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The file you are downloading cannot be opened by the default program. Help?
« on: February 05, 2010, 01:07:00 pm »

Everytime I try to open a link- be it to watch the tour of Ngamers house, free art films from ampland or any link at all that needs to be prompted to run a video before watching it, instead I get this message:

Do you want to save this file?
The file you are downloading cannot be opened by the default program. It is either corrupted or has an incorrect file type. As a security precaution, it is recommended that you cancel the download. How can I decide what software to open?

In which case I'm asked to save the video as opposed to just watch it like I used to before. I've fooled around with the settings of the video players I have but nothing seems to work, and google didn't really solve anything. Can anyone help solve my video deprived dilemma?

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The file you are downloading cannot be opened by the default program. Help?
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 03:28:00 pm »


You should just give up on using computers.


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The file you are downloading cannot be opened by the default program. Help?
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2010, 03:30:00 pm »
Wtf that's wierd. You should just choose "Open with - Windows Media Player" and WMP should run it or if you have some other player..
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The file you are downloading cannot be opened by the default program. Help?
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 11:17:00 pm »
You would think so but it isn't working like that. I don't think it has to do with how shitty I am at computers (in the grand scheme of things I do in fact lick computer balls), however there is some other force at work here and the more computer-literate of the lot often solve my dilemmas.
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