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re: Question about 'Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun' Monday, June 20, 2005 at 3:10 pm Posted by Paulina (3264 messages posted) Right click on the drive - go to the Autoplay Tab and choose an action for the particular CD type [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun' Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at 4:14 pm Posted by JC (2 messages posted) I already chose "Take no Action" for all my drives and stopped the autoplay function. But Windows still opens automatically a window showing me all the files and folders on the disc. This is what I want to disable. On Monday, June 20, 2005 at 3:10 pm, Paulina wrote: > > > >Right click on the drive - go to the Autoplay Tab and choose an action for the particular >CD type > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun' Friday, December 9, 2005 at 8:52 am Posted by chad (37 messages posted) I also have this problem, all options are TAKE NO ACTION, and windows still barfs up a window when i insert a cd, how stupidly annoying. I think this has to do installing from a SP2 cd, since my xp that i upgraded with SP2 installed from first XP cd doesn't have this problem. On Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at 4:14 pm, JC wrote: >I already chose "Take no Action" for all my drives and stopped the autoplay function. > But Windows still opens automatically a window showing me all the files and folders >on the disc. This is what I want to disable. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun' Friday, December 9, 2005 at 8:58 am Posted by chad (37 messages posted) This is fixed with PowerToys for XP, TweakUI->My Computer->AutoPlay->Types->Enable Autoplay for CD and DVD drives (uncheck) and it works, of course it would be nice to have DVD drives popup the dvd player and regular cds to NOT open the window, but i'll choose to disable all to prevent the later from happening. On Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at 4:14 pm, JC wrote: >I already chose "Take no Action" for all my drives and stopped the autoplay function. > But Windows still opens automatically a window showing me all the files and folders >on the disc. This is what I want to disable. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun' Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 6:48 am Posted by Lowell Wheeler (2 messages posted) So there is no in-windows fix for this? We have to use powertoys??? On Friday, December 9, 2005 at 8:58 am, chad wrote: >This is fixed with PowerToys for XP, TweakUI->My Computer->AutoPlay->Types->Enable >Autoplay for CD and DVD drives (uncheck) and it works, of course it would be nice >to have DVD drives popup the dvd player and regular cds to NOT open the window, but >i'll choose to disable all to prevent the later from happening. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun' Sunday, April 23, 2006 at 9:37 pm Posted by wguru (26 messages posted) See... http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/43811/43811.html ..showing another user's recommendation for how to get rid of autoplay. Also see... http://www.pcbuyersguide.com/software/system/WinXP-tips.html Or try disabling autorun features under Windows XP and retain the option to easily re-enable them again later on, using the "Turn Off Autoplay" function in the Group Policy Editor, gpedit.msc (in Administrative Templates > System). My best to all and to all, hap-e-trails, wguru On Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 6:48 am, Lowell Wheeler wrote: >So there is no in-windows fix for this? We have to use powertoys??? > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun' Friday, June 16, 2006 at 8:22 pm Posted by dd (1 messages posted) I have just the opposite problem. Neither of my cd roms will autoplay, although both are checked to autoplay. In fact, windows explorer does not update the information when I put a cd in, such as a music cd. Is there a secret to this that I can't seem to find? Any help would be appreciated. My computer store tells me I have to reinstall windows, which I really don't want to do. Thanks On Monday, June 20, 2005 at 2:21 pm, JC wrote: >I have a question about Turn >Off the CD-ROM Autorun: > >I successfully turned off autoplay for all my drives but Windows still opens a folder >automatically when I insert a CD, showing all files and folders on the CD. How do >I turn that off. I just want Windows to do nothing when I insert a CD. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun' Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at 7:50 pm Posted by Ern (1 messages posted) Tell your guy at the 'puter store to reinstall himself the next time you see him. Who the hell wants to reinstall Windows for this Microsoft bug that software companies have exploited to the nth degree, rendering the autorun/autoplay functionality...unfunctional. Do this: go into regedit (I'm assuming most who are reading this are somewhat computer savvy) Find this registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom value for autorun should be 1. If not, change it to 1. Now, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer hexadecimal value for NoDriveTypeAutoRun should be 91. If it is 0xb5, or doesn't exist create a new dword value. If a dword value of NoDriveAutoRun exists, rename it to NoDriveTypeAutoRun with a 91 value. Restart and all should be good. If it's not fixed there could be a couple other things that need to be changed. I'll go into it later if needed, I gotta get a beer now. Out. [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