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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:53:14 +1300, "outofdate" <outofdate@computer>
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>"GraB" <> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:25:12 +1300, "outofdate" <outofdate@computer>
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>> >"GraB" <> wrote in message
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>> >> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:35:08 +1300, "outofdate" <outofdate@computer>
>> >> wrote:
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>> >> >Everytime I put a dvd in my computer ulead dvd player automatically
>> >starts
>> >> >up and it is driving me around the bend because I can't find anyway to
>> >stop
>> >> >it doing this. It came as part of ulead videostudio 9, from what I
>> >remember
>> >> >I did not get any option on whether to install it and there is no
>> >separate
>> >> >launch icon for the player. I am running win98se.
>> >> >
>> >> Apart from the fact that Ulead DVD player is the worst DVD player I
>> >> have tried. I think PowerDVD 4 is far superior.
>> >
>> >And powerdvd is what I use which is why the ulead player starting up all
>the
>> >time is even more annoying as I would never use the ulead dvdplayer.
>> >
>> Have you tried reinstalling PowerDVD again to make it the default
>> programme for playing DVDs?
>
>Thanks but no i have not tried that, but worth a go I guess, though I don't
>want any dvdplayer to load when I insert a dvd, at the moment powerdvd is
>setup not to do this, I think what you are saying is that if I reinstall
>ulead dvdplayer will be ignored and powerdvd will be acted upon and because
>that is set not to load on a dvd been inserted I will have no problem. The
>funny thing is that ulead dvdplayer has some options that sound like they
>should turn off the autostart on dvd insertion but for some reason they
>don't work, surely ulead would not be dumb enough to **** people off with a
>forced use of their program.
>
OK, I can't talk with authority about XP because I don't have it, but
I would guess you could go into File Types, whereever you find that in
XP, and just delete the association for DVDs. In this case you would
find that DVDs are associated with Ulead DVD Player.

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> On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:53:14 +1300, "outofdate" <outofdate@computer>
> wrote:
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> >"GraB" <> wrote in message
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> >> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:25:12 +1300, "outofdate" <outofdate@computer>
> >> wrote:
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> >> >"GraB" <> wrote in message
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> >> >> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:35:08 +1300, "outofdate" <outofdate@computer>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Everytime I put a dvd in my computer ulead dvd player automatically
> >> >starts
> >> >> >up and it is driving me around the bend because I can't find anyway
to
> >> >stop
> >> >> >it doing this. It came as part of ulead videostudio 9, from what I
> >> >remember
> >> >> >I did not get any option on whether to install it and there is no
> >> >separate
> >> >> >launch icon for the player. I am running win98se.
> >> >> >
> >> >> Apart from the fact that Ulead DVD player is the worst DVD player I
> >> >> have tried. I think PowerDVD 4 is far superior.
> >> >
> >> >And powerdvd is what I use which is why the ulead player starting up
all
> >the
> >> >time is even more annoying as I would never use the ulead dvdplayer.
> >> >
> >> Have you tried reinstalling PowerDVD again to make it the default
> >> programme for playing DVDs?
> >
> >Thanks but no i have not tried that, but worth a go I guess, though I
don't
> >want any dvdplayer to load when I insert a dvd, at the moment powerdvd is
> >setup not to do this, I think what you are saying is that if I reinstall
> >ulead dvdplayer will be ignored and powerdvd will be acted upon and
because
> >that is set not to load on a dvd been inserted I will have no problem.
The
> >funny thing is that ulead dvdplayer has some options that sound like they
> >should turn off the autostart on dvd insertion but for some reason they
> >don't work, surely ulead would not be dumb enough to **** people off with
a
> >forced use of their program.
> >
> OK, I can't talk with authority about XP because I don't have it, but
> I would guess you could go into File Types, whereever you find that in
> XP, and just delete the association for DVDs. In this case you would
> find that DVDs are associated with Ulead DVD Player.

I don't have xp, I am using win98se.

>> OK, I can't talk with authority about XP because I don't have it, but
>> I would guess you could go into File Types, whereever you find that in
>> XP, and just delete the association for DVDs. In this case you would
>> find that DVDs are associated with Ulead DVD Player.
>
>I don't have xp, I am using win98se.
>
Same here. In regedit see what you have under
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell

I have PlayWithPowerDVD

You might have PlayWithULeadDVD??

I would delete that key, taking the usual precautions of backing up
the registry first (Run / scanregw ).

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:20:49 +1300, GraB <> wrote:

>>> OK, I can't talk with authority about XP because I don't have it, but
>>> I would guess you could go into File Types, whereever you find that in
>>> XP, and just delete the association for DVDs. In this case you would
>>> find that DVDs are associated with Ulead DVD Player.
>>
>>I don't have xp, I am using win98se.
>>
>Same here. In regedit see what you have under
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell
>
>I have PlayWithPowerDVD
>
>You might have PlayWithULeadDVD??
>
>I would delete that key, taking the usual precautions of backing up
>the registry first (Run / scanregw ).

Before you delete the registry key you could export it. Highlight it
then go to Registry / Export Registry File. That way you could just
double-click on it to put it back in if needed.

