So I installed IWndwos 7....

And I also installed foobar. Now I cannot play any msuic files t all. Whe I doubly click on them they do not play. However fi iswtich windows to let's say intenret explorer it. Plays some files. It's allways saying "Opening" when I have the foobar windows open. Anyone knows how to solve this issue?

Try run foobar2000 as admin.

Also, check which output you've set in preferences.

I too have the same problem with him. I think it has to do with Windows 7.

Did you install in Standard mode?

You can't set file type associations in portable mode, obviously. You need to rerun the installer if you did this.


If you did install in Standard Mode, go to control panel->Programs->Default programs and set fb2k as a Default program.


To be clear, I'm running 7 and fb2k with no problems, so it's on your end.

What shakey said. I've been running foobar2000 and Windows7 since the betas.

Verify your output. if you restored an old foobar2000 installation it probably points to a non-existent output device. Eventually try different output-modes.

I think I had a similar problems with some output modes in Windows 7, which didn't really make sense to me, but I just switched to others that worked flawlessly. Could be driver-related.

Yes i installed Foobar2k in standard mode. I tested to run the program in standard mode. The thing is just this morning i was using foobar and it suddenly stops playing and then this errors appears again. I am using the same output device as Windows default as in foobar.
What could be the problem?

Another thing I noticed was that whenever I click on anything else for example another windwo the play cursor up one level. I've looked through hotkey to see fi there is anyhting there but I could not find anything. I even restarted my computer but it idd not change anything. OSmehow it sometimes do work when I restart the computer. This computer is just a week old. So I doubt it is something worng. Since I ahve been having the same problem with Windows Vista as well.

What is the exact error message?


This isn't clear: Is your Operating system "just a week old", or do you have new hardware that is "just a week old"?

I do not get an errors messeage it just stops playing and in the bottom it says "Opening" and if I for isntance click on another window it starts playing or it changes song. As soon as I mark the foobar window it stops playing. It's lke clicking on the window stops the music and if I click on the desktop again. It begins playing. By that I mean that the foobar window is not focused. If you want me to put up a picture how it looks just ask if needed.
Im sorry for being unclear there. I got Windows 7 64-bit Pro. Edition. My hardware is a week old. System specs are about Intel i7 processor 6 gig ram and a ATI gaphic card. It surely does not matter I geuss but. Oh and I got an Asus motherboard.

I had the same problem a few times. It didn't want to play any file in the list. It has nothing to do with any previous installations since I always make a clean installment of this beautiful piece of software. Also, the OS version doesn't have anything to do with it because I've had XP Professional, 7 and now Vista SP1. It must be a flaw in the source code somewhere.

Your indication, however, made me solve the problem : File -> Preferences (CTRL+P) -> Playback -> Output -> Output Device (where i selected the specific hardware audio device).

Thank you, it saved me a reinstall and a couple of tweaks.

If that's the case, then if you'd have gone to [main menu]->View->Console there would have been an error message...

Didn't know it's use until you've written it. Thanks.

Well, then I guess there is no soultion to my problem. I have not used foobar2000 the alst days since I've not been listening to music. But I will stick with foobar anyway since I hate the other softwares out there. I'm just looking for a nice skin so I can see the allbum artwork and the lryics without changing the ID3 tag that is creates with the SFV file. CRC32 so to speak.