Then I intentially disabled it using GPEDIT.MSC based on the recommendation of a security website on hardening your system against hacking (see http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm in the "Advanced Security Settings" section).

Later, I decided that I wanted the functionality back, and that it was not that much of a security risk for me. So I tried to undo the change using GPEDIT.MSC. No dice.

I then started searching the web, and tried several of the win registry hacks, and those too all failed. Then I downloaded the AutoFix.exe utility from The Beast, and this time it found a registry setting error that I had not bothered to try, the infamous NoDriveTypeAutoRun setting.

The result of running AutoFix.exe is that now when I insert a music cd (either a normal audio cd or simply a data one that is full of mp3 files) that now WMP automatically starts up and begins playing the first track.

So far, so good.

However, if I insert a program installation CD--one that has a Autorun.inf file on it that specifies to launch the associated Setup.exe file that is also on the root dir of the CD--then instead of correctly running the Setup.exe file, what it does instead is bring up a new folder window which displays all of the files on the CD.

Bizarre.

Has anyone else seen this problem and have any idea of a fix?

Written in response to: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (John N. Shaw: Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm) There are presently no replies to this message.

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