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deba5er, Thank you for the tip

When comparing registry calls I see with AdvancedDVD the first time its path appears is on this key: HKCR\CLSID\{9BC1B781-85E3-11D2-98D0-0080C84E9C39}\InprocServer32\(Default) SUCCESS C:\Program Files\AdvancedDVDPlayer\setup\DVDVideo.ax When Advanced DVD is uninstalled (and VLC reinstalled) then: HK...

Probably: patches are welcome.

The problem is, I do not know what to do or where to look for, to pinpoint what is missing (or what is it that Advanced DVD is doing differently)

Any suggestions ?

ok, the culprit is not in this key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\dvdplay.exe I installed another freeware player ( Advanced DVD player 2.2.5 ) and autoplay works perfect. The key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution...

That is the thing. There is no such key, or it is empty.
Possibly the previous DVD player software cleaned up after themselves erasing the key. Maybe each application is responsible to add its own values there ?

DVDplay.exe is present on my system in C:\WINNT\System32 When I double-click this executable I get the error message again: ....There is no Windows 2000 compatible DVD decoder installed on this system. A DVD decoder device or decoder software is required to play movies (a DVD drive alone is not suff...

Thank you for digging so much further Arite. I appreciate your efforts, although I will not hold you responsible if you gave up (especially since win2k is not your OS) Following your advice I went to the particular registry section and looked at the entries one-for-one. The "VLCPlayDVDMovieOnAr...

Thanks for the response Arite ! The problem arises in that win2k does not have an "autoplay" tab within the drive properties. So I suspect the solution might be more involved. Windows 2000 does have autoplay though. I used to have a DVD player software that came with my older ATI card. Any...

These instructions are for winXP ... is there a way to do this on win2k ?