Media

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista

Media specifies the default media application. This must be the application’s canonical name.

This setting has no effect on Server Core installations of Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012.

Values

media_application

Specifies the media application. media_application is a string with a maximum length of 259 characters. This must be the application’s canonical name.

For more information about canonical names, see this MSDN website.

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Configuration Passes

auditUser

oobeSystem

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | ClientApplications | Media

Applies To

For a list of the Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set client applications.

<ClientApplications>
   <IM>IMCanonical</IM>
   <Internet>BrowserCanonical</Internet>
   <JavaVM>JavaVMCanonical</JavaVM>
   <Mail>MailCanonical</Mail>
   <Media>MediaCanonical</Media>
</ClientApplications>

See Also

Concepts

ClientApplications