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vlc 0.8.1 on xp sp2. I have downloaded the skins from vlc website but vlc will only load default vlc skin. I have set prefs/interface to skinnable and restarted from start/prog/vlc skins but no joy. Can someone help, maybe i'm missing something. skins2 error: Failed to parse C:\Documents and Setting...

I have just installed VLC Media player 0.8.1 on XP and found that some .bin files have had notepad icons & associations changed to VLC player's.
Is thisa bug or does VLC think it can open these file types?
How do I change these associations/icons back to their original.