Are you having trouble playing that new audio Cd you just bought? You pop it in the tray and it does certainly nothing? You wait for a while, then open My Computer or Windows Explorer, and browse straight through the Cd trying to shape out which file to plump so that you can see the contents of the Cd or to play anything is on the Cd?
There are few things more frustrating than having a Cd that would not play automatically. If this has happened to you often and you want to know how to make Cds run automatically one they are inserted into the Cd drive, then read on.
When you have a Cd drive that will not autorun or autoplay, there are some steps you need to take to make sure that your Cds start playing automatically after insertion. The steps to be taken depend on the Operating ideas that is loaded into your computer and on the type of Cd. Your Cd may include data or audio tracks.
Let us see how to make a Cd drive autorun on a Pc running the Windows Operating System.
For a Windows Xp installation, configuring a Cd drive for autorun is very simple - open My Computer or Windows Explorer. Right click on the Cd drive and plump properties. In the window that pops up, plump the Autoplay tab. You will see a drop down box listing several file types usually found on Cds like music Cd, mixed content, video files etc. Select the type of file closest to your requirement and plump the choice titled plump an operation to perform. In the options given below, Select Play from the list. Press Ok. This should enable autorun for any Cd with the article specified.
If you are not comfortable with the idea of blanket permissions, you can Select the choice Prompt me each time to Select an operation instead of the one mentioned above. In this case, Windows automatically asks you for your choice whenever you insert a Cd.
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