Power DVD not playing DVD

I was able to play a particular DVD on Monday - I just inserted the DVD disk and it played it. Today I insert the disk, and Power DVD 12 opens, but it doesn't do anything!
What am I doing wrong?
I am on a brand new Toshiba laptop with Windows 8.1
I'm not in love with Windows 8.1 yet!

Nevermind - I restarted my laptop (for the first time in over 2 days) and it worked fine!

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