(Application Picker dialog from XP)
Application Picker is a dialog which will show-up when you insert DVD title or new medium in your computer. It show all playable application and let you to choose one from the list.
One day, I just woundering where can I find the setting? How could I change the autoplay icon? How could change the autoplay string?
Here is the detail document from MSDN: Preparing Hardware and Software for Use with AutoPlay
In follows steps, I will show you how to use “REGEDIT.EXE” to find out the setting and how it work.
- In Windows XP command line run “regedit”
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Find the Event handler in:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAutoplayHandlersEventHandlers] - The Event handler show the all kind event which come from Windows, find out “PlayDVDMovieOnArrival”. This is all application picker list when you insert DVD movie title into your computer.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAutoplayHandlersEventHandlersPlayDVDMovieOnArrival]
“MSOpenFolder”=”” _ // For Open folder_
“RPPlayDVDMovieOnArrival”=”” //Use Real play to playback movie
“MPCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival”=”” //Use media player to playback movie.
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Ok this is the first step.Then we will go to “Handlers” to figure out how it work and what application it used.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAutoplayHandlersHandlers] - Every item in “Handlers” is presented a application. Let me show Media Player for your reference:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAutoplayHandlersHandlersMSPlayDVDMovieOnArrival]
“Action”=”@wmploc.dll,-6504” //Will show in dialog “Play DVD Movie”
_“Provider”=”@wmploc.dll,-6502” _//Provider name “Using Windows Media Player”
“InvokeProgID”=”WMP.DVD” _//Application ID which you can find in GUID.
_“InvokeVerb”=”play” _//Playback command
_“DefaultIcon”=hex(2):25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,
00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,
20,00,4d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,20,00,50,00,6c,00,61,00,79,00,65,00,72,
00,5c,00,77,00,6d,00,70,00,6c,00,61,00,79,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,
65,00,2c,00,30,00,00,00 - If you want to change any of it, just do it. Before you change anything, please remember to backup your registry setting.
