the autoplay.exe file has disapeared and i need a new one. is there anywhere or anyone who i can get me one. or at least tell me where to get it. i cant play my dvds at all and my external hardware wont pop up like its supposed to ie dig cam cdr. its really starting to get annoying and causing other problems. errors on start up crashes. HELP PLEASE!! thank you for your time. and really thank you if you can help me.

May not be the autoplay file but the registry that is corrupt. You may want to try autoplay fix for registry. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330135 If that fails that then you will want to extact the Autoplay.exe from your %systemroot\windows\i386 directory or from I386 directory on the Win XP CD. GoTo Start-->Run-->CMD Type: CD %systemroot%\windows\I386 Expand filename.ex_ filename.exe move filename.exe to %systemroot%\system32 Exit reboot and test autoplay again. **Notes** 1.filename equals the name of the missing file 2. Subtitute your System Partition, ex. C:\ for %systemroot% 3. Move directory name is where ever the file is located 4. you can searh for your autoply file in I386 by reading the file names 5. Make sure you are viewing all File extensions, Disable "Hide extentions for known file types.

thanx raven.