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I have set up Autoplay to launch Media Player Upon insertion of a DVD movie in my DVD/CD R/W. I have set all of the defaults for Media Player. It always used to play properly. Now the only way that I get a movie to play is to open up media player manually and then select the movie that is currently residing in the DVD drive. Everything works properly is then – except for the Autoplay.
What am I missing?
greenber
Posted 2012-02-16T16:06:26.973
Reputation: 523
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For Windows 7: Control Panel -> Autoplay and select Play using Windows Media Player for default for a video DVD.
Raystafarian
Posted 2012-02-16T16:06:26.973
Reputation: 20 384
already did/tried that. It simply does not work. Aargh!! – greenber – 2012-02-16T17:23:32.400
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-dvd-play-error-windows-cannot-access-the-specified-device-windows-7/ -- This provides for access through Computer but does not provide for Autoplay access(that is, I still have to do something instead of merely inserting a new movie in my DVD – but at least I'm getting there. Slowly, but surely!) – greenber – 2012-02-16T21:48:54.540
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-dvd-play-error-windows-cannot-access-the-specified-device-windows-7/ forgot URL, sorry!! – greenber – 2012-02-16T22:26:25.807
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And I found the answer! I don't know how it happened but apparently I actually had AutoRun turned off for the CD/DVD drives. Information about the two registry settings that control AutoRun can be found in this article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/cc144204%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
greenber
Posted 2012-02-16T16:06:26.973
Reputation: 523
What version of Windows? – Raystafarian – 2012-02-16T16:44:00.827