You know, I deleated Real Jukebox from my computer and was the cause of me loosing my play.exe file?

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Gary, Thanks for the advice. I did just that and it works perfectly

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My cd rom used to play audio cd's without any problem. I installed real jukebox and realplayer G7 then I began having the problem "can't find play.exe" I unistalled real jukebox and realplayer G7 with no avail. Any help would be greatly apreciated.

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I'm having the same problem as everyone else. I've put Winamp on my conmputer and took Real Jukebox off. now my computer can't seem to find play.exe. other than reinstalling RealJukebox is there any other way to get the play.exe file back? A computer tech guy told me never to use RealJukebox because of this problem. myadvice don't use it at all. If you do find a place where i can download play.exe please email me and let me know.

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Please for &play.exe

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the problem is that realjukebox changes the .cda extension in explorer to launch the realplay.exe / play instead of cdplay.exe. change the file association back to cdplay.exe and the problem will be resolved.

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thanks brenn9999 thanks for the help but can you be more specific for this novice. i don't know were to go to change the file association. i have looked for the file through [file find but i don't know what to change

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I have the same problem as well and have worked out what bren9999 means. Go in to Windows Explorer and select View/Options. Click on file types, go to CD Audio tracks and click on. Select edit, highlight play and click edit again then change the application used to perform action to windows/cdplayer.exe. Hope this helps you. I'm about to see if it fixes mine.

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Di, i just did that on my computer and it still didn't work. any other suggestions?

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Di, Thanks for your advice. I got my CD player back! (Stupid RealJukebox!) For you NT users out there, I've adjusted Di's instructions as follows: Go in to Windows Explorer and select View/Options. Click on file types, go to CD Audio tracks and click on. Select edit, highlight play and click edit again then change the application used to perform action to WINNT/system32/cdplayer.exe.

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In addition to Di's response, here's another solution: Along with modifying the "CD Audio Track" file type, you may need to ALSO modify the file type "AudioCD". I had to change both of these types before I was able to get rid of that stupid play.exe message. Best of luck to all. Jaren

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Glad it helped Mark. It fixed mine up straight away. Thanks to bren9999 for the original suggestion otherwise I wouldn't have known where to start. I hope Angela got hers going with the last two responses. As for Real Jukebox I will never attempt to install it again. It crashed my computer and I lost a couple of other files as well as the above problem it has also caused. Anyway thanks everybody, Regards to all, Di

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i changed cd audio track and audio track, but when i load the cd it doesn't auto play like it used to. any sugestions? also i'm never dowloading anything from real player again!

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Hi Marie, I checked in cd help and found the following instructions. Give this a go: 1. Double-click the My Computer icon. 2. On the View menu, click Options, and then click the File Types tab. 3. Click the AudioCD type, and then click Edit. 4. In the Actions list, click Play, and then click Set Default. I tested this with mine and if the word play becomes bold it seems to work again. Hope this helps, Di

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Hi folks: I had the same problem. It is good to hear that sweet Di gave a concrete solution of the problem. But I did find another way to get rid of any problem that may create the computer to malfunction. It is to divide the harddisk into 3 sections - for example x, y(bigest division), z. Then install windows operating system in a, and make a backup to z. Install program files to y. In doing all these you should at least have a harddisk of ~6 GB. If you find any malfuctioning, just copy back to a. It takes about 30 minutes to get a fresh but all instation. Good luck, Dipak

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Hi folks: I had the same problem. It is good to hear that sweet Di gave a concrete solution of the problem. But I did find another way to get rid of any problem that may create the computer to malfunction. It is to divide the harddisk into 3 sections - for example x, y(bigest division), z. Then install windows operating system in a, and make a backup to z. Install program files to y. In doing all these you should at least have a harddisk of ~6 GB. If you find any malfuctioning, just copy back to x. It takes about 30 minutes to get a fresh but all instation. Good luck, Dipak

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Hi all. I have the same prob - cd rom gives me an error message that it can't find play.exe. I have tried all your suggestions and tried tech support too. Nothing has worked!!!!! Everytime I try to modify the file it tells me that it is an invalid path. I also had installed/uninstalled Realjukebox. Can anyone send me the file?? Or are there any more suggestions out there? Tech support suggested quick restore -that's not an option for me. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!

