Autoplay Doesn't Work

[Food Snobbery]

I've seen numerous posts about the autoplay feature in Vista, so its
obviously a problem...

I have autoplay set for the majority of instances where I would like
it...but I get absolutely NOTHING!!!

Nothing when a DVD, CD, Program Disk, or any other kind of disk is
inserted...NOTHING...

Obviously there is a problem with this feature, as I've seen no difinitive
corrective action posted to get this "feature" to work properly...

I'm about to chuck Vista, and go back to WinXP...This new system is supposed
to be "designed" for Vista...but all in all...I think its crap...from
features that don't work...to being told, as the administrator on my own
machine, that I don't have the permission to do things...to the fact that I
can't seem to delete a directory unless I clean every subfile and
subdirectory out...even if I myself created them...

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

In your Control Panel, open the "Default Programs" applet.
Click on "Change AutoPlay settings" and make your desired
changes, then click on "Save".


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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I've seen numerous posts about the autoplay feature in Vista, so its
obviously a problem...

I have autoplay set for the majority of instances where I would like
it...but I get absolutely NOTHING!!!

Nothing when a DVD, CD, Program Disk, or any other kind of disk is
inserted...NOTHING...

Obviously there is a problem with this feature, as I've seen no difinitive
corrective action posted to get this "feature" to work properly...

I'm about to chuck Vista, and go back to WinXP...This new system is supposed
to be "designed" for Vista...but all in all...I think its crap...from
features that don't work...to being told, as the administrator on my own
machine, that I don't have the permission to do things...to the fact that I
can't seem to delete a directory unless I clean every subfile and
subdirectory out...even if I myself created them...

 

[James]

Food Snobbery, hey don't say Vista is a crap. That wouldn't help you to
solve your problem. Take it easy... Maybe Autoplay in all types of media is
disabled?

http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/2008/04/disable-auto-play-in-all-types-of-media.html

Try this... If you have the program WinBubble, Go to Security Tab > check
and uncheck then click the apply button.

Ok, If you feel that you want to do it manually in the registry, here:
go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

delete the key NoDriveTypeAutoRun

 

[James]

Another thing if it is located at HKEY_CURRENT_USER, read this article from
microsoft...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330135

I hope this helps...

 

[Karl Snooks]

Food Snobbery,
To change autoplay settings
Start » Control Panel » Hardware and Sound » Autoplay

For detailed explanation:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/40f23376-1351-49d5-8d48-5c05d35f2ac81033.mspx


OR

If Classical view of Control Panel is selected:
Start » Control Panel » Default Programs » Change Autoplay Settings


karl

I've seen numerous posts about the autoplay feature in Vista, so its
obviously a problem...

I have autoplay set for the majority of instances where I would like
it...but I get absolutely NOTHING!!!

Nothing when a DVD, CD, Program Disk, or any other kind of disk is
inserted...NOTHING...

Obviously there is a problem with this feature, as I've seen no difinitive
corrective action posted to get this "feature" to work properly...

I'm about to chuck Vista, and go back to WinXP...This new system is supposed
to be "designed" for Vista...but all in all...I think its crap...from
features that don't work...to being told, as the administrator on my own
machine, that I don't have the permission to do things...to the fact that I
can't seem to delete a directory unless I clean every subfile and
subdirectory out...even if I myself created them...