by Bob Dobbs » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:58 pm
I agree with everything iCaptnBob said. I am also a Gold user. The prompt comes up EVERY TIME I start MediaMonkey. I always decline the prompt, and it has no effect on functionality, so it clearly is not necessary. It's simply obnoxious!!
Before Windows 10, you could make it stop by unchecking a box telling it not to try to associate filetypes with MediaMonkey. In Windows 10, that checkbox no longer appears because (in typical Windows fashion) the entire file association process has been convoluted. When you click the "Associate file types with MediaMonkey..." button, instead of opening a dialogue where you can simply uncheck the box, Windows tells you to go to "Settings > Apps > Default Apps" to change default apps. It doesn't even take you there. Just tells you where to go. I'd love to tell Windows where to go. I already have Linux on most of my boxes. If MediaMonkey were available in Linux, I'd dump Windows altogether. But I digress....
Just because Windows, doesn't mean MM should follow suit. This has been a problem for years, and is why I too no longer recommend MediaMonkey to my friends. There's no excuse for not having fixed this long ago.
I agree with everything iCaptnBob said. I am also a Gold user. The prompt comes up EVERY TIME I start MediaMonkey. I always decline the prompt, and it has no effect on functionality, so it clearly is not necessary. It's simply obnoxious!!
Before Windows 10, you could make it stop by unchecking a box telling it not to try to associate filetypes with MediaMonkey. In Windows 10, that checkbox no longer appears because (in typical Windows fashion) the entire file association process has been convoluted. When you click the "Associate file types with MediaMonkey..." button, instead of opening a dialogue where you can simply uncheck the box, Windows tells you to go to "Settings > Apps > Default Apps" to change default apps. It doesn't even take you there. Just tells you where to go. I'd love to tell Windows where to go. I already have Linux on most of my boxes. If MediaMonkey were available in Linux, I'd dump Windows altogether. But I digress....
Just because Windows, doesn't mean MM should follow suit. This has been a problem for years, and is why I too no longer recommend MediaMonkey to my friends. There's no excuse for not having fixed this long ago.