problem with external disk drive

Squatch

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Nov 17, 2013
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HELP i get this error when i try to play a movie, i have tried making the defult program windows media player but it still isnt working

"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options control panel."

help would be much appreciated
thanks
 
You didn't post your version of Windows, and that's very relevant to your problem.

Windows XP & Vista don't support DVD movie playback natively so you have to install third-party DVD player software such as WinDVD or PowerDVD

Windows 7 does support DVD movie playback without having to install any software.

Windows 8 I don't know, never used it.