How do I temporarily disable Windows Live Photo Gallery?

Open wpg,

Click on the Blue file button on the top right,

Click on Options,

Import section,

Uncheck the appropriate boxes for Import.

Autoplay change it to Take no action.

Hi,

We are happy to assist you in getting rid of the pop-up window that asking to import photos from disk. It is possible that you set Photo Gallery to automatically import your photos and vide. You can disable that pop-up window by following the suggestion of Dissed. If you are not aware to do that, please follow these steps below:

1. Open Photo Gallery.

2. In the program window press these keys, ALT + F + O and click Import tab.

3. Under other options, clear the check box of Open Photo Gallery after importing files and delete files from device after importing.

To disable autoplay, please follow these steps:

1. Click Windows Start.

2. type AutoPlay and press Enter.

3. Locate Pictures then click the droplist down option and choose Take no action. Do this to Videos as well.

4. Click Save button.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Thank you.

See if these two help,

http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-the-playing-and-burning-cds-dvds-and-bluray-discs-troubleshooter

After that,

Boot/ shut down your machine,

Test if still no joy,

Right click your Start button/ windows logo,

Click on Properties,

On the top of the Start menu click on the Customize button,

Scroll down and check the box, Run Command,

Apply and Okay.

Insert the install disk then click the Start button and click on Run.