I click on the eye and then the launch application pops up and the choice is maniaplanet so I click open link and nothing happens. ya, I must be missing something. Just need some guidance.

There should be a pop up in the game as well. This one :

ya i know but its not installing the replay. nothing happens when i press open link to open the install for the track. the game doesnt open. and whenim in the game the watch replay doesnt happen. so i click on the eye icon and it says maniaplanet i press it and nothing happens.

Do you use Steam or the standalone version?

Steam version wasn't working with that for me. Its maybe why

Yeah i'm using steam.

I uninstalled the game from steam and downloaded it from their website. Everything works now.

Nice