FLAC for Minimalists

[Magibon]

1. Download madFLAC

2. Extract

3. Copy "madflac.ax" and "libflac.dll" into C:\Program files\madflac
(x64bit users, create a 2nd copy of "madflac.ax" and name it "madflacx86.ax")

4. Create a batch script.
32bit Users:

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C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\madFlac\madflac.ax"

64bit Users:

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\madFlac\madflac.ax"
C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\madFlac\madflacx86.ax"

Save as "enable.bat".

5. Execute "enable.bat".

6. Complete.. now you can play flac files directly on WMP or Media Center.

To Remove:
Create a batch file:

32bit Users:

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C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe /u "C:\Program Files\madFlac\madflac.ax"

64bit users:

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe /u "C:\Program Files\madFlac\madflac.ax"
C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe /u "C:\Program Files\madFlac\madflacx86.ax"

[freakazoid]

I'd rather use a program like foobar2000!

[webfork]

Good tweak for those of us stuck using WMP for whatever reason.

[Magibon]

i love foobar ..
but sometimes ... i feel like im not making full use of Windows

also.. some like Windows Media Center ..
im not one of them though ..

currently.. im using foobar ..

what's great is you can unregister madFlac if you don't want it on your system ..