![]() ![]() If you just close it without doing anything, AIMP won't have been set as the default player for your PC, despite what you asked for in the installation wizard. This is where all those 'integrate to Windows' options I mentioned earlier come to bite you: they don't work terribly well on Windows 10! For a program to become the default way of handling music files and playlists, it is no longer sufficient to click an option in a program's installation wizard: you also have to use Windows' own 'Default apps' settings utility, which is why that has popped up in the background. Once the installation process completes, you see this: Files are then copied in less time than it took to click through to that last screen! For now, you can finally kick of the actual installation process by clicking. ![]() They also will cause problems if left set to their defaults, as I'll show you in just a second. I appreciate these are all valid questions to ask, but they get in the way of the actual installation process. I went for the normal version, so another click of the button. Instead, you have to make a choice between using the 'portable' install or the 'normal version'. It would be nice if the installation process then began, but it doesn't: I've read the EULA presented here and feel reasonably confident that it doesn't hide anything untoward in its legalese. Unfortunately, when you click, there's then a license agreement to approve before you can proceed further: Only then are you presented with the standard sort of installation wizard: The installation is slightly more complicated than I think it should be, though. It's a pleasingly small download at that: just 11MB or so. I used version, which was the current stable version at the time of writing. The software is available for free download from the project's website. Unusually, it's available for both Windows and Android -so if you wanted to be consistent about using the same player on your desktop PC and on your smartphone, AIMP has a lot going for it. Development continues apace, meaning that you can be confident the player has a future -and plenty of bug fixes. It's been around a long while: the first version was released back in 2006. ![]() The name 'AIMP' doesn't trip easily off the tongue, but it stands for "Artem Izmaylov Media Player", with Artem Izmaylov being the original developer. ![]()
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