How do you get XP to display application choices when you put in a

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On my other machines XP automatticlly displays a dialog box when I put a disc
in the CD-ROM drive that asks me what app I want to use.

On this new Dell, It's not enabled and I can't fingure out how to enable it.

I don't even know what to call that feature, so I can't look it up in
Windows Help.
 
1. Open XP's "Help and Support Center".
2. In the Search box type: AUTOPLAY , and hit enter.
3. Click on: "Change how your computer handles multimedia content".

Autoplay Repair Wizard
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

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| On my other machines XP automatticlly displays a dialog box when I put a disc
| in the CD-ROM drive that asks me what app I want to use.
|
| On this new Dell, It's not enabled and I can't fingure out how to enable it.
|
| I don't even know what to call that feature, so I can't look it up in
| Windows Help.
 
Thanks,

Actually, someone at work told me this. Came home for lunch to check it
out and the Properties box for my CD-ROM drive/Autoplay tab shows that
Autoplay is enabled.

But nothing happens when I put in commericial Audio CD, a data disc CD-R,
or an application install disc with an Autorun.ini file.

In each case I have to open Windows Explorer and right click on the drive
icon and choose Open, and then deal with the files on the disc.

What did Dell do to dis-able Autoplay, I'm wondering/

Any suggestions on how to trouble-shoot Autoplay when it is supposed to work
and it doesn't?

ciskoe
 
Hey, whered my reply go?

Sorry if this double posts, but my message disappeared. Anyway,
Thanks for the Autofix tip. I didn't follow the link earlier.

Problem solved.

Thanks,

Ciskoe


See repair log, below:

AutoFix [V5.2.3790.67]
Time [2005-10-30 03:02:27]
Microsoft Windows Version [5.1 (Service Pack 2) <2600>]

Test [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.] - Instance [N/A]:
Result [AutoStart Setting]: OK
Result [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.]: OK

Test [Policies] - Instance [D:\, Drive Type: 5]:
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Absent}
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: Problems {Present}
Repair << [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Step: Resetting policy
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer!NoDriveTypeAutorun to 0x000000DF.
Result: This AutoPlay setting was successfully fixed.
 
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