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re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Friday, October 18, 2002 at 10:21 pm Posted by John N. Shaw (6 messages posted) I forgot to mention one thing just in case anyone asks. When I right click on the CDROM drive in My Computer, the Autoplay option is NOT there at all, I just have Open (default), Explore, etc........ [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Friday, October 18, 2002 at 10:50 pm Posted by skoob (237 messages posted) I'm going to bet you also went to safe mode, uninstalled the cdrom drivers in device manager, rebooted, and let Windows redetect/reinstalled the drivers. I'm also going to bet you checked the properties of the secondary IDE channel (IDE/ATAPI devices) in device manager. Oh, and I'm sure you also tried cold-booting to a cd (OS, Restore?) from a shut down state...right? OK, if none of that worked, just for kicks, try resetting your BIOS defaults (kinda hokey, I know). Since you've already proved it ain't the cd's, the other options are the CD drive itself, or Windows. I'm leaning toward Windows. Just a guess, though. Hope this helps. On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 12:16 am Posted by jcw (186 messages posted) Assuming AutoRun is the same as AutoPlay, I believe the service "Shell Hardware Detection" must be on and set to automatic. Is yours? On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 1:21 am Posted by HC (935 messages posted) If you use CD burning software, programs like Easy CD Creator ,Direct CD ,Clone CD ,and various others they have features to dissable/enable CD Autorun/Autoplay Cheers HC On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] still no luck Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 5:28 am Posted by John N. Shaw (6 messages posted) great tip, but I just checked, yes that service is started and auto :\ On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 12:16 am, jcw wrote: >Assuming AutoRun is the same as AutoPlay, I believe the service "Shell Hardware Detection" >must be on and set to automatic. Is yours? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] still no luck Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 5:33 am Posted by John N. Shaw (6 messages posted) I tried those things, actually I didn't try removing the device drivers until I read your message but no luck. Yes, the CD boots (I have a DOS menu at boot on this cd I'm working on and I had already been testing it before I tried autorun.) Also, I still use the old term autorun but autoplay is I guess the accepted terminology now, (like directory and folder, I found myself starting to say folder this year instead of directory on occation, and I despise that, but most people wouldn't know what I was talking about if I didn't.) I won't reset my BIOS defaults :| firm on that, I've got so many options in my BIOS to tweak if I do I would pull my brains out, but I can tell you that I remember autorun has worked on my system at ONE point in time or another, (whereas those BIOS settings haven't been changed since I built this box.) Thanks for your suggestions. On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 10:50 pm, skoob wrote: > >I'm going to bet you also went to safe mode, uninstalled the cdrom drivers in device >manager, rebooted, and let Windows redetect/reinstalled the drivers. > >I'm also going to bet you checked the properties of the secondary IDE channel (IDE/ATAPI >devices) in device manager. > >Oh, and I'm sure you also tried cold-booting to a cd (OS, Restore?) from a shut down >state...right? > >OK, if none of that worked, just for kicks, try resetting your BIOS defaults (kinda >hokey, I know). Since you've already proved it ain't the cd's, the other options >are the CD drive itself, or Windows. I'm leaning toward Windows. Just a guess, >though. > >Hope this helps. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] still no luck Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 5:52 am Posted by John N. Shaw (6 messages posted) I do use Nero 5.5.9.9, and I can remember it complaining that autorun was enabled a while back, but I checked and can't find a setting within Nero to re-enable it. After reading your message, I checked again, still couldn't find a clue within Nero's configuration. I used the Nero Info Tool and it reports that autorun IS enabled on my drives, (hmm, but it doesn't ever pop up a warning when I try to burn, as it did before.) I checked a few Nero registry settings to no avail, and just now uninstalled Nero and rebooted. Still no luck :( but thanks for your suggestion. On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 1:21 am, HC wrote: >If you use CD burning software, programs like Easy CD Creator ,Direct CD ,Clone CD >,and various others they have features to dissable/enable CD Autorun/Autoplay > >Cheers HC > [Reply or follow-up to this message] FiXED!!!!!!!!! Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 2:42 pm Posted by John N. Shaw (6 messages posted) problem solved! I didn't even think to search for other instances other than the documented locations... grr, all that frustration could have been averted had I just thought to check for duplicate keys................. I had one wicked looking key under HKEY_USERS\ with the NoDriveTypeAutoRun option, (not normally there!) set to b5 hex, ((which disables cdrom)) now I'd like to know what put it there ... lol On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Same problem with me - need help !! Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 4:44 pm Posted by Idan Bismut (1 messages posted) I've put anything you said & still I get no AUTO-PLAY of my CDS. Would appreciate any help... thx... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 11:42 am Posted by Preston Kincaid (1 messages posted) You said FIXED, but I don't see the post that shows the instructions or the solution. How did you fix it because i ma having the same problem! PK On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 2:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >problem solved! > >I didn't even think to search for other instances other than the documented locations... >grr, all that frustration could have been averted had I just thought to check for >duplicate keys................. > >I had one wicked looking key under HKEY_USERS\ with the NoDriveTypeAutoRun option, >(not normally there!) set to b5 hex, ((which disables cdrom)) > >now I'd like to know what put it there ... lol > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Friday, January 24, 2003 at 8:21 am Posted by Lars (1 messages posted) Hi I have got the same problem and my search on the Internet didnt solve anything so finally I created a new user and voila! Problem solved. On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 11:42 am, Preston Kincaid wrote: >You said FIXED, but I don't see the post that shows the instructions or the solution. > How did you fix it because i ma having the same problem! > >PK > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Sunday, February 23, 2003 at 11:39 am Posted by Bemused (1 messages posted) Had the same problem. Windows XP Home suddenly stopped autorunning any CD or DVD. Trying to find a fix on the Microsoft site, I found an article about Office 2000 supressing autorun ! It had. I uninstalled Office and autorun works fine now. Has anybody got a fix for XP autorun when Office 2000 is installed as I would still like to use it. On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 2:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >problem solved! > >I didn't even think to search for other instances other than the documented locations... >grr, all that frustration could have been averted had I just thought to check for >duplicate keys................. > >I had one wicked looking key under HKEY_USERS\ with the NoDriveTypeAutoRun option, >(not normally there!) set to b5 hex, ((which disables cdrom)) > >now I'd like to know what put it there ... lol > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 9:36 am Posted by Kristina Hong (1 messages posted) Hi, I'm having the same problem where autoplay option does not work with my new laptop (which runs win xp) I noticed you have a fix for it .... Would it be too much if you can email me the instructions on how to enable it again... Not too familiar with registry....How do I change the hex #? Thanks!;-D Kris On Sunday, February 23, 2003 at 11:39 am, Bemused wrote: >Had the same problem. Windows XP Home suddenly stopped autorunning any CD or DVD. >Trying to find a fix on the Microsoft site, I found an article about Office 2000 >supressing autorun ! It had. >I uninstalled Office and autorun works fine now. >Has anybody got a fix for XP autorun when Office 2000 is installed as I would still >like to use it. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Monday, May 5, 2003 at 9:50 am Posted by Michael Chan (2 messages posted) Since he hasn't replied to the fix, and I needed it, I decided to look up that registry value (NoDriveTypeAutorun). He stated his was at B5 which disables autorun. Mine was apparently set to 91, the value which is used to test autorun on floppy disks. I recommend creating a backup of the registry before modifying it. Open up regedit (Start -> Run -> regedit). To backup, go to file -> export Then go to edit, and select Find. Type in NoDriveTypeAutorun. The default value is 95, which is the value for autorun to be enabled. Right click to modify it (make sure to keep the value in Hex). Then hit F3 and modify every instance of the NoDriveTypeAutorun. Exit regedit and reboot. On Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 9:36 am, Kristina Hong wrote: > >Hi, > >I'm having the same problem where autoplay option does not work with my new laptop >(which runs win xp) >I noticed you have a fix for it .... > >Would it be too much if you can email me the instructions on how to enable it again... >Not too familiar with registry....How do I change the hex #? > >Thanks!;-D >Kris > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FIX INSIDE!!!!! Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 7:51 am Posted by Gervais (1 messages posted) I'm not sure about the fix described in the last post... but here's what I found... My autorun wasn't working. I found this place and read all the posts. I checked the value about "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" and mine is set to 91. This actually means that you don't want to have autorun for the floppies... I haven't changed that value. I have found another fix... or rather another value in the registry that needs editing... HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom The value for "Autorun" needs to be dword: 1... Mine was set to 0. I just reset that and rebooted and my autorun (autoplay or however you want to call it) is now working without problems. On Monday, May 5, 2003 at 9:50 am, Michael Chan wrote: >Since he hasn't replied to the fix, and I needed it, I decided to look up that registry >value (NoDriveTypeAutorun). > >He stated his was at B5 which disables autorun. Mine was apparently set to 91, the >value which is used to test autorun on floppy disks. > >I recommend creating a backup of the registry before modifying it. > >Open up regedit (Start -> Run -> regedit). >To backup, go to file -> export >Then go to edit, and select Find. Type in NoDriveTypeAutorun. The default value is >95, which is the value for autorun to be enabled. Right click to modify it (make >sure to keep the value in Hex). Then hit F3 and modify every instance of the NoDriveTypeAutorun. > >Exit regedit and reboot. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Sunday, June 15, 2003 at 10:46 am Posted by Brian Graham (1 messages posted) John, Did you ever fix your autorun problem ?? I am having the same thing and need to know what you finally did about it ?? I cant get any of the cd's I've burned to autorun and its driving me nuts ! Rgds Brian On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Friday, June 27, 2003 at 8:39 am Posted by Ali (1 messages posted) [This is only a post for my friend.] Try this solution if you got the same problem. Fix CD Auto-Run function Step by step (Don't worry, these are safe actions, just stop it when you can't handle, and call me -_-'') 1. Ctrl + R 2. Type in "regedit" 3. Select "我的電腦" (My Computer) at the top left conner 4. Right click and select "匯出" (Export) 5. Enter any file name, and REMEMBER where did you save it!! You may need this file when you failed to fix the problem. (step 3-4 is only for backup, trust me... this does not hurt your pc, backup is just a right thing to do at any time!) 6. Press F3 key 7. Enter "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" <--- of coz no "" qoutes... 8. Then it will find out a blue (or any other colours... I'm not sure...) icon named "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" at the right column 9. !!!! (usually auto-highlighted) 10. Press Delete key and select YES / OK to delete it 11. Repeat [Step 6,8,9,10] until it say sthg like "End of Search" 12. Reboot your computer and take out a CD to try it! 13. Doesn't work? CALL ME! -.-'' (for friend only...) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 6:04 am Posted by nick (1 messages posted) I found that when i added my computer to the domain the cd auto run no longer worked, they are pushing a policy to disable auto runs On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 2:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >problem solved! > >I didn't even think to search for other instances other than the documented locations... >grr, all that frustration could have been averted had I just thought to check for >duplicate keys................. > >I had one wicked looking key under HKEY_USERS\ with the NoDriveTypeAutoRun option, >(not normally there!) set to b5 hex, ((which disables cdrom)) > >now I'd like to know what put it there ... lol > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 11:13 am Posted by Paul TW (1 messages posted) All your ideas have been valid and useful, but the one I found at the very end was to locate the NoDriveTypeAutorun and simply delete the value (it was set as ff which disables all drives), find it as follows: HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 1:21 am, HC wrote: >If you use CD burning software, programs like Easy CD Creator ,Direct CD ,Clone CD >,and various others they have features to dissable/enable CD Autorun/Autoplay > >Cheers HC > [Reply or follow-up to this message] A friendly thanks for all the info here Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at 3:18 pm Posted by Mike (2 messages posted) Thanks to all of you that contributed to this issue. I am happy to report that I can once again play my favorite games that start with Autoplay. I was having the same issues and did the following combination approach, based on everyone's advice above: 1. Backed up registry (duh ;) 2. Followed June 27 step-by-step guide from Ali to remove all entries of "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" (I had them all over with all different settings possible!). Rebooted. Still not working. 3. Followed registry editing instructions in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 330135. Also, uninstalled drivers for CDRW/DVDRW and Zip 250. Rebooted. Windows reinstalled the drivers. FIXED!!! So you know, I was using Xteq Systems X-Setup (which overall I think is an excellent program and highly recommend!!). However, I think a setting (bug?) may have incorrectly altered my registry and later changing the setting within X-Setup appartently didn't do any good. Also, adjusting the AutoPlay settings in TweakUI didn't seem to have any effect. I had to do it the "old fashioned" way... Thanks again! Mike [Reply or follow-up to this message] Have tried all of this and still no autorun!! Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 7:17 pm Posted by Dave Fry (5 messages posted) I am having the same problem with autorunning cd's, whether audio or software or whatever. I've read and checked everything mentioned in this section but I still can't get cd's to autorun. Any ideas? Help would be much appreciated, thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Monday, October 27, 2003 at 4:55 pm Posted by Chris (1 messages posted) I wanted to thank you for this final and very helpful tip. This annoying problem has plagued me for three months. Thank you very much. I now rememeber installing Easy CD Creator and this must have disabled the autorun and palced an FF in the value. Thanks again, Chris On Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 11:13 am, Paul TW wrote: >All your ideas have been valid and useful, but the one I found at the very end was >to locate the NoDriveTypeAutorun and simply delete the value (it was set as ff which >disables all drives), find it as follows: HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 1:50 am Posted by chevis (1 messages posted) Okay I told myself if I solved the AUTOPLAY feature I would post a fix for you....Well I hope this works because you were sooo close!!! Here's what I did only after trying everything you did...the program XTEQ which you tried as a last staw can fix your problem...Just open XTEQ and go down to where you see SHARES CD-ROM/FLOPPY SHARES ACCESS okay now just UNCHECK deactivate CD ROM shares when logged in also UNCHECK deativate floppy shares when logged in Man I hope this works for you and if it does pls email me. chevis85@earthlink.net On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FIX INSIDE!!!!! Tuesday, November 4, 2003 at 5:12 am Posted by brad (1 messages posted) Hi - I had the same problem - Michael Chan is on to it. F3 to modify them all didn't work for me though, I had to go "find next" and change them one at a time to the correct setting 95. MY AUTORUN WORKS FINE NOW THANKS. Saved me a heap of time job complete in under 10 minutes :-) >standing on the shoulders of others< thanks a heap. On Monday, May 5, 2003 at 9:50 am, Michael Chan wrote: >Since he hasn't replied to the fix, and I needed it, I decided to look up that registry >value (NoDriveTypeAutorun). > >He stated his was at B5 which disables autorun. Mine was apparently set to 91, the >value which is used to test autorun on floppy disks. > >I recommend creating a backup of the registry before modifying it. > >Open up regedit (Start -> Run -> regedit). >To backup, go to file -> export >Then go to edit, and select Find. Type in NoDriveTypeAutorun. The default value is >95, which is the value for autorun to be enabled. Right click to modify it (make >sure to keep the value in Hex). Then hit F3 and modify every instance of the NoDriveTypeAutorun. > >Exit regedit and reboot. > > On Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 7:51 am, Gervais wrote: >I'm not sure about the fix described in the last post... but here's what I found... > >My autorun wasn't working. I found this place and read all the posts. I checked the >value about "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" and mine is set to 91. This actually means that >you don't want to have autorun for the floppies... I haven't changed that value. >I have found another fix... or rather another value in the registry that needs editing... > >HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > >The value for "Autorun" needs to be dword: 1... Mine was set to 0. I just reset that >and rebooted and my autorun (autoplay or however you want to call it) is now working >without problems. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] 100% fixed! Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 9:17 am Posted by Julian (1 messages posted) visit this http://www.soniacoleman.com/FAQs/FAQ00158.htm and follow the instructions! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at 11:54 am Posted by JC (1 messages posted) I was also having autoplay problems and this is the way to fix it, Thanks every1 related to this response!!! On Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 11:13 am, Paul TW wrote: >All your ideas have been valid and useful, but the one I found at the very end was >to locate the NoDriveTypeAutorun and simply delete the value (it was set as ff which >disables all drives), find it as follows: HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 7:50 pm Posted by Luke (1 messages posted) Advice on enabling AutoRun. I have recently encountered the same irritating problem.I have read numerous forums to try and find out how to solve this. At last I have solved the problem and now get the'Prompt for action'notification when I insert a CD into my Drive. I solved the problem by using Regedit on the software Tune up Utilities 2003 Search the registry for AutoRun-Set to 0x00000001 Search the registry for NoDriveAutoRun-Set to 0x00000001 Search the registry for NoDriveTypeAutoRun-Set to 0x00000095 Search the registry for CDRAutoRun-Set to 0x00000001 Use-REG_DWORD Value! Enter either 1 or 95 as a HexaDecimal. Hope this is of some help! It worked for me,after several hours of trying to figure it out. GOOD LUCK! On Sunday, June 15, 2003 at 10:46 am, Brian Graham wrote: >John, >Did you ever fix your autorun problem ?? >I am having the same thing and need to know what you finally did about it ?? >I cant get any of the cd's I've burned to autorun and its driving me nuts ! >Rgds >Brian > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Alternative FIX 2 !! Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 9:09 am Posted by Tommy (1 messages posted) Hi , i´ve tried alot of things too, but this thing finally works for me : 1. Uninstall your CD-rom drive in device-manager. 2. Reboot computer. Windows will now detect and install your CD-rom again. 3. Wow!! Autorun is working !! It was as simple as that !! Best regards Tommy On Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 7:51 am, Gervais wrote: >I'm not sure about the fix described in the last post... but here's what I found... > >My autorun wasn't working. I found this place and read all the posts. I checked the >value about "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" and mine is set to 91. This actually means that >you don't want to have autorun for the floppies... I haven't changed that value. >I have found another fix... or rather another value in the registry that needs editing... > >HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > >The value for "Autorun" needs to be dword: 1... Mine was set to 0. I just reset that >and rebooted and my autorun (autoplay or however you want to call it) is now working >without problems. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! - and my method too!! Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 5:26 am Posted by Jim C. (1 messages posted) I finally figured out how to make my CD autoplay in Windows Media Player! Start>All Programs>Set Program Access and Defaults>Custom>Expand.. and third choice down is Windows Media Player. Place the "dot" in Windows Media Player and close the window. Now, pop in a CD in your drive and Windows Media Player should autoplay the CD or the window which gives you choices should appear. Select Windows Media Player and check the box below which says "Always do the Selected Action" and close this window. Now, when I insert a music CD, Windows Media Player starts up and plays it without any action on my part, just as it did before! Of course I initially made the Registry changes which were suggested here in this thread in another posting. These changes gave me the autoplay selections window but Winbdows Media Player was NOT on the list. The above change placed Windows Media Player ON the list so that I was able to select it. All is well in computer land now! On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 2:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: > >problem solved! > >I didn't even think to search for other instances other than the documented locations... >grr, all that frustration could have been averted had I just thought to check for >duplicate keys................. > >I had one wicked looking key under HKEY_USERS\ with the NoDriveTypeAutoRun option, >(not normally there!) set to b5 hex, ((which disables cdrom)) > >now I'd like to know what put it there ... lol > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Monday, June 14, 2004 at 9:37 pm Posted by Graham Wilson (1 messages posted) Installing any part of Office 95 under XP also disables autorun/autoplay. But using the Group Policy Editor solved the problem for me. Unforuntately only applies to XP Professional, XP Home doesn't have the policy editor. Start, Run, GPEDIT.MSC Computer Configuration, Administrative templates, System, Turn off autoplay. First disable CD autoplay completely in Windows XP Pro 1. Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC 2. Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System. 3. Locate the entry for Turn Autoplay Off and enable it. 4. Close Group Policy editor 5. Open it up again. 6. Disable Turn Autoplay Off 7. Close Group Policy editor again [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Monday, August 23, 2004 at 8:37 pm Posted by Carnival (2 messages posted) Followed all the instructions on fixing the registry Explorer and CD Rom, using GPedit.msc, Autofix and Tweak UI. I then realized that an application was suppressing Autoplay. Uninstalled Norton SystemWorks 2004 and voila, it worked. Now DVDs and CDs autoplay and autorun work. Hope this solution helps out. On Monday, June 14, 2004 at 9:37 pm, Graham Wilson wrote: >Installing any part of Office 95 under XP also disables autorun/autoplay. But using >the Group Policy Editor solved the problem for me. > >Unforuntately only applies to XP Professional, XP Home doesn't have the policy editor. > >Start, Run, GPEDIT.MSC Computer Configuration, Administrative templates, System, >Turn off autoplay. > >First disable CD autoplay completely in Windows XP Pro > >1. Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC >2. Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System. >3. Locate the entry for Turn Autoplay Off and enable it. >4. Close Group Policy editor >5. Open it up again. >6. Disable Turn Autoplay Off >7. Close Group Policy editor again > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 12:44 pm Posted by Noel (2 messages posted) Yup. This one did the trick so simply for me. Cheers! On Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 11:13 am, Paul TW wrote: >All your ideas have been valid and useful, but the one I found at the very end was >to locate the NoDriveTypeAutorun and simply delete the value (it was set as ff which >disables all drives), find it as follows: HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 1:44 am Posted by Jonno65 (2 messages posted) Hi - had all the same problems with autoplay and scanner and camera wizard. Tried all the registry settings - and even dowloading sp2 - DISASTER - DO NOT DOWNLOAD SP2 - fouls up a lot of things. Got it to work by reapply Windows XP Sp1 - all autoplay works ok. My Scanner and Camera wizard still does'nt - but it now works manually - success!!!! On Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 12:44 pm, Noel wrote: >Yup. This one did the trick so simply for me. Cheers! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 1:49 am Posted by Jonno65 (2 messages posted) Reapply Windows SP1 - it works!!! On Monday, August 23, 2004 at 8:37 pm, Carnival wrote: >Followed all the instructions on fixing the registry Explorer and CD Rom, using GPedit.msc, >Autofix and Tweak UI. I then realized that an application was suppressing Autoplay. >Uninstalled Norton SystemWorks 2004 and voila, it worked. Now DVDs and CDs autoplay >and autorun work. > >Hope this solution helps out. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 2:46 am Posted by Noel (2 messages posted) What I meant was that it was the following tip that fixed it for me. Did you try this one b4 reinstalling SP1? "On Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 11:13 am, Paul TW wrote: All your ideas have been valid and useful, but the one I found at the very end was to locate the NoDriveTypeAutorun and simply delete the value (it was set as ff which disables all drives), find it as follows: HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" On Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 1:44 am, Jonno65 wrote: >Hi - had all the same problems with autoplay and scanner and camera wizard. >Tried all the registry settings - and even dowloading sp2 - DISASTER - DO NOT DOWNLOAD >SP2 - fouls up a lot of things. >Got it to work by reapply Windows XP Sp1 - all autoplay works ok. >My Scanner and Camera wizard still does'nt - but it now works manually - success!!!! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 9:01 pm Posted by wm1228 (1 messages posted) As of 8-29-04 This is the only solution I tried and it worked 100%. If Autorun does not work in XP, here's the fix: Run Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer. Delete the Key "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" Reboot the Computer. Thanks everyone! On Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 11:13 am, Paul TW wrote: >All your ideas have been valid and useful, but the one I found at the very end was >to locate the NoDriveTypeAutorun and simply delete the value (it was set as ff which >disables all drives), find it as follows: HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 6:27 pm Posted by Rob James (1 messages posted) How did you figure out what software was conflicting. I've tried all these solutions and still no luck. Help! On Monday, August 23, 2004 at 8:37 pm, Carnival wrote: >Followed all the instructions on fixing the registry Explorer and CD Rom, using GPedit.msc, >Autofix and Tweak UI. I then realized that an application was suppressing Autoplay. >Uninstalled Norton SystemWorks 2004 and voila, it worked. Now DVDs and CDs autoplay >and autorun work. > >Hope this solution helps out. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 10:03 pm Posted by Carnival (2 messages posted) Unfortunately, I used TweakXP 2004 to disable my startup programs 1 by 1, until autoplay started working. On Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 6:27 pm, Rob James wrote: >How did you figure out what software was conflicting. I've tried all these solutions >and still no luck. Help! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Saturday, October 16, 2004 at 8:18 pm Posted by cindy (1 messages posted) Okay, I've had the same problem. All the sudden my auto run wouldn't work. I have XP Home os. I think part of it is when I ran the XP service pack 2. I've tried the register thing and so much more. I finally did a short cut on my desktop of the drive. Right click and boom hit the autoplay. Much easier that going to my computer....BUT it wasn't as good as putting the disk in and have the autoplay work, RIGHT???? Okay, so did anyone else just load up the xp service pack 2??? I read one post about Microsoft office/word etc 2000 and I thought hey, I'll try that. Well sure enough, I removed the office 2000 and it works!!! Not that I really wanted to replace this program, but my Outlook wont work on this computer, but works on 3 others I have, go figure. IF anyone else has loaded the new service pack 2 for xp and suddenly has problems like these, I'm betting that's what caused it. Who thinks Microsoft wants us to buy new software????? