Cdplayer.exe does not work correctly after you upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows 2000 to Windows XP

After you upgrade your computer from Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows 2000 to Windows XP, the existing CD Player program (Cdplayer.exe) remains, and a clean installation of Windows XP does not install any new version of Cdplayer.exe. If you try to continue to use the existing CD Player program, you encounter the following results:

• If you upgraded from Windows 2000, you can start CD Player, but the Scan Forward and Scan Back buttons do not work.
• If you upgraded from Windows 98 (retail version), you can start CD Player, but the program does not recognize audio CDs.
• If you upgraded from Windows 98 (retail version with Plus!98) you can start Deluxe CD Player, and the program functions correctly.

This behavior can occur because Windows Media Player replaces CD Player and Deluxe CD Player (which Windows 2000 installs) as the default CD audio playback device in Windows XP. However, the system retains the existing Cdplayer.exe file for backward compatibility.

This behavior is by design.

After an upgrade to Windows XP from Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Cdplayer.exe can start Windows Media Player. Also, if Windows Media Player 7.0 or later was installed on Windows 98 or Windows 2000, Cdplayer.exe is left in place.