Windows XP Autoplay & general Error

[Guest]

Recently Ive been using a Registry cleaner and it removed 600 things that the
program said wasnt required but now when I insert a CD, DVD, Portable device
it only comes up with one option thats to do nothing now CD's and DVD's just
open as a folder view and skip auto play althogether, however if the item has
music files it has 3 options and if its a music CD its got the full options.
I really want to fix this as I use it alot.
Anyone know how?

Also .ico files normally show what they are next to them but since using the
registry cleaner it no longer does and I need this fixed.

And last of all my DVD Drive has had its type changed the computer now says
its a CD Drive instead of a DVD drive and I want to fix this aswell.

So please try and help.
Windows XP Home SP 2

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Sam,

That's why registry cleaners are a failure. They do more harm than good. See if the registry cleaner has an "Undo" feature. If not, try a System Restore rollback.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Recently Ive been using a Registry cleaner and it removed 600 things that the
program said wasnt required but now when I insert a CD, DVD, Portable device
it only comes up with one option thats to do nothing now CD's and DVD's just
open as a folder view and skip auto play althogether, however if the item has
music files it has 3 options and if its a music CD its got the full options.
I really want to fix this as I use it alot.
Anyone know how?

Also .ico files normally show what they are next to them but since using the
registry cleaner it no longer does and I need this fixed.

And last of all my DVD Drive has had its type changed the computer now says
its a CD Drive instead of a DVD drive and I want to fix this aswell.

So please try and help.
Windows XP Home SP 2

 

[Guest]

I tried to use system restore but it only goes back to the 15th (Yesterday)
it seems the previous restore points have been removed.

If I re-installed Service Pack 2 will this fix the problem?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

IMO, reinstalling SP2 for this problem is an over-kill, although it might fix the problems #2 and #3. Third-party autoplay entries will not be restored anyway. Look at these solutions:

"CleanHandlers" - Autoplay repair utility:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoplayhandlers.htm

..ICO association fix:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I tried to use system restore but it only goes back to the 15th (Yesterday)
it seems the previous restore points have been removed.

If I re-installed Service Pack 2 will this fix the problem?

 

[Jaymon]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Why not just turn it off..? Use the TweakUI XP powertoy to turn it off for
the CD/DVD drives..

I know when I put in a music CD or movie DVD, don't need XP to tell me or
try to figure it out for me, always use the program I want to use anyway..

j;-j