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Windows Media Player version 5.2 replaces ActiveMovie and Media Player as the default media file player for Windows 95 and Windows 98. </div><h2 class="subTitle" id="tocHeadRef">MORE INFORMATION</h2><script type="text/javascript">loadTOCNode(1, 'moreinformation');</script><div class="sbody"> To add the ActiveMovie Control shortcut back to the Entertainment menu in Windows 98 or the Multimedia menu in Windows 95: <br><br><table class="list ol"><tr><td class="number">1.</td><td class="text">Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Taskbar & Start Menu. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">2.</td><td class="text">On the Start Menu Programs tab, click Advanced. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">3.</td><td class="text">Click the plus sign (+) next to the Programs folder to open it, and then click the plus sign next to the Accessories folder to open it. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">4.</td><td class="text">Click the Entertainment (or Multimedia) folder. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">5.</td><td class="text">On the File menu, point to New, and then click Shortcut. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">6.</td><td class="text">In the Command Line box, type the following line <br><br> c:\<windows>\rundll32.exe amovie.ocx,RunDll <br><br> where <windows> is your Windows folder. Note that the word "RunDll" must be capitalized exactly as shown. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">7.</td><td class="text">Click Next. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">8.</td><td class="text">In the "Select a name for the shortcut" box, type "ActiveMovie" (without quotation marks), and then click Finish. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">9.</td><td class="text">Right-click the new ActiveMovie shortcut, click Properties, and then click Change Icon. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">10.</td><td class="text">In the File Name box, type "c:\<windows>\system\amovie.ocx" (without quotation marks), where <windows> is your Windows folder, and then click OK. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">11.</td><td class="text">Click OK, and then click OK. </td></tr></table> To add the Media Player shortcut back to the Entertainment menu in Windows 98 or the Multimedia menu in Windows 95: <br><br><table class="list ol"><tr><td class="number">1.</td><td class="text">Follow steps 1-5 above. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">2.</td><td class="text">In the Command Line box, type the following line <br><br> c:\<windows>\mplayer.exe <br><br> where <windows> is your Windows folder. </td></tr><tr><td class="number">3.</td><td class="text">Click Next, and then click Finish.</td></tr></table></div></div><div class="appliesTo"><hr><a id="appliesto"></a><h5>APPLIES TO</h5><table class="list"><tr><td class="bullet">•</td><td class="text">Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition</td></tr><tr><td class="bullet">•</td><td class="text">Microsoft Windows 95</td></tr><tr><td class="bullet">•</td><td class="text">Microsoft Windows Media Player 5.2</td></tr></table></div><p class="topOfPage"><a href="#top"><img src="/web/20070808215809im_/http://support.microsoft.com/library/images/support/kbgraphics/public/en-us/uparrow.gif" alt="">Back to the top</a></p><div class="keywords"><table><tr><td class="header"><h5>Keywords: </h5></td><td class="text">kbhowto KB191531</td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div></xmlreader><table id="msviFooter" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="bottom"><td id="msviFooter2"><div id="msviGlobalFooter"><span dir="ltr">© 2007 Microsoft Corporation. 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