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Guest
I find AutoPlay extremely anoying -- is there any way to turn it off for ALL
drives, PERMANENTLY?
drives, PERMANENTLY?
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Malke
Steve said:I find AutoPlay extremely anoying -- is there any way to turn it off for ALL
drives, PERMANENTLY?
Double-click My Computer. Right-click on each of the drives shown and
then left-click Properties. You will see the Autoplay tab. Set Autoplay
the way you want it.
Malke
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JS
Try Power Toy's Tweak UI from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Install, run and expand as follows: 'My Computer', 'Auto Play', 'Types'
check the option to disable this feature from removable drives.
More Detail on available features in Tweak UI:
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx
JS
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Install, run and expand as follows: 'My Computer', 'Auto Play', 'Types'
check the option to disable this feature from removable drives.
More Detail on available features in Tweak UI:
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx
JS
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Don Schmidt
How about TweakUI for Windows XP, My Computer, Auto Play, Types
G
Guest
Thank you for the response.
I am sure that what you said would work if the drives concerned were
permanently mounted -- they are not. Therefore, they do not appear in My
Computer.
It was my hope that there was a way to permanently disable autoplay for all
devices either currently on the machine or not. This is especially true for
USB flash drives (which I use quite extensively).
I am sure that what you said would work if the drives concerned were
permanently mounted -- they are not. Therefore, they do not appear in My
Computer.
It was my hope that there was a way to permanently disable autoplay for all
devices either currently on the machine or not. This is especially true for
USB flash drives (which I use quite extensively).
M
Malke
Steve said:Thank you for the response.
I am sure that what you said would work if the drives concerned were
permanently mounted -- they are not. Therefore, they do not appear in My
Computer.
It was my hope that there was a way to permanently disable autoplay for all
devices either currently on the machine or not. This is especially true for
USB flash drives (which I use quite extensively).
Gosh, I'm sorry that my crystal ball was out of order and I didn't
realize we weren't talking about permanently connected drives. See the
following links and see if they help:
NoDriveTypeAutoRun
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93502.mspx?mfr=true
Group Policy template to disable Autoplay (for Win2K but might work in XP)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/gp/5.mspx?mfr=true
Disabling Autoplay for ALL removal media:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1151603426
This should give you a good place to start. I found these links by
Googling for "disable Autoplay" so if the links don't do what you want,
you know where to continue your research.
Malke
G
Guest
Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun
When an Autorun-enabled CD-ROM is inserted into a CD-ROM drive, Windows
automatically launches the program contained on the disk, whether you want it
to or not. Similarly the audio CD player pops up whenever you insert an audio
CD and starts playing it immediately. This is cute the first or second time,
but soon gets infuriating. What's worse, is that if you double-click on the
your CD icon in My Computer, the autorun fires up, instead of a folder window
as you'd expect. This is especially irritating on slower computers, where you
have to wait for what seems like an eternity for it to load some ridiculous
welcome screen. Here's how to do it:
If you hold down the Shift key when inserting the CD, the autorun is
bypassed. (although it's not exactly graceful trying to insert a CD while
holding down keys on the keyboard.)
Windows XP - Solution 1
Right-click on the drive icon for your CD drive, CD recorder, or DVD drive,
and select Properties.
Choose the AutoPlay tab, and choose the desired action for each type of CD.
For example, choose Music CD, then click Select an action to perform, then
select Take no action.
Windows XP - Solution 2
Obtain and install TweakUI (part of the PowerToys for Windows XP package),
and then start TweakUI.
Expand the My Computer branch, then the AutoPlay branch, and then select
Drives.
Turn off the checkbox next to each drive letter for which you want AutoPlay
disabled.
Windows 2000/XP
Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom.
Double-click the Autorun value, and type 0 for its value. (If it's not
there, create it by selecting Edit -> New -> DWORD Value, and typing
"Autorun" for its name.)
You may have to log out and then log back in for this change to take effect.
Note: With this solution, Windows will no longer be notified when you insert
a new CD. To make sure the correct icon and title for the current CD are
displayed in My Computer and Explorer, press F5 to refresh the window.
Windows 95/98/Me - Solution 1
Right-click on the My Computer icon (or whatever you've renamed it -
hopefully something less cute and more meaningful than "my computer," such as
"Bart"), and select Properties.
