Windows 7 - .WAX files do not open .WMA's Windows Media Player...Windows 7

hello...

have been setting up all the *.wma files on my music web site to stream as directed by *.wax files.

everything was fine in XP Pro...but now I've gone over to Windows 7; & noticed that when I click on one of the *.wma's at my site...it doesn't stream...Windows 7 instead asks me if I want to open or save the file. no matter which option I choose...it treats it as a text file (opening the *.wax in 'Notepad').

not sure what I've done wrong or am missing.

thanx,


dox

Is your web browser set to open with WMA by default?

have no idea...it's IE8...only been up & running for a few days...how is this accomplished...???

thanx,


dox

ok...

it's now set as default...

...& it is telling me that it cannot locate the file

oy vey

Hmmm... have you confirmed that upgrading the OS from XP to 7 hasn't affected the location of the file? I don't see any way the url path would have changed, but you might as well check that out too. I'm not super familiar with .WAX files, but I do know that there are alternative file types that do the same thing.

This was the best thing I found online:
http://all-streaming-media.com/faq/s...redirector.htm

it's ok...

I changed the music files all over to *.mp3...& the metafiles (pointers) to *.m3u...& they all work fine.

[the only reason I went w/ *.wma's at all is that sound fractionally better than an *.mp3...but not so much so that it outweighs causing a problem for my visitors.]

thanx 4 ur help,


dox