some files that > winamp might preserve in case people wish to simply reinstall, but > nevertheless keep their settings, and I can certainly see that as a > possibility. I can't decide if I should once again uninstall Winamp > and then go to the various folders that pertain to Winamp and delete > all of them in order to make sure I really get a clean restart, but I > dunno. If you have any suggestions, I'd be very happy to hear them. > > Oh well, I'm pretty tired of it now, so will take this on tomorrow. > > Wish me luck. I'm sure gonna miss Winamp if I can't solve this problem. > > I'm definitely gonna miss WE, but I'm coming close to just having to > let it go. It just hasn't functioned well since bringing the computer > home the other day. > > I attempted to update my HP Pavilion through the support assist, but > after doing so, I couldn't load Windows. Anyway, all of this is making > me a little on the nervous side. > > Oh well, will put it all to bed for now, including me. > > Good to hear from you. > > > On 2/24/2020 5:22 PM, Rod Hutton via Talk wrote: >> Hi Larry, >> >> I would say that somehow Winamp is no longer your default application >> for playing mp3 files. >> Windows hasn’t changed that much such that you can still go to a >> folder and use the context key and use the options to change the >> default program for opening them. >> >> Good luck, >> >> Rod >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Feb 24, 2020, at 1:19 PM, Larry Higgins via Talk >>> <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: >>> >>> thought I'd better make that correction. >>> >>>> On 2/24/2020 12:11 PM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: >>>> Hello listers, >>>> >>>> >>>> And I sure hope you can help me with this one. >>>> >>>> >>>> For some reason, as of earlier this morning, Winamp wants to treat >>>> my .mp3 files as if they are audio streams. I hear something, or >>>> did, like"URL file handler file type," and the files will no longer >>>> play. If I load an mp3 audio stream that uses an m3u file, it will >>>> load that stream, just not regular mp3 files. >>>> >>>> >>>> Please don't tell me I should move to another player, because I'm >>>> sure that either this issue or another could arise when using >>>> Foobar, or any other player for that matter. I stick with it >>>> because Jeff Bishops app works so well. >>>> >>>> >>>> I know that very soon, I'll have to give up on WE altogether, >>>> because after recently getting my computer back from the shop, WE >>>> seems to be falling apart before my very ears. Right now I am in >>>> the middle of a project, and I really would like to be able to use >>>> Winamp to play mp3 files as usual. >>>> >>>> >>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated, >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> >>>> Larry >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of >>>> the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>> >>>> For membership options, visit >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. >>>> For subscription options, visit >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>> List archives can be found at >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of >>> the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>> >>> For membership options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40hotmail.com. >>> For subscription options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> List archives can be found at >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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