How do you kill RealPlayer autostart?

Post #30,608 by drewk 3/4/02 11:15:47 AM Reply	How do you kill RealPlayer autostart? I installed RealOne Player recently to check out a link someone sent me, and now every time I insert a CD it pops up. I can't find any running process that seems to be watching for this, and I've disabled everything I can from the preferences. Any clues? I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #30,615 by CRConrad 3/4/02 11:48:03 AM Reply	BruteForce: RegEdit, Search, Exe-name, F3, F3, F3, F3, F3...
Post #30,616 by bepatient 3/4/02 11:49:38 AM Reply	You're gonna have to.. ...look in the view>folder options>file types area...find the AudioCD setting and then change the program that starts it back to what you want. RealOne during installation asks if you want to start "other" streaming and formats with RealOne....what it means is "Do you want every multimedia file on the planet to run under RealOne" You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #30,629 by drewk 3/4/02 12:31:20 PM Reply	Looks like that might be it Just tried it. Nope. Still happening. Oh, and I noticed that these settings are on a per-folder bases. So if I happen to be sitting in this folder the extension means this, but if I'm in that folder, it means that. Is this ever useful to anyone? I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #30,632 by bepatient 3/4/02 12:37:31 PM Reply	Hmmm...maybe they made some adjustments... ...to make Real1 an even bigger pain in the ass than RP8. Check Task Manager to make sure the tsr is not running. There is an option that starts the player (quicklaunch or some such)...it may be check to see if cahnges are made and then changing them back. There should also be a raft of RealAudio specific settings...one of them might have .cda in there as an extension...in which case it will probably overrided the AudioCD setting. In the RealAudio preferences you can set it to not start upon startup...whcih should take care of the tsr...maybe it will allow you to undo the cd change...though I doubt it...you could uninstall R1 and reinstall it...and do not accept the popular defaults...;) You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #30,640 by drewk 3/4/02 12:57:45 PM Reply	No joy CDA is already associated with WinAmp. And I just checked the online docs (w2k). The only way they list to disable autoplay is to hold down the shift key while inserting a CD. If I remember right this is the reason several cd changer manufacturers went out of business: every time the changer would cycle the OS would try to auto-start whatever was in the slot. I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #30,686 by bepatient 3/4/02 2:52:50 PM Reply	Damn...they did make "improvements" Can't find anything but similar stories on the net...no options to change them back. If you figure it out...let us know. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #30,853 by inthane-chan 3/5/02 12:09:40 PM Reply	Just a side note. Chalk one up for weird Windows Doc Bugs... The "Per folder" association thing IS NOT PER FOLDER. The "View" tab is indeed "per folder" if you tell it to be, otherwise all changes apply everywhere. The "File Association" tab is indeed universal. However, some apps have figured out ways to break that association, like the aformentioned RealPlayer, in the ongoing war to get more CPU time and face time. I, for one, try to avoid realplayer like the plague. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #30,623 by Yendor 3/4/02 12:21:06 PM Reply	Standard response... C:\\>format c: install $YOUR_FAVORITE_DISTRO_HERE ;-) -YendorMike Real programmers use "vi a.out".
Post #30,630 by drewk 3/4/02 12:33:35 PM Reply	No no no no no no no no no no The $my_favorite_distro install is going to be on a fresh box. Two boxes are always better than one. Yes, always.[1] [1] For "when someone else is paying for it" values of "always." I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #30,642 by nking 3/4/02 1:00:04 PM Reply	It must be registered for media types In order to stop the program from loading on Startup run MSCONFIG if you have 98 or ME (I think XP has this, but not sure?) then click on the Startup tab and disable it. Start / Run / MSCONFIG Only thing I can think of is that the Real1 replaced the CDPlayer app? Click on "My Computer" and select the View Menu and Folder Options. Click on the File Type tab and see what it says for the types of "AudioCD" is it registered for. Change the default player from Real1, to "C:\\WINDOWS\\cdplayer.exe /play" without the quotes. The old one may be there and you just have to set the old one to the default. Please let me know if this helps. "Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
Post #30,673 by drewk 3/4/02 1:54:05 PM Reply	Round and round she goes, where she stops ... I sure as hell don't know. Well, I got the Windows CD player (w2k) registered as the default player for the AudioCD at the MyComputer level. Problem is, the eject buttons on vearious applications no longer worked. Windows CD player, the ripper program I'm using, right-click->Eject from File Manager ... nothing. It's not a problem, though, because the next time I ejected (manually, had to use the paper-clip-through-the-pinhole trick) and inserted a new one, RealOne reaccquired the association. I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #30,691 by Silverlock 3/4/02 3:05:22 PM Reply	Try here From Real media tech support- [link\|http://www.expressresponse.com/cgi-bin/progsnp/real_rec/srchjnnp?search_type=vdocument&search_input=rap01408.html&session_id=1015272470.11963.5&other=two&search_erproduct=RealPlayer8%5f0Basic&Make=%2d1&clientInfo=how+to+uninstall&Submitbuttonname=Submit\|url] With this much manure around, there must be a pony somewhere.
Post #30,693 by drewk 3/4/02 3:11:59 PM Reply	Well ... that's a bit more than I wanted to do I don't want to completely remove it. I just want the damn thing to not pop up and start playing every time I insert a CD. I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #30,708 by Silverlock 3/4/02 3:52:29 PM Reply	I think it's an installation option and in order to get to it you have to do the clean uninstall first. Then the install with careful attention to options in order to not make it the default player of everything. Or you could take a walk in the brisk winter air, collect some icicles and mail 'em to real media with instructions on how to store 'em rectally. With this much manure around, there must be a pony somewhere.
Post #30,717 by drewk 3/4/02 4:29:05 PM Reply	But ... but ... FBOG I did step through all that at installation time. The only things I left it associated with were real RealMedia files. (Oh, and I think I took one of the video formats back from Windows Media Player because I like Real's interface better.) I am positive there was nothing in there about playing audio CD's, and that if there had been I would have left it associated with WinAmp. All this, of course, being entirely beside the stupidity/evilness of having install-time-only options for something this basic. As well as taking it back from what I specifically changed it to. I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #30,723 by Silverlock 3/4/02 4:43:23 PM Reply	There's your problem You installed it. I won't use RM in any form ever again. With this much manure around, there must be a pony somewhere.
Post #30,732 by nking 3/4/02 6:04:58 PM Reply	Let the Evil Empire do it for you See if the Windows Media Player update will fix it for you? man, somebody has to write a program that will go in and ask you what software you want to manage what for you? Like select "AudioCDs" and it should ask you which software you want to be default for you and replace it for you. Could make some serious money. "Will code Visual BASIC for cash."

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