trouble with file associations

[Jackson]

hey guys I made an unattended windows disk that installs of bunch of programs, one being VLC. I need to get all the file types associated with VLC so I wrote a batch script...

assoc .mp3 = VLC.mp3

ftype VLC = %PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN\vlc.exe

Unfortunately it doesn't work and media files still open with WMP. haha Can anyone help?

[MANEMAN]

Hi there, and welcome.

Never have had, or heard before of having any trouble associating VLC with files before, unless of course you have made one almighty cock-up with your unattended install, or the install of VLC. (I speak as somebody who has made some very bad unattended installs. )

I'm quite sure that you know what you are doing, but let's just return to basic stuff for a minute and leave batch scripts and other geeky stuff behind.

Right click on an audio file and find your way down to "Open With". Now click on "Choose Program". If you dont see VLC Media Player in the list there, browse Program Files for it and double click it, it will now appear in the list. Highlight it and put a tick in the box that says "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file". Now click on ok. - Finished, - it should be associating now. Treat other files you wish to associate with VLC in the same manner.

if this doesn't work, you have done something very wrong with your install.

I gave up on unattended installs a good while back, - too many problems. Started using *** UNIVERSAL IMAGING UTILITY *** in conjuction with the older Ghost 2003. Burn it all to a disk and roll it out without all the problems of the past. Now I've gone and got all geeky !!! Didn't quite understand what the "haha" was for at the end of your closing sentence, sitting on a feather perhaps ???

Hope this is of some help to you.