dvd rom drive and writer not auto playing

[yellowjohn]

my dvd rom drive and writer are not auto playing. i have to explore in my computer to access dvd/cd's
also when i eject a disc from either they still show in the drive even if i put in a different disc.the only way to play a new disc is to restart.
it seems like explorer is having trouble accessing the drives.
any ideas what the problem is.
thanks

[peanut]

go to my computer, right click the drive you want to auto play, select properties and click the autoplay tab.

[yellowjohn]

should have said the auto play tab is ticked which makes me think my drives might be on the way out.
thanks anyway peanut