This might be an odd question, but I inserted a DVD and on it were a BUNCH of files, some mp3s, so I wanted W7 to display all the Mp3 files. I opened the DVD drive in Explore and, the search dialog is in the top right corner, I typed in "*.mp3" and pressed enter. Problem is that it gave me no results, although I have a lot of Mp3s scattered all over that drive. So, the question is, How do I search a DVD drive? Also, WMP11 stops playing whatever it is playing when inserting a CD/DVD with media on it. This is annoying, where do I disable this behavior?

I checked the search function, and there is indeed an oddity. If you search a file in the root folder, it seems to be found easily. For example, I did a search for ".ini" files on a DVD with an app install program, and the ".ini" in the root folder was shown. But there are some more "*.ini"s in the subfolders, and these are not shown. Strange.Mob. AMD64 3000+, 1 G RAM, Mob. ATIRadeon9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)

Udedenkz, I don't believe that Windows Explorer has ever included the ability to search within an entire drive in the way you're describing. When you have a given directory open in Windows Explorer, and enter criteria into the search box, it will search within that directory only, whether it is on a hard disk or an optical drive. You should be able to change your AutoPlay settings via the AutoPlay menu in the Control Panel, however.-Alex

Udedenkz, I don't believe that Windows Explorer has ever included the ability to search within an entire drive in the way you're describing. When you have a given directory open in Windows Explorer, and enter criteria into the search box, it will search within that directory only, whether it is on a hard disk or an optical drive. You should be able to change your AutoPlay settings via the AutoPlay menu in the Control Panel, however. -Alex Well, maybe that is true if you skipped Windows XP - if I tell it to search on C:/ (Primary Partition) for example - it searches ALL of C:/ or the DVD drive ( E:/) - it will search the DVD drive E:/. I mean imagine - backup up 50,000 unorganized files on a 4.7GB DVD and then, with Windows 7, having to look through 1,000+ folders to find what you are looking for. This is either a bug (most likely) or horribly dumb decision by Microsoft. (I cannot fathom why it would be better to search root dir, instead of the whole thing) :/ Maybe, it is a switch - I mean in Windows 7 searching for *.mp3 does not work the same as searching in Windows 2000 or XP for *.MP3 - so I have to tell it to search the WHOLE directory and sub directories? (Yes I skipped Vista - ) Help Appreciated. :)

You could do what I would.Open a command prompt. Switch to the DVD drive in question. Type dir /a /s *.mp3. You could redirect the output to a text file if you wish.

Udedenkz,This may sound silly, but...Have you been in the search options to make sure you have your settings correct?

Udedenkz, This may sound silly, but... Have you been in the search options to make sure you have your settings correct? Nothing there to either speed up search, make it behave like classic search, or I am not looking in the correct settings. :\