Audio CDs won't play automatically after switching default players

My original default CD player was a progam that came installed with the computer (Hewlett Packard's CD Player.) I decided to change the default CD player to Windows CD Player, and now when I insert an audio CD nothing happens. After switching the default player back to Hewlett Packard's player, the problem now remains. I would like to have Windows CD Player as my default and play Audio CDs automatically upon insertion. I looked around in the other threads related to this problem and I've taken some of suggested steps, but still haven't found any solutions. I have done the following:


* Windows Explorer>Tools>Folder Options>File Types

I highlighted AudioCD, hit the "Edit" button, highlighted Play, then hit the "Set Default" button.
A couple things to note here... in the "Actions" section I have both "Play" and "Open" as actions, does it matter which one appears in bold type, or should there only be "Play" in that section of the window?. Also, the "Content Type (MIME)" and "Default Extention for Content Type" fields are both empty. Should I add something in there?


* Device Manager> CD-ROM> Properties> Settings> Auto insert notification is checked along with the proper drive letter assignment.


* In my registry, the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
already has the value for the NoDriveTypeAutoRun key of 0000 95 00 00 00


* Finally, I checked my TweakUI paranoia settings, and sure enough the "Play audio CDs automatically" box was unchecked. I checked the box, and now when I insert an audio cd, a window containing the contents of the CD pops up without playing anything.


I have Windows98se. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

You've covered most all of the bases I know of, and I don't see anything amiss there. (Wish all posters were as detailed and clear on what they have tried!)

About the only other thing I can think of at the moment is to try reinstalling cdplayer through Add\Remove>Window Setup>Multimedia>Details

I'm not sure how HP handles these reinstalls from their CD, but you probably also have a c:\Windows\Options\Cabs directory to point the "have disk:browse" option to if necessary.

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What the Dormouse said

For AudioCD remove the Open option. The mime type and extension are blank. Also under File Types there should be an entry for CD Audio Track, which should be extension CDA and should have Play option.

Thanks Rog & DrMDJ for your input. I reinstalled the Windows CD Player as per Rog's instructions and it now opens and plays upon disc insertion. The only thing I have noticed is that the program opens up minimized in the tray. I looked in the preferences section of the program to see if I can have it opened up maximized, but it doesn't seem to be the option there. Is there a trick to get it opened maximized (I already tried holding the shift key while closing it when maximized, figuring it might act like a regular window... But it didn't work.)

Also, DrMDJ, I don't have an AudioCD entry in Windows Explorer>Tools>Folder Options>File Types. I deleted it along with the CD Audio track entry before reinstalling the program, so that it would be sort of a "clean install" of you know what I mean. Am I supposed to have one? Should I add one back there? The CD Audio track entry returned after the reinstall.

Thanks again!

[This message has been edited by mittene (edited 03-29-2001).]

Even if an entry isn't there, as long as its working your finer. The default player you are using obviously has what it needs.

As for the player not being maximized... Not sure which player you have. The regular old Windows CD player doesn't maximize. Maybe you're using Media Player.

Quote:

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Originally posted by DrMDJ:

As for the player not being maximized... Not sure which player you have. The regular old Windows CD player doesn't maximize. Maybe you're using Media Player.

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I'm using the Microsoft Windows CD player as my default. For some reason I thought I've seen it open up in full view instead of in the tray on other computers. Oh well, as long as I have it automatically playing now, I guess I won't toy with it anymore!

It's a little guy, but it should open up in full view, not in the tray.

Try closing it in full view while holding the ctrl key down.

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What the Dormouse said

Quote:

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Originally posted by Rog:
Try closing it in full view while holding the ctrl key down.

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I tried that too but it didn't work.

Along these same lines. . .

After reading a thread in the General Software Forum re: MusicMatch Jukebox autoplay, I reinstalled MusicMatch Jukebox, disabled MP3, wma, etc. which would make it the default player.