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Saturday, November 20, 2004 at 5:13 am Posted by D-an-W (1 messages posted) I too checked all the solutions posted here and I can confirm that this solution is the only one that worked for me. I had more than one entry of "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" but I only had to remove the one mentioned and following a reboot all is good again!!! On Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 9:01 pm, wm1228 wrote: >As of 8-29-04 This is the only solution I tried and it worked 100%. > >If Autorun does not work in XP, here's the fix: > >Run Regedit >Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ >Explorer. >Delete the Key "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" >Reboot the Computer. > >Thanks everyone! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 4:47 pm Posted by Billy Stout (1 messages posted) Everyone, after hours of trying to find a solution I tried this solution and it works! Thanks! On Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 9:01 pm, wm1228 wrote: >As of 8-29-04 This is the only solution I tried and it worked 100%. > >If Autorun does not work in XP, here's the fix: > >Run Regedit >Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ >Explorer. >Delete the Key "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" >Reboot the Computer. > >Thanks everyone! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at 8:31 am Posted by Zaphod (1 messages posted) I have XP Home SP2 and found the same problem. I removed InCD software and all came good. On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer >> the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer >> I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 7:44 am Posted by Finn Bogstad (1 messages posted) I have a simpler solution. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en and download the AutoPlay Repair Wizard. Run it for each CD/DVD drive and voila! Fixed the problem. On Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at 8:31 am, Zaphod wrote: >I have XP Home SP2 and found the same problem. I removed InCD software and all came >good. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Restore default autorun settings for the affected drive Saturday, February 12, 2005 at 4:50 am Posted by Immacolata (1 messages posted) If your optical drive stops autorun when your cd or dvd discs are inserted you can sometimes repair it simply by defaulting the autorun settings Open My Computer Select Properties for your drive. Select Autorun tab and click Reset Defaults. This will fix your problem if it was caused by a burner program or VMWare. They all like to disable autorun and auto insert notification. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Addition to: FiXED!!!!!!!!! - and my method too!! Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 6:31 pm Posted by Gil C. Schmidt (1 messages posted) A previous CD-RW/DVD "death" had been repaired by the AutoPlay Wizard. On the second death, I downloaded a driver repair tool called "XP_CDDVDFIX.EXE" created by Doug Knox and available at http://www.dougknox.com/ (Go to "Win XP Fixes," look in the right-hand column for "Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer.") That fixed my problem. But then, while playing a CD on Media Player (blech), my AVG AntiVirus began an update and--ZAP!--no more AutoPlay or nothing. I ran the AutoPlay Wizard and got two unrepairable problems: Legacy AutoPlay and Autoplay V2. I tinkered for almost 20 hours, (reviewed EVERY message here, too) but finally found a solution: AVG sometimes encounters bugs with Roxio Easy CD Creator. I upgraded Easy CD 5 (available at www.roxio.com), then deleted all instances of AVG from all user accounts on my computer. My CD-RW/DVD drive (a Teac 28W) recovered. Then I downloaded a new version of AVG, installed it and I'm back to normal. [Next week, I dump Windows for Linux. Time to step up to an OS that is built to work, not to give me work.] On Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 5:26 am, Jim C. wrote: >I finally figured out how to make my CD autoplay in Windows Media Player! > >Start>All Programs>Set Program Access and Defaults>Custom>Expand.. and third >choice down is Windows Media Player. Place the "dot" in Windows Media Player and >close the window. > >Now, pop in a CD in your drive and Windows Media Player should autoplay the CD >or the window which gives you choices should appear. Select Windows Media Player >and check the box below which says "Always do the Selected Action" and close >this window. Now, when I insert a music CD, Windows Media Player starts up and >plays it without any action on my part, just as it did before! > >Of course I initially made the Registry changes which were suggested here in this >thread in another posting. These changes gave me the autoplay selections window but >Winbdows Media Player was NOT on the list. The above change placed Windows Media >Player ON the list so that I was able to select it. All is well in computer land >now! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at 8:23 pm Posted by paul (2 messages posted) my computer's CD drive has been acting up. before, it used to give me that window asking me what i wanted to do (play, take no action, etc) but now when i insert a CD the CD drive light blinks but nothing happens. when i go to mycomputer, it doesn't even acknowledge that a CD-R is in the drive. i've followed EVERY single step in this thread. i've downloaded all the software that people recommended and changed the registry keys (some people said use 91 and some people said 95 and i've tried them both.) i've also deleted roxio and nero. is there any more advice? i ran that autofix.exe from microsoft but it failed in fixing the problem. in fact, i'll cut and paste the message i receive: AutoFix [V5.2.3790.67] Time [2005-04-06 22:22:06] Microsoft Windows Version [5.1 (Service Pack 1) <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 [E:\, Drive Type: 5]: Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent} Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Absent} Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Present} Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent} Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Absent} Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Absent} Result [Driver level policies]: OK { HKLM\...\Services\cdrom!Autorun (Present) HKLM\...\Services\cdrom\Parameters!Autorun (Absent) HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\...!AlwaysEnable (Absent) HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\...!AlwaysDisable (Absent) } Test [Drive Notification] - Instance [E:\, Drive Type: 5]: Result [Legacy Notification]: Problems Result [AutoPlay V2 Notification]: Problems { Service (Silent) Shell (Deaf) } >> Repair << [Legacy AutoPlay Event] Step: No steps to take. Result: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem. >> Repair << [Autoplay V2 Event] Step: No steps to take. Result: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem. >> Required action: The wizard found problems but cannot fix them -> None [Reply or follow-up to this message] If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. Monday, April 18, 2005 at 7:15 am Posted by Dvorak (2 messages posted) After hours of searching, reading, trying I came upon a simple solution that I must have missed. It was not discovered by MS AutoPlay fix. Here's a snippet that'll do the work: 4. Verify that the Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on user only option is not turned on. a. Click Start, click Run, in the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. b. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon c. In the right pane, under Data, if the value for allocatecdroms is 0, go to step 5. d. In the right pane, under Data, if the value for allocatecdroms is 1, right-click allocatecdroms, and then click Modify. e. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK. f. Quit Registry Editor. ©2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330135 Take care! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 6:57 am Posted by jerrry lewis (1 messages posted) I had the same problem with autorun in Xp.his is what I did to make autorun work again.I don't know if it is the correct way of doing it but this is what I did.Open regedit and type in (cdrom) without parenthesis.Then i deleted the whole folder (user) that lists the cd rom settings.Well at least it works.Backup registry before trying [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 12:45 am Posted by timforan (1 messages posted) Hi I had the exact problem with autorun. I have tried everything listed above. The way I FIXED it was to reload windows XP from scratch. Then I loaded disks 1 by 1 to check what caused the problem. I ended up finding that DVD43 (an de-encryption program) was to blame. You don't have to uninstall it to get autorun to work all you have to do is right-click the system tray icon and close it. I tell you what I tried everything above and this was the only thing that worked. On Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 6:57 am, jerrry lewis wrote: >I had the same problem with autorun in Xp.his is what I did to make autorun work >again.I don't know if it is the correct way of doing it but this is what I did.Open >regedit and type in (cdrom) without parenthesis.Then i deleted the whole folder (user) >that lists the cd rom settings.Well at least it works.Backup registry before trying [Reply or follow-up to this message] It's a software problem ! Friday, June 17, 2005 at 9:32 pm Posted by Larry (1 messages posted) The problem is being caused by a program that has disabled Autoplay Wizard. As far as the CD / DVD, I would suspect Roxio, Nero, or some other similar CD software is affecting Autoplay. Try to think of any programs, like these, that you have recently installed. If it is a camera not opening with autoplay, I would suspect Real Player 10 as being the real culprit. In fact it may be possible that Real Player 10's settings may be affecting the CD/DVD Autoplay also. In any case it is definetly a software program that has conflicted with Autoplay. It's just a matter of finding the program . Try to think of any program installations or upgrades that you performed around the time of Autoplay not working. Curious...if you share your computer, do the other users have the same Autoplay problem? Try logging on as a guest, and check Autoplay. Is Autoplay only disabled on your desktop? This will prove that some application you installed is disabling Autoplay. Find it, but check Real Player 10 first.