This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

Streaming video suddenly started downloading instead of launching Windows Media Player

  • 2 replies
  • 24 have this problem
  • 4 views
  • Last reply by digibitz

life391
life391
more options

Using Windows 7. Watching a DVD and clicked on a link to view streaming video which cut off the DVD. From then on all streaming video links are automatically downloaded in Firefox instead of immediately launching Windows Media Player

Using Windows 7. Watching a DVD and clicked on a link to view streaming video which cut off the DVD. From then on all streaming video links are automatically downloaded in Firefox instead of immediately launching Windows Media Player

All Replies (2)

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

Make sure that the WMP is still set as the default program for that file extension. You need to check that in the WMP options or right-click a file in Windows Explorer and use Open with to set the default program.

digibitz
digibitz
more options

I had the same problem with all streaming video links downloading before playing in ALL browsers.

The fix was as follows :

Control panel > Default Programs > Set your default programs > Windows Media Player > Set this program as default > OK

Hope this helps anyone else with this problem.