Windows 10: Recently d/loaded MP3 Album won't show WMP options on context menu [Windows 10]

Recently added a new music album to MY MUSIC folder to an artist's file with 6 albums already stored.As in screengrab however, am puzzled why there's no options on latest to add to WMP PLAY LIST?

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Context Menu - Open With (Windows Suggested List)

OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 22H2 Diagram 'A' shows Windows' suggested programs Diagram 'B' shows the extended list I have been trying to edit the context menu's "Open with" list of Windows' suggested programs for the .mp3 extension. I'm not talking about the extended list, but rather the programs that first appear 'before' the "choose another app" option. If you look at Diagram 'A' you will see the preliminary list generated by Windows, this is the list I am looking to modify. I have an .mp3 editor named Goldwave that I use for editing audio files, however, I do not want to change the preliminary program Windows uses to open .mp3s. My .mp3s should remain assigned to Winamp Player. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Windows 10 - "Open with" missing from Context menu when multiple (mp3, m4a) files are selected

Windows 10 Home, Version: 1511, Build 10586.36

(Mine is not an insider edition; it is the free Windows 10 upgrade edition)

When multiple files are selected (whether they are MP3s, M4As; or PDFs, DOCXs), there is no "Open with" option in the Context menu.

[Note: all files selected are from the same category--all audio, or all word documents, or all pdfs; and not from different categories: for example, a word document is not being selected with an audio file.]

For example, on my computer:

Groove Music is the default player for m4a type

WMP is the default player for mp3 type

But the two players can play both the types.

And I use the "Open with" option in the Context menu to choose the non-default player.

But I can do this only when a file is selected singly.

When multiple files are selected, there is no "Open with" option in the Context menu, meaning I cannot choose the non-default player.

Is this an intentional omission, or can users add the "Open with" option to Context menu for multiple file selections?

As much as for individual file selection, the "Open with" option is important for multiple file selections to be able to get a choice of non-default applications; especially with audio formats.

I do not necessarily want to change my default player for the formats; I just want to be able to change the app using "Open with" no matter how many files have been selected.

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The following may be slightly related to the above.

I understand that the "Add to playlist" option on the Explorer window's "Play" tab is tied to WMP, not the Groove Music app. But, I noticed:

When a mix of mp3 and m4a files are selected together, I can launch WMP using

1. the "Add to playlist" option on the Explorer window's Play tab

2. the "Add to Windows Media Player list" in the context menu

But I have to select the mp3 files first, before selecting any m4a files.

If an m4a file is selected first, the first option is greyed out, and the second is not available in the Context menu.

I find this behavior curious.

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MP3 Album art work changing

Hi i will try the iTunes way

I am not having a lot of luck searching for album covers

Can i ask what you mean by size C and is 300x300 pixels a good size every time i find a album cover i like and check the size when i download it the size gets smaller

I have tried WMP and VLC