Can't make Windows 10 autoplay work

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WilliamJones

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I am a new user of Win10 as I am setting up a computer for our church. I like Win10 so far, but cannot make autoplay work. I searched online and tried several things, but to no avail. I even started Regedit, but there was no key (NoDriveTypeAutoRun) present in the directory that it was supposed to be in (probably the root of my problem). I also checked Services and found that Shell Hardware Detection was active and set to automatic.
Any ideas how to fix this?

EDIT: Forgot to add that I went to Device Mgr to check if the DVD drive had the current driver. It did.
Also, when I put a DVD in the drive, I don't get the popup that asks what I want to do. I did get the popup the first time I tried this and all it said was, "Take no action", but that doesn't even pop up anymore.
 
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WilliamJones said:
I am a new user of Win10 as I am setting up a computer for our church. I like Win10 so far, but cannot make autoplay work. I searched online and tried several things, but to no avail. I even started Regedit, but there was no key (NoDriveTypeAutoRun) present in the directory that it was supposed to be in (probably the root of my problem). I also checked Services and found that Shell Hardware Detection was active and set to automatic.
Any ideas how to fix this?

EDIT: Forgot to add that I went to Device Mgr to check if the DVD drive had the current driver. It did.
Also, when I put a DVD in the drive, I don't get the popup that asks what I want to do. I did get the popup the first time I tried this and all it said was, "Take no action", but that doesn't even pop up anymore.
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did you install any type of dvd player software? win10 doesn't have one built in anymore due to licensing issue, iirc.
 
I have WMP, but that didn't work. I installed VLC and now when Autoplay window opens up I get a line that says "play with VLC". So that fixed it for me. Still not sure why WMP did not work. I associated all the video extensions to WMP, but now had to switch them to VLC.
 
WilliamJones said:
I have WMP, but that didn't work. I installed VLC and now when Autoplay window opens up I get a line that says "play with VLC". So that fixed it for me. Still not sure why WMP did not work. I associated all the video extensions to WMP, but now had to switch them to VLC.
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because, as i said, there is no dvd license built into windows anymore. you have to get a free one or buy one from the store. if you install a codec pack you should be able to use WMP, if thats what you want.
 
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