Windows 10: cannot play dvds in media player win 10.

I download the dvd media player drive when I had Win 7 on my laptop. My laptop crashed and had to reinstall win 7 and then up graded to win 10. The download for media player is not there. I cannot play dvds in win 10 Media Player like I could back in Win 7 after I download the dvd player driver.

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Unable to play DVDs on Windows Media Player, Windows 10

Hi Alison,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

Do let us know the following to assist you better:

• What exactly happens when you try to play DVDs on Windows Media Player?
• Are the DVDs being detected on your computer?

I suggest you to run Windows Media Player DVD troubleshooter.

Windows Media Player DVD troubleshooter find and fix problems with playing DVDs in Windows Media Player.

Steps:

• Press Windows key, type troubleshooting
  and select it.
• Click on View all in the left pane.
• Click onWindows Media Player DVD and follow the onscreen instructions.

Also refer to the Microsoft article to know more about: Windows
Media Player

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue and required information, we will be happy to assist you further.

 

Windows Media Player doesnt recognize there is a DVD in the player, and wont play it. Windows 10.

Hello,

May we know if there are any error messages that appear when you attempt to play the DVD in Windows Media Player?

As a first troubleshooting step, we suggest that you run the Windows Media Player DVD troubleshooter
and see if it fixes the issue. Here's how to run the troubleshooter:

• Press the Start button, then type troubleshooting.
• Click Troubleshooting.
• Click View all.
• Click Windows Media Player DVD.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the troubleshooting.

If you need further assistance, feel free to ask us.

Regards.

 

win 10 dvd media player

Hi Betsy,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We’d like get more information regarding this issue.

1. Since when you are facing the issue?
   
2. Do you face the issue with only particular DVD?
   
3. Have you tried playing different DVD Disc?
   

We’d suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below to update drivers.

1. Open Device Manager by searching for it in search bar.
   
2. Look for DVD/CD-ROM drivers and expand it by clicking on the arrow next to it.
   
3. Right click on the driver under DVD/CD-ROM drivers and click on
   Update driver.
   
4. Now select Search automatically for updated driver software.
   
5. Once the process completed, restart the computer and check if it works.
   

You may also go through
Play a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player and

DVD playback options for Windows for more details.







Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking Yes or No.







Manjunath H

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