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How to auto play Video CD in Windows

Introduction
A pure Video CD (VCD) will not auto play (automatically play the video on an inserted disc) in Microsoft Windows without some sort of "helper" application. Although there are several ways to create a Video CD that will auto play without a "helper" application, the following procedure, based on Lalim VCD Player, is arguably the simplest, easiest, and cleanest.

All of these three files must be placed in the root directory of the Video CD, as described below. They should not interfere with playing the movies on a Video CD or DVD player. The Video CD will automatically play when inserted into a CD-ROM drive. 

Creating the Video CD
Start Notepad and copy and paste the italic text:

[autorun]
open=Vcdplay2.exe

And last do you save the file as Autorun.inf , remember to select Save as file type: All files in Notepad. Getting the Vcdplay2.exe, Autorun.inf and Msvbvm60.dll file into the root directory of a Video CD can be easy or hard depending on the CD authoring software you use. In Nero Burning ROM  it's easy:  drag and drop the Vcdplay2.exe and Autorun.inf  files into the upper right pane of the compilation window (set to "\" root), and then burn.