"GraB" <> wrote in message
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> >> OK, I can't talk with authority about XP because I don't have it, but
> >> I would guess you could go into File Types, whereever you find that in
> >> XP, and just delete the association for DVDs. In this case you would
> >> find that DVDs are associated with Ulead DVD Player.
> >
> >I don't have xp, I am using win98se.
> >
> Same here. In regedit see what you have under
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell
>
> I have PlayWithPowerDVD
>
> You might have PlayWithULeadDVD??
>
> I would delete that key, taking the usual precautions of backing up
> the registry first (Run / scanregw ).

Thanks a lot for the suggestion, that did sound very hopeful but
unfortunately I have the same thing as you without any mention of
uleaddvdplayer at all.

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> "GraB" <> wrote in message
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> > >> OK, I can't talk with authority about XP because I don't have it, but
> > >> I would guess you could go into File Types, whereever you find that
in
> > >> XP, and just delete the association for DVDs. In this case you would
> > >> find that DVDs are associated with Ulead DVD Player.
> > >
> > >I don't have xp, I am using win98se.
> > >
> > Same here. In regedit see what you have under
> > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell
> >
> > I have PlayWithPowerDVD
> >
> > You might have PlayWithULeadDVD??
> >
> > I would delete that key, taking the usual precautions of backing up
> > the registry first (Run / scanregw ).
>
> Thanks a lot for the suggestion, that did sound very hopeful but
> unfortunately I have the same thing as you without any mention of
> uleaddvdplayer at all.
>

Just checked under dvd in the same part of the registry and uleaddvdplayer
is listed there so i maybe able to do something with that, will let you
know.

"outofdate" <outofdate@computer> wrote in message
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> "outofdate" <outofdate@computer> wrote in message
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> > "GraB" <> wrote in message
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> > > >> OK, I can't talk with authority about XP because I don't have it,
but
> > > >> I would guess you could go into File Types, whereever you find that
> in
> > > >> XP, and just delete the association for DVDs. In this case you
would
> > > >> find that DVDs are associated with Ulead DVD Player.
> > > >
> > > >I don't have xp, I am using win98se.
> > > >
> > > Same here. In regedit see what you have under
> > > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell
> > >
> > > I have PlayWithPowerDVD
> > >
> > > You might have PlayWithULeadDVD??
> > >
> > > I would delete that key, taking the usual precautions of backing up
> > > the registry first (Run / scanregw ).
> >
> > Thanks a lot for the suggestion, that did sound very hopeful but
> > unfortunately I have the same thing as you without any mention of
> > uleaddvdplayer at all.
> >
>
> Just checked under dvd in the same part of the registry and uleaddvdplayer
> is listed there so i maybe able to do something with that, will let you
> know.
>

Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell I deleted the uleaddvdplayer key and
now powerdvd starts up instead of ulead when I insert a dvd despite powerdvd
having the option to automatically play dvd's disabled so it appears there
is something else which is causing a dvdplayer to automatically play
regardless of any other settings. Some registry setting is telling the
computer to use whatever dvdplayer is available to play on insertion, I
suppose i could try deleting all keys under dvd since deleting ulead stopped
it using that maybe if it had no keys to refer to it would play nothing
although I could imagine that it then would default to the
windowsmediplayer. I am very curious as to whether something has gone wrong
in the installations or whether this problem is by design if you know what i
mean, is it a problem that should exist or has something gone wrong in my
particular case?

"outofdate" <outofdate@computer> wrote in message
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> > > "GraB" <> wrote in message
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> > > > >> OK, I can't talk with authority about XP because I don't have it,
> but
> > > > >> I would guess you could go into File Types, whereever you find
that
> > in
> > > > >> XP, and just delete the association for DVDs. In this case you
> would
> > > > >> find that DVDs are associated with Ulead DVD Player.
> > > > >
> > > > >I don't have xp, I am using win98se.
> > > > >
> > > > Same here. In regedit see what you have under
> > > > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell
> > > >
> > > > I have PlayWithPowerDVD
> > > >
> > > > You might have PlayWithULeadDVD??
> > > >
> > > > I would delete that key, taking the usual precautions of backing up
> > > > the registry first (Run / scanregw ).
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot for the suggestion, that did sound very hopeful but
> > > unfortunately I have the same thing as you without any mention of
> > > uleaddvdplayer at all.
> > >
> >
> > Just checked under dvd in the same part of the registry and
uleaddvdplayer
> > is listed there so i maybe able to do something with that, will let you
> > know.
> >
>
> Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell I deleted the uleaddvdplayer key and
> now powerdvd starts up instead of ulead when I insert a dvd despite
powerdvd
> having the option to automatically play dvd's disabled so it appears there
> is something else which is causing a dvdplayer to automatically play
> regardless of any other settings. Some registry setting is telling the
> computer to use whatever dvdplayer is available to play on insertion, I
> suppose i could try deleting all keys under dvd since deleting ulead
stopped
> it using that maybe if it had no keys to refer to it would play nothing
> although I could imagine that it then would default to the
> windowsmediplayer. I am very curious as to whether something has gone
wrong
> in the installations or whether this problem is by design if you know what
i
> mean, is it a problem that should exist or has something gone wrong in my
> particular case?
>

Deleting the shell key under dvd has fixed my problem, hopefully it does not
cause any new problems. So thanks a lot for your help, there were not many
people willing or able to help on this so I am very thankful that you made
such an effort. Now there exists a solution for people to find when doing a
newsgroup archive search, i certainly could not find any such thing prior to
now.