djscissorhands wrote:
Hello, I appreciate your reply.

I have followed the steps that you mentioned and I was able to select
"Prompt me each time to chose an action" for DVD.

Now when I insert the dvd movie I get the pop up prompt to select
which player I would like to use (WMP or PowerDVD.

However, when I select “WMP” the “WMP” program opens briefly and then
closes and PowerDVD opens and begins to play the movie.

I don’t understand why my laptop is doing this as I have checked the
settings on my friends laptop and we can select either WMP or PowerDVD
and the DVD plays properly in both players.
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Several ideas...good luck.

Have you opened WMP 11 and gone to...
Tools / Options / File Types / Select All / Apply / OK.

FWIW...it's always best to create a System Restore
point before installing software or updating your system:

Info on DVD Decoders:
Plug-ins for Windows Media Player
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/plugins.aspx

You could have an issue with your video driver...if
you reduce the Graphics Hardware Acceleration as
per the instructions in the following article...you may
see an improvement. If...yes...you need to update
your video driver. (improvement or not...be sure to
return the acceleration to full after the experiment)

How to change the graphics hardware acceleration
setting in Windows
http://www.geocities.com/bearwindows/263391.htm

If all else fails...it may be worth a try to install the following
Codec Package:

CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack)
http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/ind...itle=Main_Page

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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