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re: Can you keep Autoplay for apps, but disable autorun.inf file?
Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 12:20 pm
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Posted by jcw (5088 messages posted)


Are these of any help to you?
for XP Pro:
-->   http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1091449929
for XP Home:
-->   http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1091652723




On Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 4:53 pm, JB wrote:
>Autorun works great for me, I run WMP to automatically rip MP3s from a CD and run
>DVDShrink when I put in a DVD.
>
>But, some CDs (like Velvet Revolver) try to install crap in the background when you
>insert it.
>
>So, I don't want to disable autoplay but want to prevent the autorun.inf file from
>executing.  How can you keep Windows XP from running any setup programs, but still
>keep your autoplay actions?
>
>The registry setting mentioned in the article turns off everything, and TweakUI and
>the Autoplay options through My Computer don't let you do anything for "Data CD".
>
>
>
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Can you keep Autoplay for apps, but disable autorun.inf file? (JB: Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 4:53 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Can you keep Autoplay for apps, but disable autorun.inf file? (JB: Tue, Feb 7, 2006, 4:53 pm)
-re: Can you keep Autoplay for apps, but disable autorun.inf file? (AnchorMan: Tue, Feb 7, 2006, 9:42 pm)
-Summary of Autoplay capabilities and options (JB: Wed, Feb 8, 2006, 2:33 pm)
*re: Summary of Autoplay capabilities and options (AnchorMan: Wed, Feb 8, 2006, 8:13 pm)
-Thanks, Anchor Man & JB (dv: Sat, May 27, 2006, 9:29 pm)
*re: Thanks, Anchor Man & JB (Matthew D. Healy: Sun, May 28, 2006, 3:53 am)
*re: Summary of Autoplay capabilities and options (InterClaw: Fri, Jun 15, 2007, 9:43 am)
*re: Can you keep Autoplay for apps, but disable autorun.inf file? (ints: Sat, Feb 10, 2007, 5:38 pm)
*re: Can you keep Autoplay for apps, but disable autorun.inf file? (jcw: Wed, Feb 8, 2006, 12:20 pm)
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