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Encountered same problem as you all after uninstalling Jukebox. Went CRAZY. I did every sugestion except dinging out the harddrive (not a cool move). I figured it out!!!! Insert your OS disk (WIN 95). When the intro starts click the 'x' in the right hand corner. Go to Control Panel, double click ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS, click WINDOWS SETUP tab,dial down to MULTIMEDIA; highlight, click DETAILS button, remove check in front of CD PLAYER, click OK then APPLY buttons. This removes the CD PLAYER COMPONENT. Now reinstall CD PLAYER by highlighting MULTIMEDIA, click DETAILS, click a check in the CD PLAYER box, click OK then APPLY. This installed everything I needed to be back to normal.(what ever that is)

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Hi Russell. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm using windows 98 and it was preloaded on the computer so I don't have a start up disk (the program is on quick restore). But I tried your suggestion without the disk. It didn't work. Do you have any other ideas???

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Ann, Do you still have the cdplayer.exe file in your Windows directory? Maybe Windows 98 calls it something slightly different. Have you used browse when trying to edit audiocd to make sure you are using the correct file name for your cd player. Give this a go, you might just be naming it incorrectly and that is why it can't find the path.

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Ann, You should have your WIN '98 CD. Use it as I've used my WIN '95b CD. You might want to try RESPONSE # 14 but in Audio CD type in the application: C:\WINDOWS\cdplayer.exe/play In CD Audio Track type in: C:\WINDOWS\cdplayer.exe-play This may be worth a try, but I still have faith in my original Delete/reinstall method. After you try either procedure, you might Shut Down and Reboot your computer. This sometimes lets Microsoft upright it's self!

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Thanks Di & Russell. I checked my settings and the paths are exactly the way Russell describes them. I also searched for cdplayer.exe file, found that too. But still nothing when I search for play.exe. I'm still kind of new at all of this and it's a total mystery to me. Thanks for the suggestions. Any more?

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Hi Ann, The reason you can't find play.exe is because it is a Realjukebox file and you have unistalled the program. The only other way would be to re-install Realjukebox to get play.exe back again. However, if your setting for AudioCD path is cdplayer.exe or cdplayer.exe-play I can not think of any other reason why it will not play. As for installing Realjukebox it is not something I would put on my computer again.

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Hi Russell! Thanks, your solution worked! Even though I got the cannot find file play.exe warning gone, it still wasn't auto playing my cd's, but in my computer in AudioCD, intstead of ending in exe/play, end in exe -play. It worked for me, and now the cd's auto playing. Many Thanks!

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A BIG Thank you, got my PLAY.exe file back, everything seems OK......Reinstalled the CD Player with Win95 disk, thanks again....

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brenn9999 & Russell THANK YOU, Thank You, thank you!!!!!! I can listen to my cd again! I had a little problem changing the file path names. I was able to get the cd to play but the autoplay didn't so I decided to use the O/S disk method. It worked beautifully! I'm listening to a cd as I type this. RealJukebox? Don't install it. Tell a Friend! Johnathon

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The easiest solution for me was to insert the Windows '95 CD-ROM and follow Russell's instructions. That worked. I'm up and running again, no thanks to Real Jukebox! I did the same thing everyone else did. So I recommend Russell's method of repair! Thanks, Buddy!

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Thanks to everyone who wrote to this page!Dont think much of Real Jukebox either! Before using your Win95/8 disc you might find your cd player on you Win95/8 disc on your hard drive.The Unistall/reinstallation method will be the easiest as it should correct play.exe and file ext. as well .Worked so well for me!!Using Amd k6/2 450mhz.

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Hey everybody, I have the simple solution for the lost play.exe file! If you are like me, Windows 98 came already installed on my computer, so I don't have a cd or disk. What I did to fix the RealJukebox "virus", was to go to the Control Panel, choose the Add/Remove Programs option. Then go to the Windows Setup tab, highlight the Multimedia icon, and choose Details. Next uncheck the CDPlayer icon, the choose Ok, Apply, and close out all open windows. Restart your computer. Follow these same instructions and re-check the CDPlayer icon. Choose Ok and Apply, then restart your computer again. This will resore the "play.exe" file and your CDPlayer will be fully restored!

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Has anyone had problems with trying to burn music to disk and have no sound on the disk? I also have the no play.exe problem and I wondered if there is a connection. Check out my original question please. The number is 21499. Thanks

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I found that following Response #14 and #27 worked for me and got my cd playing on autorun again as well as getting rid of that pesky "cannot find play.exe" to go away. Thanks for your help!

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I have found that # 14 may be the mose effective method for me to use but I have one proble. I am very computer iliterate and I can't seem to find the windows explorer program. I to installed/uninstalled realjukebox and I advise everyone to stay clear of the program! Please help!!!!

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Hi Alyssa, Right click your start button and choose explore. This will put you in to Windows Explorer. I decided to e-mail Real Jukebox tech support a few days ago and suggested they look at this site to see the problems it has caused. They e-mailed me back with a reply which reads the same as Response 35. No apologies, nothing else. I really don't think they even read this site properly. Just put their fix on it. Thanks for nothing Real Jukebox!

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Someone please help!!!! I followed the direction listed in # 14 and I am still being prompted " Can't find play.exe ". Any other solutions to my delema?

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Thanks! I was going crazy trying to find "play.exe" Di, with out your instructions on how to fix the problem I would have never figured it out!

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Alyssa, It shouldn't be looking for play.exe if you correctly changed the path to your cdplayer.exe file. Give it another go.

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Do you know what? My stupid computer lost the file play.exe and now it can't run audio CDs. What can I do? If someone has the file play.exe please send it to me!!! Thanks a lot. Mario.

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I,have the same problem my computer lost the file play.exe. How do I fix this problem. If someone has this file can they send it to me.Or tell me how to fix this problem it is driving me insane. Thank you

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Mario & Larry, The answers are already here. Read Reply 14, 17, 24 etc. One of them should fix it for you!

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I've recently started having this problem about finding play.exe. I uninstalled both realplayer and realjukebox. I've managed to get my cd player to play audio CD's but the cd rom icon still changes to realjukebox's icon. I've tried to change the icon but can't seem to have the cd rom icon change from a cd rom to a cd rom with a music note when playing an audio cd as it did before realplayer. Any help? Thanks, Vin

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Well I am having the same problem as everyone else. I downloaded real jukebox and then my computer would no longer play audio cd's. I got a message saying that play.exe couldn't be found. I have followed the suggestions on this page to the best of my abilities but its still not working. Could someone please tell me what I did wrong? I went to My Computer view - options - file types I changed the play settings in audio cd and cd audio track to C:\WINDOWS\cdplayer.exe /play that didn't work. So I then went to control panel to add/remove programs - windows setup to the multimedia section and looked at details. I took the tick away from the cd player and appied changes, then I went back and put the tick back and reinstalled from windows95, but it's still not working. So what else can I try?

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i got the play.exe back by using the uninstall/install method with 98 version 2 but have still got no sound after fitting a new CD ROM drive HELP

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If someone has the Play.exe file could they email it to me?

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My computer now locks when I put in an audio cd after uninstalling Realjokebox. The cd drive (E:) works great for data cd's, but every time I pop in an audio cd everything freezes immediately and I end up having to turn my machine off. I reinstalled my cdplayer.exe and can run audio off of my burner (D:). I can run cdplayer with E: as long as the drive is empty. As soon as I put an audio disc in the tray and close it everything (Windows) stops. I have tried #24 #27 #35 etc. I'm at a loss. Any ideas?