I have a Dell Dimension 4100, 800 mHz, Windows98SE, 128 MB SDRAM, 16+ GB available HD space

I uninstalled, and reinstalled Cdplayer.exe. Then I went into MMJB and enabled everything to make it the default player, but still no autoplay. This is where all my settings are now:

Autoplay is enabled in CD-ROM System Devices
My registry setting for NoDriveTypeAutoRun key is 0000 95 00 00 00
TweakUI Paranoia setting has autoplay enabled

I've given up on autoplay, but I would like to get my File Types corrected, as they just don't look right to me.

Registered File Type AudioCD:

Application used to perform action:
"C:\Program Files\MusicMatch\MusicMatch Jukebox\mmjb.exe" /AudioCD "%1"

Play is in bold, no extension and no MIME type

Should this show /AudioCD or /Play?
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These are the AudioCD Registry Keys:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD]
@="AudioCD"
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell]
@="play"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\play]
@="&Play"
"EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\play\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MusicMatch\\MusicMatch Jukebox\\mmjb.exe\" /AudioCD \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\shell32.dll,40"


Note: the command key has double (""), which shouldn't be there. However, when I edit the key and remove the "" then the Registered File Type (AudioCD) shows "Opens With: "Program". If I leave the double "" in the Registry Key, it shows Opens With: "MMJB" which is correct. This one baffles me. If I delete the (") at the beginning and end of Application used to perform action in the AudioCD File Types, I get this error: The specified program could not be found. Make sure the filename and path are correct.

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Registered File Type: CD Audio Track

Application used to perform action:
"C:\Program Files\MusicMatch\MusicMatch Jukebox\mmjb.exe" /AudioCD "%1"

Open is in Bold and Play is not in bold

Registry Keys for cdafile

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile]
@="AudioCD"
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Windows\\Cdplayer.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile\shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile\shell\play]
@="&Play"
"EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile\shell\play\command]
@="C:\\Windows\\Cdplayer.exe -Play\" \"%1"

I'm not really sure about the Cdplayer.exe -Play. This is a Registry hack that a friend suggested, and obviously works.

Thank you for your patience. I've posted this problem several times, and I hope I'm not being a pain!

Cherokee


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Cherokee Proverb

Mittene, I don't know whether this will work for the autolaunch, but it does for the "shortcut", so it's probably worth a try to see if it carries over.

Go to start>programs\accessories\entertainment and right click on the cdplayer shortcut that should be there. Select "Properties" and select "Maximized" from drop down Run menu. Or if "Minimized" is shown, you can try "Normal" also.

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What the Dormouse said

[This message has been edited by Rog (edited 03-29-2001).]

Cherokee, really wish you'd opened a separate thread, but here goes, for comparison puposes:
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD]
@="AudioCD"
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Real\\RealJukebox\\realjbox.exe"
"Previous DefaultIcon"="C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\REAL\\REALJUKEBOX\\realjbox.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell]
@="play"
"Previous Default"="\"C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\WINAMP\\WINAMP.EXE\" %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\play]
@="&Play"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\play\command]
@="\"C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\WINAMP\\WINAMP.EXE\" %1"
"Winamp_Back"="C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\REAL\\REALJUKEBOX\\realjbox.exe /play %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\RealJukeBox]
@="Play with &RealJukebox"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\RealJukeBox\command]
@="C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\REAL\\REALJUKEBOX\\realjbox.exe /play %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\QuickView]
@="*"
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile]
@="CD Audio Track"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile\DefaultIcon]
@="c:\\windows\\cdplayer.exe,1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile\shell]
@="play"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile\shell\play]
@="&Play"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cdafile\shell\play\command]
@="c:\\windows\\cdplayer.exe -play %1"

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I have Winamp as my default, tho strangely play in Realplayer is shown on the first page of the File Types dialog. Play is the first text shown in bold.

But the path to Winamp is entered in the "application to perform action with"

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINAMP\WINAMP.EXE"

There is no: /AudioCD "%1"

Everything else is the same from what I can
tell.

