I see this has been a problem that has been cropping up for several years for other floks as well but with no actual “This Works Type Solutions”. To undo the 圆4 change, and to switch, swap, revert and change back the default media player to Windows Media Player 12 x86 32-bit edition, use SetWMPx86.cmd file above, and manually by issuing the. Enjoy the native 圆4 Windows Media Player experience. It shows them for other video file types though. Likewise, run SetWMPx86.cmd to revert and reset back to WMP x86 as default media player. For no apparent reason I can think of my laptop quit displaying preview images for those video file types. Open Apps > Apps & features and then select manage optional features Once you are there. Now WMP still plays them but there is no preview image only a Blue Music Note and a Piece of Film where the preview image should be. Where has my Windows Media Player gone Go to the Settings app. In the window that opens, Go to the 'Rip Music section' Then click the 'Change' button and select the folder where you want to save the files copied from your from the audio CDs. And they would play perfectly if I clicked on the image. To change the default folder where copied songs are saved: Open Windows Media Player.
Here is how to reinstall Windows Media Player. If you are having problems with Windows Media Player on your Windows 7 computer, you need to reinstall it. Read: How to change default browser or programs in Windows 10.After you have done this, you will have successfully set the player of your choice as default media player in Windows 10.
I used to transfer my mp4 files from my LG 5 phone with no problem to my Dell XPS L502X and be able to see a preview image in Windows Explorer. Windows Media Player (WMP) is a digital media player developed by Microsoft for playing audio and video files and viewing images on a computer with the Windows operating system. Click on Music Player and you will see a list of apps displayed, that can open these files. I even ran Tweaking Windows in safe mode. Ran a lot of command line programs to check out the operating system and discs. If Windows Media Player 12 misbehaves and a simple restart or resetting it to its default configuration doesnt help, uninstall and reinstall the program from your computer. Will this fix missing mp3 and mp4 video preview thumbnail images in Windows 7 Ultimate? I have tried a lot of different fixes thinking the problem was in Windows Media Player that were suggestions from different forums.