Windows 10: playing old dvd on windows 10

how do i play an old dvd on windows 10 without paying or downloading an app

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Can no longer play dvds.

Did you follow all of the steps in the list I gave you?

What type of DVD are you trying to play? Will it play correctly in another PC? Will another DVD play in this PC?

What DVD player are you using to play the DVD? You must have a DVD player to play DVD's in Windows 10. Try one of these:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953724/windows/...

Report back results.

 

Windows DVD Player installed in Windows 10 but not recognizing DVD to play

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

The DVD Player app only supports the following:

a. DVDs from a file backup is not supported, the app currently only plays DVD movies on optical discs.

b. The App will only play DVD's not Blu-ray discs.

If you satisfy both the categories, I would suggest you follow the steps below and see if it helps:

Update DVD/CD-ROM drives from Device Manager.

• 
  Press Windows key + R key. Type "devmgmt.msc" and click Enter.
  
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  Expand the DVD/CD-ROM drives.
  
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  Double-click on the DVD/CD-ROM drive.
  
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  In Properties, go to Drivers Tab and click on Update.
  

If this does not work you might have to Uninstall and then reinstall your drivers in compatibility mode.

Follow the steps to uninstall and reinstall the driver.

• 
  Press Windows key + R key. Type "devmgmt.msc" and click Enter.
  
• 
  Expand the DVD/CD-ROM drives.
  
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  Double-click on the DVD/CD-ROM drive.
  
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  In Properties, go to Drivers Tab and click on Uninstall.
  
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  Reinstall your audio driver from Manufacturer's Website in Compatibility mode.
  
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  Restart your system
  

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have further related queries.

Regards,

 

Playing dvds

Hi Dan,

To assist you better, kindly provide us more details by answering the following questions:

• Is it happening on all the DVDs that you are trying to play on the Media Player?
  
• Have you tried playing the DVDs on other computers? If so, are you getting the same error?
  
• When did you start encountering the issue?
  
• What specific troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

Meanwhile, to help resolve your concern, we suggest that you run the Windows Media Player troubleshooter. To do this. follow the steps below:

• On the Start menu, type Troubleshooting and hit
  Enter.
  
• On the left pane, choose View all.
  
• Run the Windows Media Player DVD, Windows Media Player Library, and
  Windows Media Player Settings.
  
  
  
  
  

Should you need further assistance, feel free to get back to us.