Another Autoplay question

[Jeff Johnson]

Is it possible to disable Autoplay ONLY for executables? More specifically,
when I put in a CD-ROM with an AUTORUN.INF file, I don't want the Open=xxx
line to execute, but if I put in a music CD I DO want Media Player to pop
up.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 3/4/2008 10:40 AM, and on a whim, Jeff Johnson
pounded out on the keyboard:

Is it possible to disable Autoplay ONLY for executables? More specifically,
when I put in a CD-ROM with an AUTORUN.INF file, I don't want the Open=xxx
line to execute, but if I put in a music CD I DO want Media Player to pop
up.

Hi Jeff,

If you know what's on the CD, hold down Shift when inserting the CD and
hold it until the CD spins down. That prevents Autoplay from occurring.

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[Jeff Johnson]

If you know what's on the CD, hold down Shift when inserting the CD and
hold it until the CD spins down. That prevents Autoplay from occurring.

Yeah, I've known that since Windows 95 and that's not what I want.

 

[PD43]

Yeah, I've known that since Windows 95 and that's not what I want.

Have you played with all the auto-play options to see if one of them
will do what you want?

If you have not, perhaps it's time for you to try.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 3/4/2008 12:25 PM, and on a whim, Jeff Johnson
pounded out on the keyboard:

Yeah, I've known that since Windows 95 and that's not what I want.

May not be what you want, but AFAIK, that's the only way to stop the
execution of the autorun.inf file other than turning off Autoplay all
together.

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[Jeff Johnson]

Have you played with all the auto-play options to see if one of them
will do what you want?

If you have not, perhaps it's time for you to try.

I looked and every option except "mixed content" was a definite No. If
someone has a good reference on what "mixed content" really means, I'd
appreciate a link, but I'm guessing it simply means more than one type of
media (pictures + audio, for example), and has nothing to do with
executables.

 

[PD43]

I looked and every option except "mixed content" was a definite No. If
someone has a good reference on what "mixed content" really means, I'd
appreciate a link, but I'm guessing it simply means more than one type of
media (pictures + audio, for example), and has nothing to do with
executables.

Mixed content would be a combination of ANY type of files.

Including executables