try reinstalling your dvd burning programs...you can try just reinstalling over the top of themselves, but probably your best bet would be to uninstall them first from Add=Remove Programs, reboot, and then use the install cd's to install them clean again. It appears that you broke the association of the dvd playing away from the default program, and a clean install should automatically make the association back again for you.
TONI
Notes: XP Home user, fairly new to all this, fairly desperate.
During a moment of rash foolishness I used fakeCD to create a fake CD drive on my PC. Unfortunately due to aforesaid rash foolishness I failed to specify where to put it, so it put it over my DVD-ROM drive. Now when I click on it in My Computer it says "CD drive" in the Details panel. The Properties still says ATAPI DVD-ROM, but I can't play DVDs.
The maker of fakeCD says this is a known problem where people have done this over a hard drive and not been able to access files, and suggests uninstalling fakeCD and rebooting. Done that. Restored to a restore point before fakeCD, uninstalled and reinstalled DVD-ROM drive. Nothing works. Any ideas?

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