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   blue breeze Private E-2

   How do I stop windows media player from opening automatically when i put a dvd in the drive? it's really annoying.

    

   blue breeze, Aug 24, 2008

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   plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

   Turn off autoplay.
   Vista
   http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/40f23376-1351-49d5-8d48-5c05d35f2ac81033.mspx
   XP
   a) hld dwn the shift key when you insert a CD/DVD
   b) edit the registry
   http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2254345,00.asp

    

   plodr, Aug 24, 2008

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   blue breeze Private E-2

   Thanks for the tip! Holding down shift key didn't work, so I edited registry.

    

   blue breeze, Aug 25, 2008

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