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How do you enable AUTOPLAY of movie DVDs when inserted into the DVD drive under Win10?

Hello,

I've installed an external DVD drive (USB) to my HP x360 laptop with Win 10 (64-bit Home Premium Ed.).

When I insert a movie DVD into the drive, Win10 keeps asking me to either: (1) Go to their App Store to find an app, or Do nothing.

When I picked the "free" Cyberlink PowerDVD from the Store and installed it, I was disappointed to see that it is NOT really free.

When the time comes to actually run it, it asks you to "activate the FULL version" which then asks for money to buy it.  Very misleading.

Can Windows 10 automatically play a movie DVD without buying additional software?

The so-called "Movies and TV" option, which applies to MPG, MP4, files is somehow not configurable as deafult in the AUTOPLAY settings.

Is Windows Media Player the answer?  If so, how does one select it as the default program when a DVD is inserted into a drive?

It does not seem to be configurable under the AUTOPLAY settings of Windows 10.

Any tips, advice or suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance.

R.Tan

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No, Windows Media Player is not the answer.  And no, Windows 10 by itself cannot play DVDs, unless you have the windows DVD player app installed.  And also no, you don't have to buy anything to do this. You just need to download a free player that works with Windows 10.

If you want to insert a DVD and have it start automatically,  You need three things: a DVD player program, to have Autoplay enabled, and to have your video player program set as default.

Example: VLC is a good, free DVD player, and can be downloaded here.  After that is installed, go to Settings / Devices / Autoplay and toggle it to "ON".  Then, Settings / Apps / Default apps and set "Video Player" to VLC.  Then insert a DVD; VLC player should start playing the disc immediately.

RD

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