.ini are text files that contain initialization instructions and parameters for programs to run properly on the particular computer, they are not video data. .exe files are executable programs, not video data. What other files are on the disc? You may need to set Windows Folder Options to show all filename extensions to see what kinds of files are there. Windows by default hides many filename extensions per Microsoft's efforts to "make it simple" for the non-technical user.

Does the disc of question play on a regular DVD player?

It shouldn't be necessary to open Windows Explorer. Good media players find their own way when pointed in the right general direction.

I use and very much like VLC Media Player. It's a free, open source program that touts itself as playing all formats (audio and video) and I've found that to be the case. It's much easier to use than any of the stock Windows programs/apps.

Yes, it does play on a Dvd Player. I seem to remember seeing video extension files but will reck later

That is a good suggestion, Elmer.

Not the original poster, but have had a similar problem on a new Windows computer for photos that I can't open. I realize this doesn't have anything to do with a DVD player, but I can't open certain downloads which are listed as AAE and windows won't open them.

Jane

Thanks dadoes. You are correct. some are screen shots I took off Twitter and I can leave them on the phone. Just wondered if it was possible to open them on a Windows machine. Since I edited them to remove the posters name,etc. They won't open.

Thanks again,

Jane

The .aae file is not a photo. It's XML (extensible markup language, which is similiar to HTML) code that tells the native iPhone Photos viewer app what are the editing changes that were done to the original photo (even such simple actions as rotating). Photos app instantaneously reads the .aae file and applies the changes to the original picture file when it's viewed on the phone, thus the original on the phone isn't actually changed. Editing the photo again on the phone and Revert-ing the changes effectively deletes the .aae file on the phone. Emailing an edited photo to yourself from the phone will (should) send the edited version. If the email is received back to the phone, save the photo out of the email and it will be a new file on the phone and the edits should be included in it.

.aae files can be copied to Windows along with the photo files but Windows doesn't understand .aae so the extra file has no function and can be deleted without affecting the original. The .aae file can be manually opened with a text editor (NotePad, WordPad, etc.) but it'll be non-sensical gibberish text.

How to open a .aae file

PS - I tried to look at the DVD Files and the DVD began to work so I dropped the research.