I know anydvd will allow one to skip all the "unskippable junk" while playing DVD movies, but does anydvd-hd do the same for Blu-rays while laying off of the disc?
I had some issues when I was using anydvd to remove this crap and the dvds would not play within wmc7. I instead just put it on the setting to jump to the first menu to be safe and have not had issues since. They may have fixed this bug too and sorry it doesnt answer your question just warning you to test it first.