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Response 24 (Russell's solution) worked for me. It would seem to me that would be a good solution for anyone that has the system disk. If not, then I would imagine that Microsoft has a copy of play.exe on their website.

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Use the "find" function to locate cdplay.exe (normally in \windows or for NT, \WINNT\system32\ directory). Copy and paste in same location. Rename the file (Called copy of cdplay.exe) to "play.exe". Should work fine. Real Networks is great for streaming media but a REAL PAIN for taking over EVERYTHING without asking with Real Jukebox. I wish they'd leave it out or make optional and not installed by default!

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Thanks Ken (#35). It works for me! Easy & simple. Tks again- Les From vancouver.

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The solution posted by Ken as #35 works fine on my Windo Windows 98 system.Thank you for the info. the problem was a pain. Bill

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YOUR help allowed me to FIX mine... but... I needed a SPACE that was not shown below. This is what worked for me, off of Russell's suggestion: NOTE the space before the "dash" - and before the slash and after exe: C:\WINDOWS\cdplayer.exe -play C:\WINDOWS\cdplayer.exe /play Thanks to all who have posted on this one. Phil The original message is shown below: Name: Russell Date: January 16, 2000 at 21:41:19 Subject: cd-rom doesn't play .exe files Reply: Ann, You should have your WIN '98 CD. Use it as I've used my WIN '95b CD. You might want to try RESPONSE # 14 but in Audio CD type in the application: C:\WINDOWS\cdplayer.exe/play In CD Audio Track type in: C:\WINDOWS\cdplayer.exe-play This may be worth a try, but I still have faith in my original Delete/reinstall method. After you try either procedure, you might Shut Down and Reboot your computer. This sometimes lets Microsoft upright it's self!

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my cd-rom doesn t have play.exe.could you send my it pleas .I WILL THANK YOU A LOT

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Did you try #35, above. That would appear to do an install for you. And you don't have to fuss with things as much.

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Well heres what I found. Since im a music artist and I use real jukebox on my system the following will make them co exist. (This is for Windows 2000 Only) Open up my computer click on tools>folder options>file types> select .cda then click advanced highlight play then click edit and where it says Application used put in C:\WINNT\system32\cdplayer.exe -play %1 which will solve your problem.

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After reading all the responses I found that the option (#35) has worked the best. Easy to understand and quick to repair. Many thanks.

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I lost the play.exe file too, probably because I deleted Real media. If there is someone with this file (play.exe),please send it to me

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Thanks for all the info !! I have the CDPLayer working, but there is no sound, yet my speakers do work!! I have gone in and checked my "volume control" for the CD Player and it is up as high as it can go. Can someone clue me in as to how I can get sound ?

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MY cd player meida player won't work. I tryto play songs but they won't play. Do u have any better cd players to suggest to me?

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When I put an Audio CD into my drive the following phrase pops up - 'MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device.' This problem has only occured since using and uninstalling Realplayer/Realjukebox. My soundcard is an SB Live 1024. I can however play CD Roms apart from 'Half-Life' which displays the above message too :( I would appreciate any help! Thanks!!

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you guys ROOOOOOOOCK!!! I installed crappy realplayer and had the "play.exe" problem and after reading all of your instructions - I fixed my OWN damn computer! thanks so much!

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Like others here, I followed Response #35 (just a few minutes ago). It DID fix the annoying "can't find Play.exe" window (that would appear after I put a CD in and opened my MusicMatch Jukebox.) HOWEVER, it has created a BIGGER problem! Now my MusicMatch Jukebox player/recorder dosen't work like it used to! Now when I put in a CD, the music starts immediately from my original CD player program. That's fine, BUT I can no longer RECORD a CD through my MusicMatch Jukebox. I can't even PLAY a CD through my MusicMatch Jukebox! What Happened?! I can still play all the music that I already have saved in MusicMatch, but I want to record some more -add songs- and can't now. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Is there an easy way to fix this? I have a lot of time invested in this music collection, so I welcome any suggestions.

