Open MPC (Media Player Classic) | click View | click Options... | on the
left, expand Player by clicking the + (if not already expanded) | click
Formats. I put a check in DVD audio file and one in DVD file | Bottom middle,
autoplay- XP only-, I put a check in DVD | Click Apply | click OK | should
have been able to just log off and then on, but had to reboot. THAT makes MPC
the default player for DVD's.
However, when I right clicked my DVD drive and chose Properties | Autoplay |
there is NO MPC choice under Video, or anywhere else.
Open Regedit. (Start | Run | type in "regedit" [no quotes] | click OK).
Expand each + as necessary to get to My
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\ click UserChosenExecuteHandlers
In the right pane I saw my DVD-ROM. Moving the bottom right slider to the
right, I saw three entries under Data: one says (value not set), one says
MSPlay CDAudioOnArrival, the third,The MSTakeNoAction is the one to change.
Double click the vertical line right before the word Type on the tan colored
bar. Does it say +PlayDVDMovieOnArrival at the end, right before REG_SZ? If
so,
Slide the slider back to the left, right click on that line, choose Modify.
Type this in the box that's highlighted (Blue):
MPCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival [exactly like that, or copy/paste from here]
Click OK. Close by red X. Reboot. Put in DVD. When popup box arrives, Click
the Select an Action button, and the Media Player Classic. May have been an
Always use this... box ,too. Checkmark, if so. Click OK. Done!
<Sorry, I know it's long>
Hope it works for you,too!
