prevent autoplay of file

[digibud]

I've searched the forums and the net and find various related posts but none that succinctly explain how to prevent VLC from starting up a file (Windows7) after double clicking. I want to be able to double click to open a video file and have it sit there, ready to play...but I don't want it to begin until I click the play button. Any simple directions on how to accomplish this?

[VLC_help]

That isn't possible. You can naturally create playlists which have long pause items in case you are doing some kind of presentation.

[digibud]

ok...thanks...too bad. I'll look for something that can do that very simple thing.