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In response to Response#65 (which I myself wrote), I just thought I'd post that I've fixed the problem I had. What I did was simply download an upgraded version of Musicmatch (for free). All my music tranferred itself into the updated program. Problem solved. Now when I put a CD in, it runs through the Musicmatch software and I can record again! And no more "Play.exe program not found" message!

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i need a program to play EXT files. thank you

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In response to Di's Response number 14 on January 10th. I just entered "cdplayer.exe" and left the rest out and mine started to work. It just doesn't autoplay. Don Cook

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In response to Di's Response number 14 on January 10th. I just entered "cdplayer.exe" and left the rest out and mine started to work. It just doesn't autoplay. Don Cook

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In response to Di's Response number 14 on January 10th. I just entered "cdplayer.exe" and left the rest out and mine started to work. It just doesn't autoplay. NEW ADDITION TO MESSAGE: Thanks to response number 55 from Phil, I just entered "cdplayer.exe /play" and everything is back to normal. Remember to put a space in between ".exe and "play". Thanks everyone. Don Cook

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In response to Di's Response number 14 on January 10th. I just entered "cdplayer.exe" and left the rest out and mine started to work. It just doesn't autoplay. NEW ADDITION TO MESSAGE: Thanks to response number 55 from Phil, I just entered "cdplayer.exe /play" and everything is back to normal. Remember to put a space in between ".exe and "/play". Thanks everyone. Don Cook

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I have had the can't find play.exe problem. I also downloaded a lot of crap software off the net in the hope of fixing the problem. My cd player plays fine, but I have no sound from an audio cd. I can play a cd with a video clip fine and I can listen to wavs and other music, but just get no sound when playing audio cd's. Should I dump real jukebox and realplayer and all the other crap. HELP Trev

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re:Sanjo #61 Reinstalling the CD player from my Windows 95 disk worked for me too, but like Sanjo, no speakers, only headphones. After almost a year...so close. Then I just started plugging the speakers into different jacks, and woohoo! I'm listening to Mendelssohn as I type this...

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hhhmmmm seems i have lost my play .exe file when i updated my real jukebox.

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Response 24 works. Thanks guys, i went mad when i found the play.exe file is missing! Someone should tell real of the glitch in their program... cos until they fix it i'm not installing realplayer again )especially the useleess jukebox!)i'm going back to listening to moby now...

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When i updated real jukebox it says cannot find play.exe. Can you help me?

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I'm having all of the above problems...except my cdrom wont even let me use the win 95 cd to get the cdplayer files from....is there anywhere i can download this.....cdplayer.exe is now deleted...and I cant get it back cause my cdrom will only work for simple files like wav files and some music files...but anything with a exe.file etc wont work...any suggestions?

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Like most of you...RealJukebox really screwed me up when I deleted it. (good riddance) solution #35 above worked perfectly for me, with the exception that I had the Win98 second edition disk. I simply inserted it when askd for, and pointed the reinstall to my d drive (cdrom). windows took over and presto!...cd functioned again, after I closed out and rebooted.

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To get PLAY.exe back in your system just go to add remove programs, then Windows setup, then take the check mark out of Multiemedia...reboot and then add it back in and reboot again....problem solved.

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Hi Everyone If you're still having problems with your CD player after trying all of these suggestions.. i have another solution! Go into your control panel and select add/remove programs. Then select the "Windows Setup" tab. Click on "Multimedia" and uncheck the box for the CD player, then hit "apply". Then, insert your Windows 98 Cd into the Cd rom and select add/remove programs. Go back under the "Windows Setup" tab then "multimedia" then re-check the box for the CD player and hit Apply!! It worked for me! Hope it helps you all too!

