Why does XP think all blank CDs are music CDs?

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My installation of Windows XP thinks that all blank CDs
are music CDs. When I insert a blank CD, Explorer gives
it the music CD icon and Windows Media Player attempts to
play it. I have to go through some acrobatics to write
files to the disk. It wasn't always this way. It used to
be that when I inserted a blank disk, I got a nice
interface I could use to write files to the disk.

I don't know why it changed and I don't know how to
change it back. Can anyone help?
 
see if this works.....
right-click the drive and pick properties
change to auto-play tab
use selection box to change status of cd's
 
Ken said:
My installation of Windows XP thinks that all blank CDs
are music CDs. When I insert a blank CD, Explorer gives
it the music CD icon and Windows Media Player attempts to
play it. I have to go through some acrobatics to write
files to the disk. It wasn't always this way. It used to
be that when I inserted a blank disk, I got a nice
interface I could use to write files to the disk.

I don't know why it changed and I don't know how to
change it back. Can anyone help?
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Each time I put a blank CD in the drive, then attempt to open it, I get a
nice error. This is normal behavior, I'm pretty sure. If Windows XP is
attempting to open your "blank" CD, the possibility exists that the CD is
not "blank" as you think, but that there are actually one or more music
files on it.
 
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