(Check the link below) It was my problem, and could be yours. Hope this helps. Larry http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?query=autoplay+finepix&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support&cat=en-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=B0DE109D-10E1-4C3C-BCC9-8EB7A22FC6A0&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: It's a software problem ! Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 11:16 pm Posted by Mark Palmer (1 messages posted) Here's my issue. I've done two clean installs and the autoplay stops working the minute I grab the new windows update software. That's the craziest thing I've ever seen. I mean it's the update to actually use windows update, not the actual updates themselves. In other words, there is no way to avoid it. Does anyone have any ideas? This is just plain ridiculous. I'm running XP Home edition. I've tried all the regedit updates except deleting them all together, which makes me a little nervous and my other system XP Pro, has no problems with all values set at 91. So not sure why the issue with XP Home and the windows update software. Please help... MS why did you break my system with your update software! On Friday, June 17, 2005 at 9:32 pm, Larry wrote: >The problem is being caused by a program that has disabled Autoplay Wizard. > > As far as the CD / DVD, I would suspect Roxio, Nero, or some other similar CD software >is affecting Autoplay. Try to think of any programs, like these, that you have recently >installed. > >If it is a camera not opening with autoplay, I would suspect Real Player 10 as being >the real culprit. > >In fact it may be possible that Real Player 10's settings may be affecting the CD/DVD >Autoplay also. > >In any case it is definetly a software program that has conflicted with Autoplay. >It's just a matter of finding the program . Try to think of any program installations >or upgrades that you performed around the time of Autoplay not working. > >Curious...if you share your computer, do the other users have the same Autoplay problem? > >Try logging on as a guest, and check Autoplay. > >Is Autoplay only disabled on your desktop? > >This will prove that some application you installed is disabling Autoplay. Find it, >but check Real Player 10 first.(Check the link below) It was my problem, and could >be yours. > >Hope this helps. >Larry > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?query=autoplay+finepix&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support&cat=en-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=B0DE109D-10E1-4C3C-BCC9-8EB7A22FC6A0&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Saturday, July 2, 2005 at 8:46 am Posted by Rob (1 messages posted) Thanks for this tip - I had also tried everything wrt NoDriveTypeAutoRun, but by simply closing DVD43, Autorun now working again!! On Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 12:45 am, timforan wrote: >Hi > >I had the exact problem with autorun. I have tried everything listed above. The way >I FIXED it was to reload windows XP from scratch. Then I loaded disks 1 by 1 to check >what caused the problem. I ended up finding that DVD43 (an de-encryption program) >was to blame. You don't have to uninstall it to get autorun to work all you have >to do is right-click the system tray icon and close it. I tell you what I tried everything >above and this was the only thing that worked. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: It's a software problem ! Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 7:32 am Posted by Peter Fez (3 messages posted) Had the same problem with XP pro. Tried all the above reg fixes to no avail. Spent an hour on MSKB and forund the following... ran it... and all is now right in the universe... Hope it helps others The Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard scans your computer devices to find defective AutoPlay settings, and attempts to fix those it finds. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&displaylang=en On Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 11:16 pm, Mark Palmer wrote: > >Here's my issue. I've done two clean installs and the autoplay stops working the >minute I grab the new windows update software. That's the craziest thing I've ever >seen. I mean it's the update to actually use windows update, not the actual updates >themselves. In other words, there is no way to avoid it. Does anyone have any ideas? >This is just plain ridiculous. I'm running XP Home edition. I've tried all the regedit >updates except deleting them all together, which makes me a little nervous and my >other system XP Pro, has no problems with all values set at 91. So not sure why the >issue with XP Home and the windows update software. > >Please help... > > > >MS why did you break my system with your update software! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: It's a software problem ! Friday, August 19, 2005 at 7:13 pm Posted by Peter Waller (1 messages posted) 20-08-05 Thankyou!! I am delighted to have discovered this discussion thread as I had tried EVERYTHING to try and solve my autorun problems and NOTHING worked - but this solved the problem immediately. Thankyou!! Peter W. On Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 7:32 am, Peter Fez wrote: >Had the same problem with XP pro. >Tried all the above reg fixes to no avail. >Spent an hour on MSKB and forund the following... ran it... and all is now right >in the universe... Hope it helps others > >The Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard scans your computer devices to find defective >AutoPlay settings, and attempts to fix those it finds. >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&displaylang=en > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] AUTORUN -partially- works now... Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 8:40 am Posted by Sam Smith (3 messages posted) Autorun used to work fine on my PC after I reinstalled XP 2 months ago. 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? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN FIX Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 4:58 am Posted by paddy (2 messages posted) i have come across this problem of "AUTORUN"not working so many times,and that i did post a FIX on here,back in FEB 05.For those of you that didn`t find it i will post the fix again. After trying all Registry fixes and everything else mentioned on this thread nothing ever worked.But i did find that it after installing or uninstalling certain software,like nero or blindwrite that my ASPI drivers went missing.I found on Adaptecs website a niffty little bit of software.It checks to see if ASPI drivers are missing if they are this will replace or repair them ,allowing AUTORUN to work again.Download here:http://www.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/license-download.pl .Please post a reply if you tried this and it worked or didnt work. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: It's a software problem ! Sunday, October 2, 2005 at 11:03 pm Posted by John Boutland (1 messages posted) Had the same problem and tried many things, without success. Now fixed, thanks to 'Ask Dave Taylor.' This extract is from his article on the subject: 'To download Autofix, go to Microsoft's download area, type autoplay in the keywords box, and click Go. You'll see the Autoplay Repair Wizard. Download and run it, and follow the simple instructions in the program.' This download from Microsoft has fixed the problem, for me at least! John On Friday, June 17, 2005 at 9:32 pm, Larry wrote: >The problem is being caused by a program that has disabled Autoplay Wizard. > > As far as the CD / DVD, I would suspect Roxio, Nero, or some other similar CD software >is affecting Autoplay. Try to think of any programs, like these, that you have recently >installed. > >If it is a camera not opening with autoplay, I would suspect Real Player 10 as being >the real culprit. > >In fact it may be possible that Real Player 10's settings may be affecting the CD/DVD >Autoplay also. > >In any case it is definetly a software program that has conflicted with Autoplay. >It's just a matter of finding the program . Try to think of any program installations >or upgrades that you performed around the time of Autoplay not working. > >Curious...if you share your computer, do the other users have the same Autoplay problem? > >Try logging on as a guest, and check Autoplay. > >Is Autoplay only disabled on your desktop? > >This will prove that some application you installed is disabling Autoplay. Find it, >but check Real Player 10 first.(Check the link below) It was my problem, and could >be yours. > >Hope this helps. >Larry > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?query=autoplay+finepix&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support&cat=en-us-ms-winxp〈=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=B0DE109D-10E1-4C3C-BCC9-8EB7A22FC6A0&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: It's a software problem ! Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 11:41 am Posted by Todd E. Bryant (2 messages posted) I just faced the same problem, and the problem did turn out to be software in my case, even though I originally bet it was registry settings. I spent two days reinstalling from scratch, and hit the same CDROM autorun problem after upgrading my Olympus DSS voice recorder software to "Version 6" from "Version 2002" from the official Olympus support site. In my case (probably not common - doubt too many folks have voice recorders), I suspect the new "Device Detector" component that looks for plugged in USB voice recorders/drives was screwing something up. So, if you are having CDROM autoplay/autorun problems, I'd definitely do all the AutoFix.exe and registry checks described in these threads, and look skeptically on CD burning software, but also look for "new media" storage devices like portable media players and voice recorders. I would have never found this without reinstalling software step-by-step, but that's a painfully brute force path of diagnosis, I know... On Friday, June 17, 2005 at 9:32 pm, Larry wrote: >The problem is being caused by a program that has disabled Autoplay Wizard. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at 10:45 am Posted by Huey (1 messages posted) YES! It worked! TRY THIS FIRST! After messing with my Regedit, searching on MS nearly unmanageable Knowledge Base, and googling for hours, this solved my problem. TRY THIS FIRST! It's MS's patch to their own problem - even if their own search engine can't find it on their own site! TRY THIS FIRST! (Do I need to say it again?) ----------------------------------------------- On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 7:44 am, Finn Bogstad wrote: >I have a simpler solution. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en >and download the AutoPlay Repair Wizard. Run it for each CD/DVD drive and voila! >Fixed the problem. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 4:16 pm Posted by Bill (1 messages posted) Thanks ; After dealing with this problem for several months , I followed the tread and nothing worked till I got to your fix . It worked for my system . On Monday, April 18, 2005 at 7:15 am, Dvorak wrote: >After hours of searching, reading, trying I came upon a simple solution that I must >have missed. It was not discovered by MS AutoPlay fix. > >Here's a snippet that'll do the work: > >4. Verify that the Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on user only option is >not turned on. >a. Click Start, click Run, in the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. >b. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon >c. In the right pane, under Data, if the value for allocatecdroms is 0, go to step >5. >d. In the right pane, under Data, if the value for allocatecdroms is 1, right-click >allocatecdroms, and then click Modify. >e. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK. >f. Quit Registry Editor. > >©2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330135 > >Take care! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 4:27 am Posted by AllenLI (1 messages posted) Man, this thread spans like 3 years. Well, I just came across the problem myself. However, I've tried some of the fixes mentioned but to no avail. I am not sure if the problem is the same as other users. Whenever I insert an autorun CD, it doesn't autorun. It use to have the autoplay menu pop-up, but now it's disappeared. And when I double click on the the CD drive, the "Open With" box pops up. I can only access it by right clicking and selecting "Open". Any suggestions. I suspect the program that caused this was ContextEdit because it started happening after I installed that. It must have changed or deleted some of registry settings. On Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 4:16 pm, Bill wrote: >Thanks ; After dealing with this problem for several months , I followed the tread >and nothing worked till I got to your fix . It worked for my system . > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 4:50 am Posted by John (1 messages posted) Replying to a message 2 1/2 years old, but chevis's solution (below) works. I tried absolutely everything else suggested in this thread (and elsewhere). The relevant control CDROM/Floppy Shares Access is now found in XTEQ-Pro under /Network/Security/Shares/. Untick 'Deactivate' in both relevant places. It would be good to know what changes this makes in the registry or elsewhere. On Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 1:50 am, chevis wrote: >Okay I told myself if I solved the AUTOPLAY feature I would post a fix for you....Well >I hope this works because you were sooo close!!! > >Here's what I did only after trying everything you did...the program XTEQ which you >tried as a last staw can fix your problem...Just open XTEQ and go down to where you >see SHARES CD-ROM/FLOPPY SHARES ACCESS okay now just UNCHECK deactivate CD ROM shares >when logged in also UNCHECK deativate floppy shares when logged in > >Man I hope this works for you and if it does pls email me. chevis85@earthlink.net [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Monday, April 10, 2006 at 1:38 pm Posted by Jim (1 messages posted) I am having problems with autorun not working also, and apparently this is a common problem. So common that MS should have an easy fix, right? I went through MS's fix for this problem step by step, the solution downloaded from their knowledge base. I made all the registry checks, updated drivers and even the drives' BIOS's. Nothing worked. I uninstalled Roxio 6.0 (MS says only versions 5.0 and earlier cause problems) and presto! Autorun on my DVD started working again. On my CDROM, different story. It quit working about two months after I build my PC. I uninstalled everything that could have been causing problem autorun not to work (I suspect the SW bundled either with the CDROM drive, or with my Creative soundcard). I finally fixed the CDROM by uninstalling the drive itself, and allowing Windows to redetect it. So two different fixes for two different drives. Now the very OBVIOUS question: How do you get around the problem of SW like Nero and Roxio disabling the autorun feature? Are there any other burning SW out there that does NOT disable autorun? This is very annoying. On Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 4:50 am, John wrote: >Replying to a message 2 1/2 years old, but chevis's solution (below) works. I tried >absolutely everything else suggested in this thread (and elsewhere). The relevant >control CDROM/Floppy Shares Access is now found in XTEQ-Pro under /Network/Security/Shares/. > Untick 'Deactivate' in both relevant places. > >It would be good to know what changes this makes in the registry or elsewhere. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Monday, April 24, 2006 at 12:07 am Posted by wguru (26 messages posted) The reader must assume that this fixed this user's autoplay issue? Unbelievable. My best to all and to all, hap-e-trails, wguru On Monday, May 5, 2003 at 9:50 am, Michael Chan wrote: >Since he hasn't replied to the fix, and I needed it, I decided to look up that registry >value (NoDriveTypeAutorun). > >He stated his was at B5 which disables autorun. Mine was apparently set to 91, the >value which is used to test autorun on floppy disks. > >I recommend creating a backup of the registry before modifying it. > >Open up regedit (Start -> Run -> regedit). >To backup, go to file -> export >Then go to edit, and select Find. Type in NoDriveTypeAutorun. The default value is >95, which is the value for autorun to be enabled. Right click to modify it (make >sure to keep the value in Hex). Then hit F3 and modify every instance of the NoDriveTypeAutorun. > >Exit regedit and reboot. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: still no luck Monday, April 24, 2006 at 12:55 am Posted by wguru (26 messages posted) As for "resetting BIOS defaults". In that 'my' Sony VAIO has a "Phoenix Bios" and it is accessed at restarts by pressing the F2 key, if other Bios's are so accessed, maybe my instruction are helpful to users. "In the 'Bios set up utility window, press the right arrow key until the exit menu is selected. On the exit menu, press the down arrow key until get default values is selected, press the enter key. In the set up configuration dialog box, press the enter key. In the 'set up Bios utility window, on the exit menu, press the up arrow key until exit save changes is selected. Press the enter key." My best to all and to all, hap-e-trails, wguru On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 5:33 am, John N. Shaw wrote: >I tried those things, actually I didn't try removing the device drivers until I read >your message but no luck. Yes, the CD boots (I have a DOS menu at boot on this cd >I'm working on and I had already been testing it before I tried autorun.) Also, >I still use the old term autorun but autoplay is I guess the accepted terminology >now, (like directory and folder, I found myself starting to say folder this year >instead of directory on occation, and I despise that, but most people wouldn't know >what I was talking about if I didn't.) I won't reset my BIOS defaults :| firm on >that, I've got so many options in my BIOS to tweak if I do I would pull my brains >out, but I can tell you that I remember autorun has worked on my system at ONE point >in time or another, (whereas those BIOS settings haven't been changed since I built >this box.) Thanks for your suggestions. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Monday, April 24, 2006 at 2:59 am Posted by wguru (26 messages posted) Hello - While the psot was intended to be helpful, the post fails to mention what the hex settings were changed to! Guess we're led to buying the software used to resolve the poster's issue. Never ceases to amaze me how tunnel visioned we sometimes are (even as well meaning as were are). My best to all and to all, hap-e-trails, wguru On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 7:50 pm, Luke wrote: > >Advice on enabling AutoRun. >I have recently encountered the same irritating problem.I have read numerous forums >to try and find out how to solve this. >At last I have solved the problem and now get the'Prompt for action'notification >when I insert a CD into my Drive. >I solved the problem by using Regedit on the software Tune up Utilities 2003 >Search the registry for AutoRun-Set to 0x00000001 >Search the registry for NoDriveAutoRun-Set to 0x00000001 >Search the registry for NoDriveTypeAutoRun-Set to 0x00000095 >Search the registry for CDRAutoRun-Set to 0x00000001 >Use-REG_DWORD Value! >Enter either 1 or 95 as a HexaDecimal. >Hope this is of some help! >It worked for me,after several hours of trying to figure it out. >GOOD LUCK! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 5:46 am Posted by Wogboy (1 messages posted) i fixed mine by uninstalling the driver's in device manager for nero and dvd drive and they worked fine after that good luck!!! On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer >> the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer >> I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Paddy's suggestion worked for me Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 9:09 am Posted by yk07 (2 messages posted) WOW thanks!! After having this issue on several different occasions after reformatting, i learnt to live with this problem for the last year. By downloading what you said (the adaptec site has been updated, but you can just go to www.adaptec.com and look for aspichk which is also included if you you download the latest aspi driver 4.712). my discs are now autoloading again. however, only the names and not the icons change. But this is a major advancement none the less. So in conclusion thanks Paddy!!! On Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 4:58 am, paddy wrote: >i have come across this problem of "AUTORUN"not working so many times,and that i >did post a FIX on here,back in FEB 05.For those of you that didn`t find it >i will post the fix again. >After trying all Registry fixes and everything else mentioned on this thread nothing >ever worked.But i did find that it after installing or uninstalling certain software,like >nero or blindwrite that my ASPI drivers went missing.I found on Adaptecs website >a niffty little bit of software.It checks to see if ASPI drivers are missing if they >are this will replace or repair them ,allowing AUTORUN to work again.Download here:http://www.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/license-download.pl > .Please post a reply if you tried this and it worked or didnt work. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Paddy's suggestion worked for me.....until Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at 1:00 am Posted by yk07 (2 messages posted) Upon turning the comp back on after sleep, i was back to square 1...i once again reinstalled aspi drivers, restarted and it was ok, until the next time i turned it off.... [Reply or follow-up to this message] BF2142 wont autorun and windows xp cant find the CD Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 2:39 pm Posted by Silentfury (1 messages posted) Hi Guys...well I too am having the same problem of sorts. My BF2142 cant be found by my windows xp and wont autorun although my BF2 among other cds will and neither will my GFs copy of BF2142. Ive done everything from Hkey to Msconfig to unistalling my dvdrw drive and it still wont read it but what it does is even wierder! When I insert it i see on my Zonealarm monitor access to the net then i see the windows download update icon for a few secs while the hourglass and cd rom light is blinking then the icon goes away and my cdrom stops working. CDrom well my DVDrw drive never spins up. Ive also used system restore to no avail. Why wont windows xp even show i have a cd in the drive so i can atleast browse the cd for the setup.exe Im confused can any1 help me? Again i believe ive tried all of the above ideas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Solved an autorun problem on a CD I created Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 3:42 pm Posted by Ian (2 messages posted) I had a problem with an autorun CD I was creating: It would open the cd as a folder. This was strange, as it didn't do any of the other autorun things it should have done (like ask me what I wanted to do with it). The solution : The text editor I had used to create autorun.inf had saved it in its default UTF-8 character encoding. It seems the windows autorun thingy doesn't know how to read UTF-8. When I saved the file as ANSI, it autoruns perfectly. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: BF2142 wont autorun and windows xp cant find the CD Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 6:31 pm Posted by Matt (1 messages posted) When i run the disc i click install, but setup.exe won't run. when I try to run it from the disc directly it gives an error (application failed to initiate properly). Iif i autorun the disc with anyDVD running it gets a bit further, but craps out when it is installing the game. Can anyone help me? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 11:00 pm Posted by harvey (20 messages posted) It is amazing that so many people are having the same problem. I have tried all the suggestions listed in this thread. The one that worked for me was going to http://www.adaptec.com/en-US and using their search engine to find the the ASPI files needed to get my CD-ROM drive to open the files when a disk is inserted. Search for Windows ASPI Package. This was the solution that solve the similiar problem that I was having for an XP system. Download the detection program and then download the install program if you need these files. I guess the great mystery would be how they were deleted in the first place. That auto fix was useless but at least it gave me an idea to search for something and I stumbled accross these postings. Long live Windows and the **** they put out. The disk writing software/wizard doesn't work anymore and it won't write to a disk yet if I use RocordNow program it will write to CD disk. On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer >> the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer >> I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] It's a reg thing but none of these worked Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 4:21 pm Posted by stuartjk (1 messages posted) I've been through all of these settings and none of them worked. As a last resort, I restored my registry to 3 weeks ago (i've installed some stuff since then so was reluctant to do it). This fixed the problem and in fact sped up my machine somewhat. I have made no software changes today, however this issue happened at 7.30 this evening. I stuck a cd in (wind98 I think for a virtual machine), and when I ejected the disk, the image on my computer did not update. I rebooted the machine and then when I placed subsequent discs in, the image would not update in My Computer again. It stated DVD/CD Drive (D:). It is almost as if the update on CD's is being affected somehow. New plan, back up registry every week. That could be a good general rule anyway On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 9:42 pm, John N. Shaw wrote: >I found the following article (and this website) searching for help but to no avail >Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >Perhaps someone can help me, as you know I cannot get the autorun feature to work >on my XP Pro machine. I cannot try system restore because I do not know when the >problem started, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was 6 months >ago or more (because I typically disable autorun on a fresh install.) Recently, >I need it enabled to test an autorun.inf for a cd I am creating with some specialized >software. > >By the way, autorun does seem to work for a USB hard disk that I have, but not for >my CD-ROM drives nor will it work for a floppy drive (of course after I edited a >registry setting to enable floppy autorun support.) > >Here is what I've tried: > >1. My Computer > Right Click CD-ROM Drive > Properties > AutoPlay > >2. Device Manager > Properties of CD-ROM Drive (no option in those pages as with >previous Windows versions.) > >3. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > Autorun >REG_DWORD value is enabled (set to 1) > >4. Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom > AutorunAlwaysDisable >REG_MULTI_SZ value does not list my CD-ROMs in the list nor does it list any similar >drive types (this is correct) > >5. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer >> the NoDriveAutoRun REG_BINARY value is set to all 0's. > >6. Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer >> I reset the NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD value back to it's default of hex 95 (149 >decimal). > >7. Tried TweakUI on a whim, it says that autorun is enabled. > >8. Consulted wall with head. Wall didn't have an answer. Head hurt. > >What am I missing?! > >One more slight observation: Windows does read the autorun.inf on cd's, but will >not execute the program with the open= statement. I know that Windows sees the autorun.inf >because it's reading the icon= statement and showing the icon on the CD that is specified, >instead of the default drive icon (in My Computer.) > >Also before anyone asks, I have tried this with multiple CD's that I know for a fact >autorun works on (because I've tried them on my other box) even tried one of those >irritating AOL CD's that I comes in the mail and I usually throw away. I would just >use my other box to test my autorun.inf (well ok, I am doing just that) but I want >to know why I can't get it to work on *this* box, I don't like having a problem that >doesn't seem to have a solution. > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks ahead of time! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 2:33 am Posted by gerard higgins (1 messages posted) after hours spent trying to get autoplay to work, including using autofix, tweak and other programs, and following other registry edits, this one finally worked. thanks Dvorak On Monday, April 18, 2005 at 7:15 am, Dvorak wrote: >After hours of searching, reading, trying I came upon a simple solution that I must >have missed. It was not discovered by MS AutoPlay fix. > >Here's a snippet that'll do the work: > >4. Verify that the Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on user only option is >not turned on. >a. Click Start, click Run, in the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. >b. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon >c. In the right pane, under Data, if the value for allocatecdroms is 0, go to step >5. >d. In the right pane, under Data, if the value for allocatecdroms is 1, right-click >allocatecdroms, and then click Modify. >e. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK. >f. Quit Registry Editor. > >©2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330135 > >Take care! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 6:09 am Posted by Dvorak (2 messages posted) Nice to hear. Those two years have sure gone past quickly, and a lot has changed -- that includes switching to UNIX on my last Windows machine as well, so no more registry troubles ever again :) On Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 2:33 am, gerard higgins wrote: >after hours spent trying to get autoplay to work, including using autofix, tweak >and other programs, and following other registry edits, this one finally worked. >thanks Dvorak > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 7:34 am Posted by kplaw69 (1 messages posted) i tried many of the above methods but autofix.exe from microsoft finally worked for me. those with the similar problem should try it first. good luck! On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 7:44 am, Finn Bogstad wrote: >I have a simpler solution. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en >and download the AutoPlay Repair Wizard. Run it for each CD/DVD drive and voila! >Fixed the problem. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Monday, November 26, 2007 at 2:53 pm Posted by Kemko (1 messages posted) Well I have the same problem and I just dont know when did it started!!!Everything worked fine but now autorun is not working.I tried every step u wrote here but it doesnt work!!!And I tried every other thing here on this forum but it still doesnt work.Any other suggestions??? THANX IN ADVANCE!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Finally! A real fix! Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 8:46 am Posted by Ani Marie (1 messages posted) Go to Dougknox.com and download the fix under XP-Fixes that says Restore CD/DVD drives to Explorer. I have tried EVERYTHING from here to China and this is the only thing that worked! On Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 4:21 pm, stuartjk wrote: >I've been through all of these settings and none of them worked. As a last resort, >I restored my registry to 3 weeks ago (i've installed some stuff since then so was >reluctant to do it). This fixed the problem and in fact sped up my machine somewhat. > >I have made no software changes today, however this issue happened at 7.30 this evening. >I stuck a cd in (wind98 I think for a virtual machine), and when I ejected the disk, >the image on my computer did not update. > >I rebooted the machine and then when I placed subsequent discs in, the image would >not update in My Computer again. It stated DVD/CD Drive (D:). > >It is almost as if the update on CD's is being affected somehow. > >New plan, back up registry every week. That could be a good general rule anyway > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 2:19 am Posted by Rumaldo (1 messages posted) Hey Gerard, After reading all most of the stuff on this page and trying all the download fixes and registry changes this one did the trick for me! Once I changed that 1 to a 0 everything was back to normal! Thanks a bunch! If you like blues and rock music please check out my music page at www.wakeupandsmelltheblues. There you'll find a link to my myspace page with more music. Just thought I'd offer some new music as a thanks! Rumaldo On Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 2:33 am, gerard higgins wrote: >after hours spent trying to get autoplay to work, including using autofix, tweak >and other programs, and following other registry edits, this one finally worked. >thanks Dvorak > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 12:53 am Posted by kenneth (1 messages posted) for all you fella's with same problem of unbecoming autorun sickness..(lol) just delete the NoDriveAutoRun entry in the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer that shud fix it. it's is an unnecessary entry. might have been dumped there by a virus or sumtin. whateva the case is, just delete it. worked severally 4 me. ciao On Friday, January 24, 2003 at 8:21 am, Lars wrote: >Hi >I have got the same problem and my search on the Internet didnt solve anything so >finally I created a new user and voila! Problem solved. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Finally! A real fix! Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 9:05 pm Posted by KRJ (2 messages posted) BEWARE! After running this program from Dougknox.com BOTH my D: (CD) and E:\ (DVD) DISAPPEARED from Windows Explorer. Also, when I went to the Device Manager, I noticed that these drivers AND A FEW OTHERS are marked with a yellow-shaded question mark. I deleted the drivers and restarted windows, hoping it would restore them back but it did not happen. What should I do now ? Can anyone advise ? Thx. Kleber On Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 8:46 am, Ani Marie wrote: >Go to Dougknox.com and download the fix under XP-Fixes that says Restore CD/DVD drives >to Explorer. I have tried EVERYTHING from here to China and this is the only thing >that worked! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Finally! A real fix! Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 4:41 am Posted by Spexx (1955 messages posted) I am fairly sure that the fix from DougKnox did not cause your CD and DVD drive to disappear from Windows device manager. Firstly, having cast my eye over the fix from DougKnox, I can tell that if I applied it to my PC (which has a CD burner and a DVD drive) it would have absolutely no effect whatsoever, because what the fix does is just delete a few registry entries which do not appear on my (working) PC anyway, so I think that is a red herring. The symptoms you indicated i.e. the device manager was reporting a problem with the yellow shreiks against the CD/DVD drives, indicated something more like it knew the drives ought to be there (because it was trying to load the drivers for them) but could not see the drives connected to your system. That might have indicated a hardware fault, or maybe the drives (or associated controller) were disabled in your PC BIOS settings. Now, having de-installed the drivers and rebooted, the system still cannot see the drives and thus cannot reload the drivers for them automatically for you (as it should). I think you are looking at a different type of problem. You said that there are yellow shrieks against other things in your Device Manager - what are those? It might be a clue. Cheers. Spexx. You are not paranoid. They really do have it in for you. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Finally! A real fix! Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 6:41 am Posted by KRJ (2 messages posted) Thx for your message but I know for sure that this happened right after I ran that program and restarted my computer. In order to "recover" the CD / DVD drives, I had to delete them INDIVIDUALLY from the Device Manager list and, after clicking Add Hardware, windows reinstalled them properly. They now show ok. One of the yellow-shaded item was something to do with "Plug-and-Play". I deleted it, hoping windows would do the same trick as with the drives but it simply disappeared from the Device Manager all together. This may or may not be related but I do not hear any sound from the loudspeakers anymore. When I go to Sounds and Audio Device, the Volume tab shows "No Audio Device". I wonder if someone could assist. Thanks in advance. Kleber [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 10:24 pm Posted by la (1 messages posted) Today is July 16,2008 and I have spent so many hours trying to fix auto run. I checked microsoft.com and nothing helped until I read this. I am not sure how long this will last but it made my day so far. Thank you for all your help and I am so happy I fixed one issue with this computer... Thanks again.. On Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 4:47 pm, Billy Stout wrote: >Everyone, after hours of trying to find a solution I tried this solution and it works! >Thanks! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 6:31 am Posted by Stuart (6 messages posted) Hi Well after reading this thread, this area really is a minefield. I started with this a couple of weeks ago when I wanted to play an audio CD and discovered that rather then just autoplaying, which it previously had done sometime in the past, a folder window opened with the CD's file contents (.cda files in this case). I checked the autoplay choices in the drive's properties and set it to play with media player. On inseting the CD, it still just opens the folder window. Having then searched various places and tried the autoplay fix wizard, to no avail, I have tired some of the regiatry fixes on here, but not all as yet. So far I havent fixed the problem. It seems no matter what I tweak, it still just opens the folder. Its as if its detecting the CD insertion, but then not knowing what to do so just opens the folder of drive contents. Its applying to DVD's too.. If I use TweakUI to turn off autoplay, it does turn off and then nothing happens at all. Running XP home with Sonic burning software which came pre installed. Autoplay definatlely worked when the PC was new (4 years ago). Any more thoughts. ? Stuart On Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 10:24 pm, la wrote: >Today is July 16,2008 and I have spent so many hours trying to fix auto run. I checked >microsoft.com and nothing helped until I read this. I am not sure how long this >will last but it made my day so far. Thank you for all your help and I am so happy >I fixed one issue with this computer... >Thanks again.. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Posssible Solution found for Nero Starting with blank CD/DVD Friday, August 7, 2009 at 11:44 am Posted by Thomas (2 messages posted) I had the problem only when inserting a blank DVD or CD-autoplay did not run, but Nero Express would start. In doing a googe search I came across freeware Add / Remove Nero as AutoPlay Handler 1.0.0 from http://download.famouswhy.com/add___remove_nero_as_autoplay_handler/ I then added Nero dto autoplay and when I inserted a blank CD autoplay came up. I also used Microsoft's autofix and when testing with it the autoplay window came up and it said " Result [AutoPlay V2 Notification]: Problems { Service (Silent) Shell (Deaf) } >> Repair << [Autoplay V2 Event] Step: No steps to take. Result: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem. >> Required action: The wizard found problems but cannot fix them -> None" On Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 6:31 am, Stuart wrote: >Hi >Well after reading this thread, this area really is a minefield. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: AUTORUN does not work Posssible Solution found for Nero Starting with blank CD/DVD Friday, August 7, 2009 at 12:01 pm Posted by Thomas (2 messages posted) I also went into utility Startup Manager and disabled C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NeroCheck.exe I think that Nero Express adds this as I noted that I have disabled it in the past. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum