Add VLC Player to autoplay menu on vista 64 bit?

[zarumir]

Hey there,

I've got Vista 64-Bit (and I hate it so far...) and installed VLC a while ago, everything but one thing is going well... I cannot add VLC to the autoplay options for DVDs. This bugs me for some time now and I cannot find anything on the web / in this forum. So, does anybody know how to add it to this list?

(This seems to work properly on 32-Bit Vista already...)

Thanks in advance
zarumir

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

We don't have windows developers, even less Windows 64 developers. Ask Microsoft to help us

[VLC_help]

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40685&p=158418&hilit=vista#p157194
and please figure it out there.

[zarumir]

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40685&p=158418&hilit=vista#p157194
and please figure it out there.

adding VLC to the default program list is not the problem... however thanks anyway.

We don't have windows developers, even less Windows 64 developers. Ask Microsoft to help us

Well I don't know

I love this program so I can live with this little inconvenience, I just thought that there is an easy workaround everybody knows of and which I overlooked, so nobody asks this question

Greetings.

[Serverloco]

You can go to this website: http://www.schlackman.org/programs/vlcxp.html . It puts that is for Windows XP but I,ve tried it on my Vista Ultimate x64 and works perfectly. I know that it works with internet explorer 7 and it doesn't with Chrome so i suggest you to use IE7 to have no problems. After you have downloaded the registry editor you have to open Regedit.exe and go to: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VideoLAN.Autorun\shell\playdvd\command] and delete "@0:1" and then go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VideoLAN.Autorun\shell\playcd\command] and delete "@1".

[ricochet2200]

http://www.schlackman.org/programs/vlcxp.html did not work for me when I used firefox but worked using IE7. Firefox's reg file did not point to the executable correctly, it generated:

@="\"vlc.exe\" instead of @="\"C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\"

I did not need to modify the reg file that was generated by IE7, it just work. I'm running Vista Home 32 bit.

[napoleon]

Hi,

I tweaked the code from http://www.schlackman.org/programs/vlcxp.html and it works for Vista-64 bit. Paste the following code into a .txt file and save. Then change ".txt" to ".reg". Right click the file and choose "Merge" and accept all the prompts. Afterwards you should be able to insert a DVD and VLC Media Player will open up and autoplay, or at least bring you to the DVD's main menu.

-------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VideoLAN.Autorun\shell\playdvd]
@="Play DVD"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VideoLAN.Autorun\shell\playdvd\command]
@="C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe -vvv dvd://%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VideoLAN.Autorun\shell\playcd]
@="Play CD"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VideoLAN.Autorun\shell\playcd\command]
@="C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe -vvv cdda://%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VideoLAN.Autorun\shell\playmedia]
@="Play Media Files"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VideoLAN.Autorun\shell\playmedia\command]
@="C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe -vvv %L"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VideoLANDVD]
"Action"="Play DVD"
"DefaultIcon"="C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe,0"
"Provider"="VLC"
"InvokeProgID"="VideoLAN.Autorun"
"InvokeVerb"="playdvd"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VideoLANCD]
"Action"="Play CD"
"DefaultIcon"="C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe,0"
"Provider"="VLC"
"InvokeProgID"="VideoLAN.Autorun"
"InvokeVerb"="playcd"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VideoLANMedia]
"Action"="Play Media Files in VLC"
"DefaultIcon"="C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe,0"
"Provider"="VLC"
"InvokeProgID"="VideoLAN.Autorun"
"InvokeVerb"="playmedia"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayDVDMovieOnArrival]
"VideoLANDVD"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayCDAudioOnArrival]
"VideoLANCD"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayMusicFilesOnArrival]
"VideoLANMedia"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayVideoFilesOnArrival]
"VideoLANMedia"=""

[baverdi]

This got vlc in the autoplay menu but now i get

"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel."

What now?

[kwiknik]

Make sure that path to vlc.exe is right, the above example works for a 64 bit system. Also you have to make sure you use double backslashes for the reg file to work. For example you might have to change it to C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe in each of the 6 places the file path is required. After I corrected the file, the error went away on my system and the icon showed up correctly.

[sethaniel]

Here's a reg file for 64 bit windows that matches the autoplay entries that get created on a 32 bit windows system (taken from Windows 7 Starter 32 bit and tested on Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit):

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayCDAudioOnArrival] "VLCPlayCDAudioOnArrival"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayDVDAudioOnArrival] "VLCPlayDVDAudioOnArrival"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayDVDMovieOnArrival] "VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayMusicFilesOnArrival] "VLCPlayMusicFilesOnArrival"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlaySuperVideoCDMovieOnArrival] "VLCPlaySVCDMovieOnArrival"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayVideoCDMovieOnArrival] "VLCPlayVCDMovieOnArrival"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\EventHandlers\PlayVideoFilesOnArrival] "VLCPlayVideoFilesOnArrival"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlayCDAudioOnArrival] "Action"="Play audio CD" "DefaultIcon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\",0" "InvokeProgID"="VLC.CDAudio" "InvokeVerb"="Open" "Provider"="VideoLAN VLC media player" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlayDVDAudioOnArrival] "Action"="Play audio DVD" "DefaultIcon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\",0" "InvokeProgID"="VLC.OPENFolder" "InvokeVerb"="Open" "Provider"="VideoLAN VLC media player" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival] "Action"="Play DVD movie" "DefaultIcon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\",0" "InvokeProgID"="VLC.DVDMovie" "InvokeVerb"="Open" "Provider"="VideoLAN VLC media player" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlayMusicFilesOnArrival] "Action"="Play audio files" "DefaultIcon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\",0" "InvokeProgID"="VLC.OPENFolder" "InvokeVerb"="Open" "Provider"="VideoLAN VLC media player" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlaySVCDMovieOnArrival] "Action"="Play SVCD movie" "DefaultIcon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\",0" "InvokeProgID"="VLC.SVCDMovie" "InvokeVerb"="Open" "Provider"="VideoLAN VLC media player" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlayVCDMovieOnArrival] "Action"="Play VCD movie" "DefaultIcon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\",0" "InvokeProgID"="VLC.VCDMovie" "InvokeVerb"="Open" "Provider"="VideoLAN VLC media player" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\VLCPlayVideoFilesOnArrival] "Action"="Play video files" "DefaultIcon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\",0" "InvokeProgID"="VLC.OPENFolder" "InvokeVerb"="Open" "Provider"="VideoLAN VLC media player"