Window Asking What to Do when Inserting CD or Drive

[Guest]

You all know that in XP, when inserting a CD or DVD or even a Jump Drive, a
window pops up and it ask what you want to do now or from now on - either
open folder, play movie, etc. Is there a way to change that option once you
set it for windows to remember? For example, I have it set for CDs to open
in folder view, but I want to change it so that it plays automatically, etc.

Thanks. This was a little hard to describe.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

1. Open Windows XP's "Help and Support Center".
2. In the Search box type: AUTOPLAY , and hit enter.
3. Click on: "Change how your computer handles multimedia content".

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| You all know that in XP, when inserting a CD or DVD or even a Jump Drive, a
| window pops up and it ask what you want to do now or from now on - either
| open folder, play movie, etc. Is there a way to change that option once you
| set it for windows to remember? For example, I have it set for CDs to open
| in folder view, but I want to change it so that it plays automatically, etc.
|
| Thanks. This was a little hard to describe.


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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi RL331,

Open My Computer, right-click the CD drive-letter and choose Properties. In
the Autoplay tab, set the options accordingly.

IMG:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/11/autoplay/autoplayfig03.gif