I don't know if this link is of any value, as I have no such folder in accessories, but changing the shortcut icon as indicated where you find it may be the key.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q142/3/61.asp


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What the Dormouse said



[This message has been edited by Rog (edited 03-30-2001).]

No, Rog, that didn't work either. Thanks for keeping the wheels turning.

That was probably my best shot, if I ever figure out where in the registry that gets controlled from, I'll drop you an email. You just might find the problem eventually corrects itself, Windows being what it is https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
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You might want to check these settings in the registry against yours: run regedit and navigate to the key shown below
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\CdPlayer]

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\CdPlayer\Settings]
"SaveSettingsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"SmallFont"=dword:00000000
"ToolTips"=dword:00000001
"StopCDPlayingOnExit"=dword:00000001
"DisplayT"=dword:00000001
"DisplayTr"=dword:00000000
"DisplayDr"=dword:00000000
"InOrderPlay"=dword:00000001
"MultiDiscPlay"=dword:00000000
"IntroPlay"=dword:00000000
"IntroPlayLen"=dword:0000000a
"ContinuousPlay"=dword:00000000
"ToolBar"=dword:00000000
"DiscAndTrackDisplay"=dword:00000001
"StatusBar"=dword:00000001
"WindowOriginX"=dword:0000001f
"WindowOriginY"=dword:00000001

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Note the "Toolbar" and "WindowOrigin" X,Y entries, they may have something to do with it. You could copy\paste this to Notepad, save it as cdplayer.reg and double click to merge, but if you do I would suggest first Clicking on Registry>Export and save your current entry in case you need to restore it for some reason.

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What the Dormouse said



[This message has been edited by Rog (edited 03-30-2001).]

OK, here's a new twist. I started up my computer today, popped in a disc, and the Hewlett Packard CD Player starts playing the CD! Stubborn program. I'm back to where I started, and I bet if I try to switch the default program back to the Windows CD Player, I'll be back to my original problem of it not auto-starting. I don't want to delete the HP CD player. BTW, I did not make the suggested changes to the registry before inserting the CD. My current Toolbar, WindowsOriginX and WindowsOriginY keys do show different values, however.

Is the CD the same one that was autoplaying in cdplayer yesterday?; perhaps the file type is not the same. (You might need an HP owner to sort this one out) Anyway, I'd open the cd and have a look at the file types; then use Folder Options to verify what is associated with it. You can also use the highlight>shift+right click method on the file to reassociate again.

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What the Dormouse said

Open Windows media player, go to View, Options format types and reselect all file format types again. Apply and ok then close. Doing this will revert mplayer to default back providing you disable the Hp player.....better yet, dump the Hp player?

To answer the posts above, I did use the same CD, Rog. I don't want to get rid of the HP player, Netfish. I was trying to get the Windows CD Player, not Media Player to be the default. I decided to choose WinAmp as my default by checking the box that associates it with audio cd's, and now after a couple reboots, everything is fine and the HP program is not acting up again.

Winamp's pretty cool, I like it, tho it takes some getting used to. Watch out for conflicts with RealPlayer if you install or update it after Winamp, it likes to usurp Winamp's .pls (play list) and .m3u file associations.

Anyway, glad you got it sorted out one way or another. https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

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What the Dormouse said

Just when you think everything is going well... I've discovered that anytime I use the Hewlett Packard "Media Rack" (which includes the HP CD player as well as a wav player and a system mixer) the HP CD player resumes as the default cd player, overtaking my WinAmp settings. Because I use the Media Rack often, I had to figure out a way to work around this. Now I've always known that the HP CD player didn't have many options within its menus and I was sure that the player didn't have a file association option, so I never really bothered to check the menus during this whole time. Well I decided to take another look and I found an option called "auto play." It gives you a choice of either the HP player or the Windows CD player, and the HP player was checked. This is apparently why the HP player kept coming back as my default. I have now switched the setting to the Windows CD player and so far everything is fine.

I'm now back to the problem where it opens up minimized in the tray. I made the changes to registry, Rog, but it didn't work. At least part of the problem is solved... I hope!