Locating Media Files and Setting Preferences

	Related Links Customizing the Media Toolbar

The Media bar feature includes a Media Options menu that enables you to quickly locate media files and set your Media bar preferences in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6®.

You can use the Media Options menu to locate media files and set your preferences for the Media bar.

To locate media files and set preferences for the Media bar

1. In the Media bar, click Media Options, and then click one of the following options to locate other media files:
   • More Media. View the WindowsMedia.com home page in the browser window, and use the Music, Movies, Radio, and Entertainment tabs to locate media files that you want to play.
   • Radio Guide. On the WindowsMedia.com guide to radio stations, choose from a list of preset radio stations, or use the station finder to locate the station that you want.
2. To set Media bar preferences, click Settings, and then select or clear the following options:
   • Play Web media in the bar. Automatically play media files in the Media bar rather than your default media player; this option is selected by default.
   • Ask for preferred types. When you open a media file from the Web, receive a prompt about whether you want to open the file in the Media bar. If you choose to open the file in the Media bar, in the future all files with this same file format will also be opened in the Media bar.
   • Reset preferred types. Clear the list of media file types that are automatically opened in the Media bar.

Turning Off Online Media Content in the Media Bar

If your computer is connected to the Internet, when you view the Media bar, you automatically see online media content. You can turn off the Media bar's display of online media content on the Advanced tab in the Internet Options dialog box.

To turn off the display of online media content in the Media bar

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Advanced tab.
2. Select the Don't display online media content in the media bar check box.