Autoplay/Autorun not working

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try here:

Line 10 - left hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Courtesy of MVP Kelly.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Hello all,
|
| The autoplay on my cd rom (creative) has stopped working.I have easy cd
| creator (fully updated version) , (points to Memorex Burner) which I
| uninstalled to help troubleshoot. No go. The "problem "drive reads music
cds
| and burnt ones. Device manager says its working.Kelly's Korner fix didn't
| work. Anyone haveother Ideas?
|
| Thanks in advance!
|
|

 

[Gordie]

Hello all,

The autoplay on my cd rom (creative) has stopped working.I have easy cd
creator (fully updated version) , (points to Memorex Burner) which I
uninstalled to help troubleshoot. No go. The "problem "drive reads music cds
and burnt ones. Device manager says its working.Kelly's Korner fix didn't
work. Anyone haveother Ideas?

Thanks in advance!

 

[*Vanguard*]

Gordie said in news:%[email protected]:

Hello all,

The autoplay on my cd rom (creative) has stopped working.I have easy
cd creator (fully updated version) , (points to Memorex Burner) which
I uninstalled to help troubleshoot. No go. The "problem "drive reads
music cds and burnt ones. Device manager says its working.Kelly's
Korner fix didn't work. Anyone haveother Ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Go to http://search.microsoft.com. Search for "Autoplay Repair Wizard".
Might help.

 

[Gordie]

Thanks.
Sorted it out though I can't say for sure how because when I installed the
fix you mentioned it appeared not to work.The drive still wasn't playing cds
straight off. Tinkered with Drive Properties/Autoplay quite a bit for both
the cd rom and the cdrw.
Hopes this helps others with similar problems.

 

[Kelly]

It is called:

Run the Auto Play Repair Tool (Line 234)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Kelly]

Very complexed and problematic issue within XP, Gordie. Good luck!

 

[Gordie]

Hi all,

Well, well,well!!
It was the Roxio software that was the culprit afterall.
Here is what I did to get back the autoplay.(The little cd icon that flashes
above the pointer after a disc is put in the drive, is now restored.)
I uninstalled the Easy cd creator (add /remove programs), then went looking
for anything remotely related to Roxio and removed these as well. I removed
the Adaptec folder contents (found in Programs Files) and then went to
Common Files (still in program files) and deleted everything in the Adaptec
Shared folder. I then uninstalled the drivers for the CD-ROM I was having
problems with and shut down the machine. Opened it up and disconnected the
CD-ROM completely. Started it up and reinstalled Easy cd using the
burner.(This way when the Roxio looks for supported hardware during the
install it would only see the burner and not get the chance to affect the
CD-ROM drive)
Shut down again and reconnected the CD-ROM. Windows detects it and installs
the drivers.Then went to properties of the drive found autoplay and used the
"restore defaults" button for music cds, videos, music files etc.( By the
way, you have to click "apply" everytime you select one of these).
So far everything is working fine. Quite pleased with myself. .

 

[Kelly]

Great work, Gordie. Thanks for the feedback. )

 

[Kelly]

My bad, didn't see your reply.

 

[Guest]

Kelly, I've been having the same auto play problem. I can get cd/dvd to run
if I go into "my computer" highlight D drive and get it to work from there.
All the tests I've done say the D & E drives are working fine. The computer
is not a year old and this problem has only arisen since we downloaded the XP
service pack 2. Tried using Auto repair tool you mentioned but no luck, any
other suggestions