Normally when I righclick on my hard disk, the "Open"
selection is bold and at the top of the list. A software
install somehow changed that to "Autoplay" (still bold)
as though it thought my hard disk was a removable drive.
Now, whenever I click on the hard disk, it tries to find
a program to autoplay. How do I change the "Autoplay"
selection back into "Open?" There is no autoplay tab
when I go to properties, but since it's a hard disk I
didn't expect to see such a tab. TIA.

Right-click the drive, choose open. Look for a file named autorun.inf. Delete it and restart Windows.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

"Thad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:1ec5701c45632$2b9b7b60$(E-Mail Removed)...
Normally when I righclick on my hard disk, the "Open"
selection is bold and at the top of the list. A software
install somehow changed that to "Autoplay" (still bold)
as though it thought my hard disk was a removable drive.
Now, whenever I click on the hard disk, it tries to find
a program to autoplay. How do I change the "Autoplay"
selection back into "Open?" There is no autoplay tab
when I go to properties, but since it's a hard disk I
didn't expect to see such a tab. TIA.

Thank you very much. That worked great!


>-----Original Message-----
>Right-click the drive, choose open. Look for a file
named autorun.inf. Delete it and restart Windows.
>
>--
>Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP Shell/User
>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org
>
>"Thad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:1ec5701c45632$2b9b7b60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>Normally when I righclick on my hard disk, the "Open"
>selection is bold and at the top of the list. A
software
>install somehow changed that to "Autoplay" (still bold)
>as though it thought my hard disk was a removable
drive.
>Now, whenever I click on the hard disk, it tries to find
>a program to autoplay. How do I change the "Autoplay"
>selection back into "Open?" There is no autoplay tab
>when I go to properties, but since it's a hard disk I
>didn't expect to see such a tab. TIA.
>.
>

You're welcome

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

"Thad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:1ec6201c45634$8daba120$(E-Mail Removed)...
Thank you very much. That worked great!


>-----Original Message-----
>Right-click the drive, choose open. Look for a file
named autorun.inf. Delete it and restart Windows.
>
>--
>Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP Shell/User
>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org
>
>"Thad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:1ec5701c45632$2b9b7b60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>Normally when I righclick on my hard disk, the "Open"
>selection is bold and at the top of the list. A
software
>install somehow changed that to "Autoplay" (still bold)
>as though it thought my hard disk was a removable
drive.
>Now, whenever I click on the hard disk, it tries to find
>a program to autoplay. How do I change the "Autoplay"
>selection back into "Open?" There is no autoplay tab
>when I go to properties, but since it's a hard disk I
>didn't expect to see such a tab. TIA.
>.
>