----- Original Message -----
From: "Galen" <(E-Mail Removed)>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: Auto Play/Start not working
> In news:Ox%23dF$(E-Mail Removed),
> Lildevil <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Thanks for the advice but I guess I have deeper problems than I
>> thought. I ran the wizard provided and found out that it discovered a
>> problem but the wizard was unable to fix the issue but would/could
>> not tell me what the issue was.
>> Again, thankyou for your assistance. Will just have to live with the
>> problem until it gets bad enuf and then maybe do a reinstall.....
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> 1. Open XP's "Help and Support Center".
>>> 2. In the Search box type: AUTOPLAY , and hit enter.
>>> 3. Click on: "Change how your computer handles multimedia content".
>>>
>>> Autoplay Repair Wizard
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carey Frisch
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>> Windows XP - Shell/User
>>> Microsoft Newsgroups
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> "Lildevil" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am running XP and all of a sudden when I put a CD into my machine
>>>> it will not start automatically...... neither will DVD's. Its the
>>>> same if I want to install a program from a CD or listen to a CD.
>>>> Does anyone know of a possible solution?
>>>> Thankyou
>
> Well, I have an idea but it's just an idea...
>
> Head here:
>
> Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
>
> Download TweakUI...
>
> In there why not try disabling the CD/DVD AutoPlay feature entirely. (It's
> under My Computer > AutoPlay > types FYI) After you do that I imagine you
> should probably at least log off if not restart. Then you can enable it
> again using the same application and once again restart. It will, I hope,
> basically reset the settings for you and the handlers. You can also check
> those too to see if they're set to do nothing which is an idea.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
> its solution is its own reward."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
Unfortunately it didn't work but do appreciate the effort,,,,, I can still
manually start everything by going to My Computer, etc so will live with
it...... thanks again.
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