See if htis works:
Right-click the DVD-Rom Drive | Properties | click Auto Play tab.
Now set it as you wish.
All of a sudden my win xp HP Pavillion machine stopped running games or playing DVDs automatically when a disc was inserted. Now I have to click on the appropriate shortcut tp make things work. can someone help me get it back the way it used to be?

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