Rachael and all:

I would set up your Windows Media player to be the default media player for all file types and then try your link again. To make the WindowsMedia player your default player for all file types:

1. Open Windows Media Player.
2. Press alt+t.
3. Arrow up or down until you reach "Options" and press Enter.
4. Press shift+tab once so your synthesizer says "General".
5. Arrow slowly to the right until your synthersizer says "File Types."
6. Tab down twice until your synthesizer says "Select All".
7. Tab twice again and press enter on OK.
8. Close Windows Media player with alt+F4, go to the website, and try to play the file again. If it still doesn't play and you still get the same message, you may want to see if the file's address ends with .pls or if it is an aac streaming file. Windows Media player will not play either of these file types (there was, at one time, a "fix" that would allow Windows Media player to play aac files, but that fix was withdrawn over legal issues).

Ted
---- Rachel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
Hi.  When I try to access an .mp3 file on a Web site by simply clicking 
on its link, I get the following strange error message from Windows 
Media Player:

Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in use, 
you might not have access to the computer where the file is stored, or 
your proxy settings might not be correct.

Does anyone have an idea as to what this means and how I might fix the 
problem?  I clicked on the Help button; but nothing that was suggested 
seemed to apply to my situation.  The strange thing is that when I 
downloaded the file, I was able to play it just fine.  I'm using Windows 
7 64-bit and I.E. 8.
Thanks for any ideas.
Rachel


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