Microsoft KB Archive/888022

= You are not prompted to choose a program, or the wrong program is started when you try to play multimedia content from a removable storage device in Windows XP =

Article ID: 888022

Article Last Modified on 11/19/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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When you insert a removable storage device in a Windows XP-based computer, and the device contains multimedia content, you may experience the following:
 * Windows XP may not prompt you to choose a program for playing the multimedia content.
 * The AutoPlay functionality in Windows XP may start the wrong program for your multimedia files.

Note CDs, DVDs, and flash media cards are all examples of a removable storage device.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, change the way that your Windows XP-based computer handles multimedia content.
 * 1) Click Start, and then click My Computer.
 * 2) Under Devices with Removable Storage, right-click the device that you want, and then click Properties.

Note The removable storage device must be inserted in your computer to appear in My Computer.
 * 1) Click the AutoPlay tab, and then select the content type that you want to change in the list.
 * 2) In the Actions area, choose between the following options:
 * 3) * Click Select an action to perform, and then click the action that you want Windows XP to perform.
 * 4) * Click Prompt me each time to choose an action.
 * 5) Click OK.

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