On Nov 20, 3:35 am, Script <Scr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Did you check "Prompt...." for EVERY type of file in the drop-down list, or
> just the one that came up by default?
>
> "kimiraikkonen" wrote:
> > On Nov 19, 8:48 pm, "dobey" <a...@v.nox> wrote:
> > > "kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkone...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > >news:936299d4-f4aa-4f51-a141-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > > > Hello,
> > > > When i put a CD into my CD drive which has no "autorun.inf" file, it
> > > > doesn't ask me what do to. Nothing happens, no dialog boxes are
> > > > opened. I know this was normal in earlier versions of Windows like 2k
> > > > or 98, but not normal on XP SP2 which i have.
>
> > > > But strange, some of "non-autorun.inf-having files" is recognized well
> > > > and i'm asked to what to do (eg: open and explore files etc.)
>
> > > > But some of CD's wasn't recognized and the common point is that they
> > > > don't have any media files like photo or video.
>
> > > > How can i fix autorun to being asked for ALL kind of CDs?
>
> > > > Note: There's no problem for running autorun.inf having CDs.
>
> > > > Is that normal XP behaviour or is it common issue?
>
> > > > Thanks.
>
> > > Autorun.inf does something different to the Windows handling of files on the
> > > disk, (called Autoplay and it doesn't require autorun.inf). Autorun is there
> > > so software distributors can, for example, have an install program run
> > > automatically when you insert the disk.
>
> > > Chances are at some point in time you have told XP to "always" do nothing
> > > when you insert a disk with certain file types on it.
>
> > > If you right click on your CD drive and select properties, then select the
> > > Autoplay tab, you can specify what action you want XP to carry out for
> > > different file types.
>
> > I know but although "prompt for action everytime -- or kinda" is
> > selected, some of CDs won'te be autoplayed with a "what to do" dialog
> > box. No dialog boxes are opened. But if there are media files like
> > video or audio in a CD which doesn't have autorun.inf, autoplay dialog
> > box appears.
>
> > So it might be about XP's autoplay algorithm or kinda.
All kind of of CDs are selected to prompt for every disc insertion.
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