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Use Winamp or other player for streaming in Win7
In old Win XP I had regularly used specific players such as WinAmp for m3u files to stream news broadcasts from websites.
And I've seen a similar Folder Options routine in Win7.
But the peculiar thing that happens regardless of how I specifiy a player in Win7 is a black open browser window with a miniature icon for VLC embedded in the center. The VLC player will display and work normally for audio. But since it is in a browser window it is not possible to navigate away without closing the stream.
Using Winamp allows streaming while navigating other websites.
How is this resolved in Win7? Please be specific in the manner of a series of steps.
If some sort of re-installation of VLC is necessary I can do that. I used the VLC option to make it the primary player to _get rid of_ Windows Media Player displaying it's icons on _everything_ which is completely annoying. I never want to see one again.
There should be a compromise and setup possible to select a player for a file type individually.