autoplay

[rb]

Running Win XP (home). Have USB hard drive.

When the auto drive is plugged back in, power on USB hard drive, I get an
AUTOPLAY running a bunch of stuff.

With this AUTOPLAY, what is going where??? Why am I getting this?

 

[JimL]

Running Win XP (home). Have USB hard drive.

When the auto drive is plugged back in, power on USB hard drive, I get an
AUTOPLAY running a bunch of stuff.

With this AUTOPLAY, what is going where??? Why am I getting this?

I hope you get a great answer. I once had that thing shut down. It started
bugging me again but I apparently lost my notes in an email program change.
I'd like it to do like a line in a very old song: "Shut your mouth! Go
away!" Except I'd add a line: "And don't come back again!"

JimL

 

[Olórin]

Running Win XP (home). Have USB hard drive.

When the auto drive is plugged back in, power on USB hard drive, I get an
AUTOPLAY running a bunch of stuff.

With this AUTOPLAY, what is going where??? Why am I getting this?

Check for a file called autorun.inf in the root directory of the "auto
drive". You may need to enable viewing of hidden files & folders to see it:
in a Windows Explorer view of the drive, "Tools" > "Folder Options" > "View"
tab > under "Hidden files and folders" select "Show hidden files and
folders" > OK. If there's one there, rename or delete it.

If you were to open it with Notepad you'd see what file is being called and
starting up automatically.

 

[JimL]

Hey, RB. Did this help you any? I didn't have any autorun.infs in any
roots.