No options for CD???

[Deezul]

Suddenly when I put in a blank cd I get the "what do you want windows to do" screen but there are NO programs in it. I used to have mediaplayer, burning software, etc all listed and they suddenly disappeared for no reason. Any way to fix this so I have at least media player and some burning software? I have no idea how this happened

 

[SYAR2003]

Try folder options general tab "restore defaults"

 

[linney]

Autorun for CDrom not functioning...
thread779-639841

See if this helps. If not try System Restore to get back to when it worked.

 

[SYAR2003]

Aaahhh , how could i forget that .

 

[Deezul]

well it is autorunning thats not the prob. but when it autoruns the menu to choose what program to use opens up and its blank now

 

[SYAR2003]

Right clicking the cd drive icon and properties-autoplay
doesn't it list the actions . Is this empty
for e.g music cd , blank cd etc.

If it is there might be some other corruption.

 

[linney]

"well it is autorunning thats not the prob. but when it autoruns the menu to choose what program to use opens up and its blank now"

It is this menu that we are responding to, not any problem with the CD starting to spin.

What happens if you put a CD in that is not blank and has some files already on it?

Have you tried the Erase function (sort of like formatting the CD) to make sure your CD (the blank ones) are readable in XP?

 

[Deezul]

cd is readable but i basically have to cancel the "blank" menu and then start it manually. I'll try different cd types today and see what happens.

 

[bcastner]

Two thoughts:

1. Examine the Autoplay Handler entries in your registry. There are some guidelines and utilities here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/11/Autoplay/Autoplay.asp

2. Add by hand your own handler and see if it persists:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/add_burner.htm

 

[Deezul]

well, its only doing this for blank cd's. I right click on cd drive properties goto autoplay and say "let me chhose" but there are NO programs in that list. For music cd's etc there is and there used to be 2-3 burn programs on the list too. Is there any way of repopulating the list for blank cd type?

 

[Deezul]

it gets strange now. I noticed that under "my comp" it says CDRW drive but when I put a blank cd in it switched to say "cd drive".........never noticed that before......