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oh yeah!! i forgot to tell you.. if you are using Real Jukebox, you might want to uninstall that before trying my solution.. after all.. it is the cause of this whole mess anyway! ;o)

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Help! I've read thru ALL the suggestions and NONE of them worked for me. I don't know if I have maybe just changed too many of the files in "my computer>file options>file types" trying to fix this or if I am missing some.I can't seem to find the play.exe or the cdplayer.exe files, there may be more. Realplayer/jukebox support is supposed to be helping me too but so far NO solution. Should I re-download real jukebox to get my files back and then delete it again? How do I restore those files anyway? I'm ready to pull my hair out...can someone PLEASE help me??

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Try www.winamp.com

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Big props to you all, I just sorted out my CDplayer problem. Now I can rock some beats again! Thanks! G.

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I fixed the missing player.exe on my computer. You do not need player.exe, I dont think any of us ever had it. When you install a media player such as Windows Media Player or RealPlayer they push themselves on you as the default cd player (which I HATE!). If you uninstall the media player you are left with a bogus source (player.exe?) for the cd player. Heres the fix..... Open My Computer, then Veiw Menu, then Folder Options, File types tab. Find Audio CD entry and hit Edit, then hit Edit again in the next window, then hit Browse and browse to C:\windows and select cdplayer.exe. Hit OK, OK, OK and you are all fixed up. This entry will change the default player for the AUTOPLAY when the cd is inserted. There is a second entry called CDA File that selects which player is launched when you run a cd audio file in the explorer or My Computer. Do the same to midify this setting if you need that changed also. What a pain in the but, 'ey? I think it is set up so after you uninstall a media player you can not play cd's anymore so you put it back in.... Foiled again boys!

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I found a simple answer. Simply insert your windows 95 installation disk. Uninstall the CD player, then reinstall the CD player and voila the autoplayer will return. Im not a PC expert but have found out by trawling the net that program/ex does not exist. The message simply tells that the program you need to execute the task you are trying to run does not exist.

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I tried solution No.35, but now I have a new problem on my Windows 95a machine: I get a "Set Details Error" message. Specifically, I see "mixerSetControlDetails (ctrlid=00000007h) failed on hmx=825cb00Ch, mmr=1026!" And the message repeats dozens of times, so that I must click OK repeatedly to get my screen back and keep things from locking up!

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I'll answer my own question, #87. The problem related to the installation of some other software. When I uninstalled it, things started working again. Sorry, false alarm. #35 works great!

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whenever i load in a audio cd, my computer says that it cannot find the PLAY.exe file. Can you tell me where i can download PLAY.exe so i can get my cd to work again. Also the music on the game Driver does not work because of this.

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Ok, I enter my cd-roms and then, It comes up- with a message "cannot locate cdplayer.exe file" can anyone help?!

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I know this my be a dumb question but where is my window exploer? RE: reponse 19..I cannot follow what is being said in RE 19 repone

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My cd player won't play a audio cd with the little player i downloaded R-juke box after reading the response R-jukebox won't play them says insert cd cd is already in.computer freezes up if i have the cdaudio checked under sys ini but if you push the left button on on the cd rom the one beside eject it will play push again it will channge tract if don't push the button to change track it will play all the way to the end. Everything on the cd rom works except audio cd games and etc, work perfect. CAN ANYBODY HELP If so please e mail at the address above with the subject (cd player audio) Thanks Bobby

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when i tried to recorder a cd in cd-com the computer says need play.exe. please help me in this matter

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I just fixed my problem. First I removed the RealJukebox from the add/remove program. Then I went into EXPLORER, clicked on View/Folder Options...Click on File types...highlight AudioCD....edit...highlight play...edit change the APPLICATION USED TO PERFORM ACTION to cdplayer.exe It should work now!

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