Choose the Device Manager tab.
Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive.
Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab.
Turn off the Auto insert notification option.
Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change
to take effect.
Note: With this solution, Windows will no longer be notified when you insert
a new CD. To make sure the correct icon and title for the current CD are
displayed in My Computer and Explorer, press F5 to refresh the window.
Windows 95/98/Me - Solution 2
Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\
Policies\ Explorer.
Change the Value of NoDriveTypeAutoRun from 95 00 00 00 to BD 00 00 00.
You might have to restart Windows for this change to take effect.
Note: With this solution, Windows will no longer be notified when you insert
a new CD. To make sure the correct icon and title for the current CD are
displayed in My Computer and Explorer, press F5 to refresh the window.
Windows 95/98/Me - Solution 3
Because of new features in TweakUI, this can now be truly disabled by
turning off the Play audio CDs automatically and Play data CDs automatically
options in the aptly-named Paranoia tab.
Also, make sure that the AutoInsertNotification option is turned back on -
see Solution #1 above for more information.
Note: With this solution, Windows will still be notified when you insert a
new CD, so you may not want to do this if you use CD Recorder software (the
constant polling can interrupt the recording process).
Regards
Himanshu Dogra
MCSE
When an Autorun-enabled CD-ROM is inserted into a CD-ROM drive, Windows
automatically launches the program contained on the disk, whether you want it
to or not. Similarly the audio CD player pops up whenever you insert an audio
CD and starts playing it immediately. This is cute the first or second time,
but soon gets infuriating. What's worse, is that if you double-click on the
your CD icon in My Computer, the autorun fires up, instead of a folder window
as you'd expect. This is especially irritating on slower computers, where you
have to wait for what seems like an eternity for it to load some ridiculous
welcome screen. Here's how to do it:
If you hold down the Shift key when inserting the CD, the autorun is
bypassed. (although it's not exactly graceful trying to insert a CD while
holding down keys on the keyboard.)
Windows XP - Solution 1
Right-click on the drive icon for your CD drive, CD recorder, or DVD drive,
and select Properties.
Choose the AutoPlay tab, and choose the desired action for each type of CD.
For example, choose Music CD, then click Select an action to perform, then
select Take no action.
Windows XP - Solution 2
Obtain and install TweakUI (part of the PowerToys for Windows XP package),
and then start TweakUI.
Expand the My Computer branch, then the AutoPlay branch, and then select
Drives.
Turn off the checkbox next to each drive letter for which you want AutoPlay
disabled.
Windows 2000/XP
Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom.
Double-click the Autorun value, and type 0 for its value. (If it's not
there, create it by selecting Edit -> New -> DWORD Value, and typing
"Autorun" for its name.)
You may have to log out and then log back in for this change to take effect.
Note: With this solution, Windows will no longer be notified when you insert
a new CD. To make sure the correct icon and title for the current CD are
displayed in My Computer and Explorer, press F5 to refresh the window.
Windows 95/98/Me - Solution 1
Right-click on the My Computer icon (or whatever you've renamed it -
hopefully something less cute and more meaningful than "my computer," such as
"Bart"), and select Properties.
Choose the Device Manager tab.
Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive.
Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab.
Turn off the Auto insert notification option.
Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change
to take effect.
Note: With this solution, Windows will no longer be notified when you insert
a new CD. To make sure the correct icon and title for the current CD are
displayed in My Computer and Explorer, press F5 to refresh the window.
Windows 95/98/Me - Solution 2
Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\
Policies\ Explorer.
Change the Value of NoDriveTypeAutoRun from 95 00 00 00 to BD 00 00 00.
You might have to restart Windows for this change to take effect.
Note: With this solution, Windows will no longer be notified when you insert
a new CD. To make sure the correct icon and title for the current CD are
displayed in My Computer and Explorer, press F5 to refresh the window.
Windows 95/98/Me - Solution 3
Because of new features in TweakUI, this can now be truly disabled by
turning off the Play audio CDs automatically and Play data CDs automatically
options in the aptly-named Paranoia tab.
Also, make sure that the AutoInsertNotification option is turned back on -
see Solution #1 above for more information.
Note: With this solution, Windows will still be notified when you insert a
new CD, so you may not want to do this if you use CD Recorder software (the
constant polling can interrupt the recording process).
Regards
Himanshu Dogra
MCSE