

Here, you will see lots of extensions of media files, just select VLC media player from the pop-up window to make it default for your media playback. On the Default apps settings page, scroll down and then click the VLC media player entry. Select the Default apps tab on the right sidebar of Apps. When Settings opens, select the Apps category from the left sidebar. After installing VLC media player on your Windows 11 PC, simply open the Windows Settings app by pressing Windows + I keys from the keyboard.

More specific, you have to manually set VLC as the default media player on Windows 11 for different video/audio formats one by one. Windows 11 brings a lot changes and the Settings has also changed, which means setting default apps is a bit different than Windows 10. Click on the Install button to install VLC Windows 11 version on your PC. On your Windows 11 computer, simply open the Microsoft Store from the taskbar. Win32 version of VLC media player is now available in the Microsoft Store app on Windows 11, so it is very easy for you to get the brand new VLC media player for Windows 11 PC.
