disk director 10/ WinDVD clash

When I uninstall Disk Director 10 through the Control Panel in Windows ME, WinDVD stops working: it opens as usual but then comes up with an error message saying no CD/DVD device can be found. In Windows Explorer the DVD drive can see the DVD and list its contents. Reinstalling DD10 gets WiDVD working again, strangely.
Can anyone help?

 

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I have WinDVD also. I've noticed that the .dat files associated application is set to WinDVD. WinDVD seems to also use the .dat extension.

After uninstalling Disk Director, see what happens to the assocation to .dat.

If you're familiar with the registry should look like this (depending on your paths):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dat]
"NoOpen"=""
"PerceivedType"="video"
@="Ivi.MediaFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ivi.MediaFile]
@="InterVideo Media File"
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ivi.MediaFile\DefaultIcon]
@="E:\\Program Files\\InterVideo\\DVD7\\WinDVD.exe,1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ivi.MediaFile\shell]
@="play"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ivi.MediaFile\shell\open]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ivi.MediaFile\shell\open\command]
@="\"E:\\Program Files\\InterVideo\\DVD7\\WinDVD.exe\" %1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ivi.MediaFile\shell\play]
@="&Play in WinDVD"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ivi.MediaFile\shell\play\command]
@="\"E:\\Program Files\\InterVideo\\DVD7\\WinDVD.exe\" %1"

Check these after install and after uninstall.

Easiest is first to check the icon in Windows Explorer on a .dat file.