Enable autoplayfrom USB diskonkey memory stick

[Mark Anderson]

Hi

[Please re-direct me if this is an inappropriate forum for the question]

I want to use an M-Systems 'disgo' Diskonkey 256 Mb USB memory stick to
test basic autoplay - or more pertinently troubleshoot autorun.inf calls
rather than burn lots of test CDs. I'm not worried about speed/bandwidth
etc. - this is *just* to test calls.

OK, the stick mounts as a "removable drive" on my Win2kSP3 system and I
set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exp
lorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun to '91' - i.e. allowing removable drives to
autoplay *if* an autorun.inf is found in the drive's root.

No joy, so I'm figuring I either need some more Registry alterations or
this just can't be done.

If simple to do I'd just as happily go with a temporary volume if a Win
2k NTFS disk supports this. I'd need some instructions on how to
make/unmount volume the volume and any regedit changes (e.g. to the
above setting) that might be needed.

[I know I'm not the latest SP but I'm in the middle of a whole lot of
tests & beta and now isn't a good time to do a major OS patch on a just
in case basis]

TIA

Mark

 

[Bob I]

Go here and read up on what all you need to check.(watch the wrap)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...0/techinfo/reskit/en-us/w2rkbook/regentry.asp

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveAutoRun


and related links at bottom of the entry.

 

[Bob I]

Sorry the other one got away but this may be the sticker on your project.

"Autoplay is triggered by a Media Change Notification (MCN) message from
the CD-ROM driver. If the Windows 2000 interface does not receive this
message, Autoplay does not operate, regardless of the value of this"

 

[Mark Anderson]

Bob,

Go here and read up on what all you need to check.(watch the wrap)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...0/techinfo/reskit/en-us/w2rkbook/regentry.asp
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDrive
AutoRun


and related links at bottom of the entry.

Thanks. You follow up message also is noted. From the ResKit reference
here I note that the setting is only in HKCU but not HKLM. Would that
effect things.

I'm a bit having why you'd have both unless HKLM is a shortcut to
setting the same value for all users, whereas HKCU is per user?

Regards

Mark

 

[Bob I]

You are correct as per the following(from the reference)

Autoplay is also disabled on any drive if it is disabled by the value of
NoDriveAutoRun (in HKLM or HKCU) or NoDriveTypeAutoRun (in HKLM or
HKCU). But if either of these entries appear in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, the
corresponding entries in HKEY_CURRENT_USER are ignored.

 

[Mark Anderson]

Bob,

OK, so I read that to mean the converse as well - if I have an HKCU
setting, I don't need HKLM as well.

Looks like I'm not getting the MCM call <sigh>.

Can you make temporary partitions on the fly in Win2k?

Regards

Mark

 

[Bob I]

All partitions are temporary when you think about it!

Perhaps a little more explanation as to what you mean by that phrase?

 

[Mark Anderson]

All partitions are temporary when you think about it!

Perhaps a little more explanation as to what you mean by that phrase?

Bob,

I just <g> want to be able to test autorun.inf functions without having
to burn CDs. In the past I had a PC with 2 h/d and used the D: drive.
Since my last post I've used the 'subst' method. Thus:

1. I create C:\root for my test files.
2. At the run prompt I type "subst R: C:\Root"
3. I can now autoplay from that folder via a new R: drive.
4. If I alter stuff I must refresh by using "subst R: /d" to unmount and
then repeat #2

Limitation, the drive icon is cached, even if you do step #4. I suspect
an OS re-boot is needed for this.

Note this doesn't work on an XP computer and - guess what - I'm just
moving from Win2k to XP.

I'm not looking to use formal partitioning of the drive (anyway I've
RAIDed drives) but something simple like above or perhaps a RAMdrive.

Any clearer?

Mark

 

[Bob I]

How about CDRW? <g>

Have you tried "Switching" to "R" to clear it?

 

[Mark Anderson]

How about CDRW? <g>

Have you tried "Switching" to "R" to clear it?

CDRW. Only if you finalise the disc, which, of course is CD-R! Otherwise
I find autoply doesn't always work.

"Switching"? not sure what you mean.

Regards

Mark

 

[Bob I]

The "R" drive. At a command promt type in R: and press enter.

 

[Mark Anderson]

The "R" drive. At a command promt type in R: and press enter.

Ah, I'll have to try.

Mark