Solved Playing Wav Files

[Rockit]

Hello,

In the past I have used a small exe to play a selected wav file without opening any Media Player. All I would have to do is associate the wav with WinPlayAny.exe, right click on a wav, and select play. The wav would play but no program would be visible.

With windows 7 I cannot get this to work?

Does anyone know or a replacement program or other way to accomplish this with Windows 7?

Thank You

 

[Skylais]

VideoLAN - Official page for VLC media player, the Open Source video framework!
Excellent media player, plays just about anything including wav.
Wait, but you said without a media player. hmm let me look for something soon.

 

[Skylais]

Try this PlayWav
Also here is the user manual for it PlayWav User's Manual
If it does not work the 1st time, right click it and go to compatibility and choose "run this program in compatibility mode for windows xp service pack 3.

 

[BugMeister]

on the start menu, there's an entry for "Default Programs"

click on it and select the second entry in the list that appears..

scroll down until you find wav. in the list, and make Windows Media Player the default program associated with the wav. format..

 

[Skylais]

on the start menu, there's an entry for "Default Programs"

click on it and select the second entry in the list that appears..

scroll down until you find wav. in the list, and make Windows Media Player the default program associated with the wav. format..

He does not want a media player to open it, i at 1st myself recommended VLC. Until i realized what he said.

 

[Rockit]

Try this PlayWav
Also here is the user manual for it PlayWav User's Manual
If it does not work the 1st time, right click it and go to compatibility and choose "run this program in compatibility mode for windows xp service pack 3.

Thank You Very Much.

And you are correct. I'd prefer no program to open and no program to close .. Just something very light like the file I posted which won't work no matter what compatibility mode I select any more? I've used it for many years.

These links are not working for me. I will do a Google search and see what I can find.

Thank You Again & I'll post my results later.

 

[Skylais]

IF the links are not working i can manually upload it
I attached the PlayWav, and for the user's manual i will upload a notepad with the manual.
Just tested PlayWav on my windows 7 machine using a wav file and it worked fine. Probably not exactly as you asked for, because it does open up a command prompt to play it, and then when it finishes the CMD windows closes:/ Then again, i myself did not follow the user manual, i set it up as a guess that i figured would be correct.

 

[Rockit]

Thanks

This program kinda works. It opens a dos window then shuts it after playing the wav. If I find anything better I'll post it.

Thanks Again

 

[Skylais]

Ok, and yea it does kind of suck:/ If you do find something better, that's awesome i am sure it would come in handy for lots of others that come across this as well.

 

[PooMan UK]

Supposedly this WV Player (formerly Wav Player) works with 32bit versions of windows, seeing that you have this version maybe give it a whirl

 

[Skylais]

Supposedly this WV Player (formerly Wav Player) works with 32bit versions of windows, seeing that you have this version maybe give it a whirl

I will go ahead and give it a test

 

[Skylais]

Ok i gave it a run, when i try using it i just get the Error sound and nothing is described or said, or opens.
Here is attachment for a quicker download. Plus cnet's installer is annoying.

 

[Rockit]

WV Player

Thanks to everyone who helped. I found WinPlayAny online and it is from the
Dos - Windows 3.1 Days.

I found and tested this program and it works great !!

Then I came back to mark this SOLVED and I think it is the same as what PooMan UK & Skylais posted.

Anyway here is the direct link. WV Player

Thank you again.

Now back to sorting thru my folder of wav files.

 

[Skylais]

Thanks to everyone who helped. I found WinPlayAny online and it is from the
Dos - Windows 3.1 Days.

I found and tested this program and it works great !!

Then I came back to mark this SOLVED and I think it is the same as what PooMan UK & Skylais posted.

Anyway here is the direct link. WV Player

Thank you again.

Now back to sorting thru my folder of wav files.

Thanks friend!