Autoplay for USB disabled for XP Sp3

M

Mint

Has autoplay for XP Sp3 been disabled for USB drives?

Setting NoDriveTypeAutoRun to 91 did not work.

Thanks.
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Any number of post-SP3 updates disable AutoPlay/AutoRun on removable drives.
 
P

PaulM

Which script did you try??? One script will enable and the other will
disable autorun.
 
D

Daave

Mint said:
Has autoplay for XP Sp3 been disabled for USB drives?

Setting NoDriveTypeAutoRun to 91 did not work.
Click to expand...

I actually like having autoplay disabled. It makes malware less likley
to invade my PC.

And it's not much more work to open Windows Explorer to see what's on
the external drive (I either double-click My Computer or press the
Windows key + E combination.)

That being said, it's pretty easy to toggle Autoplay on and off if you
install Tweak UI:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
 
M

Mint

I actually like having autoplay disabled. It makes malware less likley
to invade my PC.

And it's not much more work to open Windows Explorer to see what's on
the external drive (I either double-click My Computer or press the
Windows key + E combination.)

That being said, it's pretty easy to toggle Autoplay on and off if you
install Tweak UI:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Click to expand...

I am not using autoplay for viewing files.

I want to run my own program on my USB disk.

Upgrading to XP Sp3 made autoplay on USB sticks unavailable.

It's a shame.
 
T

Tim Meddick

If you reset the following values to 0 [zero] in the registry, you will
re-enable autoplay on all removable media - including USB drives.

Or simply copy / past the following into a simple text file, using Notepad,
and re-name it, making sure you give it a .reg extension. Then
double-click to import it.


------------------- copy between lines -------------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000000
"NoDriveAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000000

------------------- copy between lines -------------------

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :)




I actually like having autoplay disabled. It makes malware less likley
to invade my PC.

And it's not much more work to open Windows Explorer to see what's on
the external drive (I either double-click My Computer or press the
Windows key + E combination.)

That being said, it's pretty easy to toggle Autoplay on and off if you
install Tweak UI:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Click to expand...

I am not using autoplay for viewing files.

I want to run my own program on my USB disk.

Upgrading to XP Sp3 made autoplay on USB sticks unavailable.

It's a shame.
 
D

Daave

Mint said:
I am not using autoplay for viewing files.

I want to run my own program on my USB disk.

Upgrading to XP Sp3 made autoplay on USB sticks unavailable.

It's a shame.
Click to expand...

Why complain about it when all you need to do is install Tweak UI, which
is useful for other things as well? This way autoplay will be available
for you again.

Or you could just copy the program (sounds like a standalone) to your
PC.

The bottom line is autoplay can be available if you choose to make it
so. And with minimal effort, too.
 
M

Mint

If you reset the following values to 0 [zero] in the registry, you will
re-enable autoplay on all removable media - including USB drives.

Or simply copy / past the following into a simple text file, using Notepad,
and re-name it, making sure you give it a .reg extension.  Then
double-click to import it.

------------------- copy between lines -------------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000000
"NoDriveAutoRun"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000000
Click to expand...

It didn't work.
MS disabled it completely in Sp3.

[autorun]
open=checka.exe
 
M

Mint

Why complain about it when all you need to do is install Tweak UI, which
is useful for other things as well? This way autoplay will be available
for you again.

Or you could just copy the program (sounds like a standalone) to your
PC.

The bottom line is autoplay can be available if you choose to make it
so. And with minimal effort, too.
Click to expand...

No is complaining.

autorun.inf USED to be a legitimate way to autostart programs on CD/
DVDs and USB sticks.
They serve a useful purpose, but some evil people used it for harm.

See previous post.
MS disabled autoplay completely in Sp3.
 
D

Daave

Mint said:
No is complaining.

autorun.inf USED to be a legitimate way to autostart programs on CD/
DVDs and USB sticks.
They serve a useful purpose, but some evil people used it for harm.

See previous post.
MS disabled autoplay completely in Sp3.
Click to expand...

Not completely.

Have you tried Tweak UI? There indeed is a setting for "Enable Autoplay
for removable drives." And it does work. Even with SP3.

Minimal effort, my friend. Are you willing to give it a try?
 
T

Tim Meddick

I agree, autoplay still executes Autorun.inf files (both on cd & pen
drives) - What rubbish "they disabled it in sp3" ???!!!!

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :)
 

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