Instructions For Adding MP3Utility To Windows Explorer Right-Click Context Menu

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Note: I believe this is a fairly straightforward and safe procedure.  However, I MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL WORK FOR YOUR PARTICULAR COMPUTER OR THAT BY FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS YOU WON'T DAMAGE YOUR REGISTRY SETTINGS.  YOU FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Note: PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS ON THIS PROCEDURE AS IT IS COMPUTER SPECIFIC AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.

Instructions:
1) Determine what application opens mp3 files by double-clicking on an mp3 file in Windows Explorer.
2) Windows 95: On the Windows Explorer menu, click View/Options
   Windows 98/NT: On the Windows Explorer menu, click Tools/Folder Options
3) Click on the "File Types" tab.
4) Now the tough part.  You need to figure out which of the "Registered file types" is associated with the mp3 extension (as you click on the various file types, the file extensions associated with that file type will appear in the bottom half of the window).  The application name determined in step (1) should help you figure out which one it is.  In my case, it's "Winamp Media File".
5) Once you've selected the correct "registered file type", click the "Edit" button.
6) Click the "New" button.

Under "Action:", type (or copy/paste) the following (including the "&"):
&Test with MP3Utility

NOTE: For the following, adjust the path in the first parameter if you placed MP3Utility in a different directory than C:\MP3Utility
Under "Application used to perform action", type (or copy/paste) the following:
"C:\MP3UTILITY\MP3UTILITY.EXE" "%1"

Leave the "Use DDE" checkbox as is (unchecked).

7) Click "OK" and exit back to the main Windows Explorer window.
8) That's it!  How when you right-click on an mp3 file, "Test with MP3Utility" should be displayed in the context menu.
9) MP3Utility by default will auto-start testing when a file is selected from the Windows Explorer context menu.  If needed, you can disable this behavior in the Options dialog.
10) The only problem with the above procedure is that "registered file types" can be associated with multiple extensions.  For example, I use Winamp to play wav as well as mp3 files, so both wav and mp3 extensions appear under "Winamp Media File".  As a result, "Test with MP3Utility" displays in the context menu when I right-click a wav file.  In theory, you could separate mp3 into it's own file association, but since another application is managing these settings, it would seem dangerous to do this.

Enjoy!
