Autoplay problem

[Bill]

I am having a problem with autoplay and removable media
(camera and
SanDisk reader). I would like to have the autoplay start
up my Picasa photo
manager program upon insertion of either the camera into
the usb port or a
media card into the reader. So far I have not been able
to make this work. My son in law has the same camera and
software and his works properly. He does not have service
pack 1 installed.
I am using XP home edition service pack 1 running on
a Dell Dimension
8250. Autoplay works ok with CD music disks, DVD movies
and CDR recording
and CD R/W disks. The camera and the media reader appear
as a device with
removal storage when I click on My Computer. I am
accessing the Autoplay
setup feature by right clicking on the drive and
selecting properties then
on the Autoplay menu. I select the the content type as
pictures and select
the action to use Picasa to download pictures. When I
click OK and then
check the Autoplay action again the content type has
reverted back to music
files. Using Tweak UI I can verify that the drives are
selected, that
autoplay is enabled for removalable drives and the
AutoPlay handlers are
present. Am I missing something? Is there something else
I need to do?

 

[TLP]

If your Dell is like mine, it came with a Creative Soundblaster soundcard.
Creative is aware of the problem using autoplay features such as cameras.
They have issued a patch which corrects the problem. It is the third choice
down on this page:

http://tinyurl.com/6j11

 

[TLP]

If your Dell is like mine, it came with a Creative Soundblaster soundcard.
Creative is aware of the problem using autoplay features such as cameras.
They have issued a patch which corrects the problem. It is the third choice
down on this page:

http://tinyurl.com/6j11

 

[Bill]

Thanks! This patch seems to have done the trick. Camera
and card reader now work.

Bill

 

[TLP]

I'm glad it worked for you, Bill. I hope other people experiencing the same
problem see this thread. It could save alot of posts!

 

[Russ]

I had the same problem with a Dell Dimension XPS. It
suddenly stopped Autoplaying. I searched high and low
and finally found the solution to my problem at this
site:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?
board.id=dim_backup&message.id=3681&view=by_date_ascending
&page=2. I backed up my registry before making the
change. It happened again about two weeks later and has
been fine now for about 3 months. I have a gut feeling it
had something to do with SP1 update, as others seem to
have the problem at the same time. Hope this helps.