auto play not opening usb storage

[maeve]

Hi, I used to open usb storage devices by choosing an option from a menu
when I inserted my usb device. Now autoplay doesn't open these storage
devices and I have to open my computer and access the folders from there. I
have tried changing autoplay settings but still not working. Maybe there's
a box that I haven't ticked or something. My media center also won't open
videos but will play DVDs. Can someone help? Thanks

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Usually that is caused by bad entries in the registry. Locations like (but
not exactly)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}\##?#USBSTOR#Disk&Ven_OLYMPUS&Prod_FE210#X775&Rev_1.00#X61047734#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\Vid_07b4&Pid_0109\X61047734

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_OLYMPUS&Prod_FE210/X775&Rev_1.00\X61047734

You can try exporting and deleting those type of entries, and see if it
helps. If not run the exported ?.REG files to restore the registry entries.
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