ITunes no longer plays automatically when you add mp3 files to the library

Since the latest version of iTunes (8) it no longer automatically plays a song when you double-click the mp3 icon outside of iTunes. Let's say I've just downloaded a mp3 file to my desktop. When I double-click the file icon to get it to play in iTunes the mp3 file copies into iTunes but then sits there waiting for me to click Play. This never used to do this - I keep looking through the settings but I know I've not changed any of them, and I can't find anything to fix it either! please help!
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There are a number of options that were in iTunes 7 that have been removed in version 8. Some of them can be set by using Terminal commands on a Mac (the play on import is one of them.). See this post for details: iTunes 8 for Mac - Preferences
TinkerTool also has a tab for setting iTunes 8 options in Leopard: TinkerTool

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