Autoplay not working...

Hi! I'm at wits end trying to figure out why Autoplay isn't working anymore
on my system. It doesn't matter what settings I use in Start - Control
Panel - AutoPlay it still won't start a game, audio CD, DVD movie or any
CD/DVD media automatically. When I insert a CD/DVD, all that happens is the
drive info in Windows explorer changes from the generic "DVD RW Drive (D"
to whatever CD or DVD that was inserted.

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Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

See if this Wizard fixes the problem:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

It is for XP or Windows Server 2003. If you have any other windows then I
am not sure if the wizard is available.

hth

"Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
news:ho3qcb$t65$...
> Hi! I'm at wits end trying to figure out why Autoplay isn't working
> anymore on my system. It doesn't matter what settings I use in Start -
> Control Panel - AutoPlay it still won't start a game, audio CD, DVD movie
> or any CD/DVD media automatically. When I insert a CD/DVD, all that
> happens is the drive info in Windows explorer changes from the generic
> "DVD RW Drive (D" to whatever CD or DVD that was inserted.
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> Windows 7 Home Premium
>
>
>

On 3/20/2010 9:04 PM, LD55ZRA wrote:
> See if this Wizard fixes the problem:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> It is for XP or Windows Server 2003. If you have any other windows then I
> am not sure if the wizard is available.
>
> hth
>
> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:ho3qcb$t65$...
>> Hi! I'm at wits end trying to figure out why Autoplay isn't working
>> anymore on my system. It doesn't matter what settings I use in Start -
>> Control Panel - AutoPlay it still won't start a game, audio CD, DVD movie
>> or any CD/DVD media automatically. When I insert a CD/DVD, all that
>> happens is the drive info in Windows explorer changes from the generic
>> "DVD RW Drive (D" to whatever CD or DVD that was inserted.

No that didn't do anything. Ran for a bit then popped up a window
saying that the program had stopped and Windows was searching for a
solution. BTW I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium, sorry I didn't mention
that before.

--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

Timestamp: Sunday, March 21, 2010 8:50:06 PM

"Roy Smith" <> wrote in message news:ho6icn$vv6$...
> On 3/20/2010 9:04 PM, LD55ZRA wrote:
>> See if this Wizard fixes the problem:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>
>> It is for XP or Windows Server 2003. If you have any other windows then I
>> am not sure if the wizard is available.
>>
>> hth
>>
>> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
>> news:ho3qcb$t65$...
>>> Hi! I'm at wits end trying to figure out why Autoplay isn't working
>>> anymore on my system. It doesn't matter what settings I use in Start -
>>> Control Panel - AutoPlay it still won't start a game, audio CD, DVD movie
>>> or any CD/DVD media automatically. When I insert a CD/DVD, all that
>>> happens is the drive info in Windows explorer changes from the generic
>>> "DVD RW Drive (D" to whatever CD or DVD that was inserted.
>
> No that didn't do anything. Ran for a bit then popped up a window
> saying that the program had stopped and Windows was searching for a
> solution. BTW I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium, sorry I didn't mention
> that before.
>
> --
>
>

This is my reply to an earlier thread about a similar problem:
Have you installed any software recently that could have changed things?
Have you tried a system restore ?
There are a few ideas here (about Vista), maybe one might relate to your problem:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/

"Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
news:ucSdneJ-...
>
> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:ho6icn$vv6$...
>> On 3/20/2010 9:04 PM, LD55ZRA wrote:
>>> See if this Wizard fixes the problem:
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>>
>>> It is for XP or Windows Server 2003. If you have any other windows then
>>> I
>>> am not sure if the wizard is available.
>>>
>>> hth
>>>
>>> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
>>> news:ho3qcb$t65$...
>>>> Hi! I'm at wits end trying to figure out why Autoplay isn't working
>>>> anymore on my system. It doesn't matter what settings I use in Start -
>>>> Control Panel - AutoPlay it still won't start a game, audio CD, DVD
>>>> movie
>>>> or any CD/DVD media automatically. When I insert a CD/DVD, all that
>>>> happens is the drive info in Windows explorer changes from the generic
>>>> "DVD RW Drive (D" to whatever CD or DVD that was inserted.
>>
>> No that didn't do anything. Ran for a bit then popped up a window
>> saying that the program had stopped and Windows was searching for a
>> solution. BTW I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium, sorry I didn't mention
>> that before.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>
> This is my reply to an earlier thread about a similar problem:
> Have you installed any software recently that could have changed things?
> Have you tried a system restore ?
> There are a few ideas here (about Vista), maybe one might relate to your
> problem:
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/

Thanks! That was a big help as it turns out the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun
had somehow been changed to 255, which disables autoplay on all drives.
Changing it's value back to 145 allowed it to start working again.


--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

"Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
news:Kudrn.94829$...
>
> "Dave-UK" <> wrote in message news:ucSdneJ-...
>>
>> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
>> news:ho6icn$vv6$...
>>> On 3/20/2010 9:04 PM, LD55ZRA wrote:
>>>> See if this Wizard fixes the problem:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>>>
>>>> It is for XP or Windows Server 2003. If you have any other windows then I
>>>> am not sure if the wizard is available.
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>>
>>>> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:ho3qcb$t65$...
>>>>> Hi! I'm at wits end trying to figure out why Autoplay isn't working
>>>>> anymore on my system. It doesn't matter what settings I use in Start -
>>>>> Control Panel - AutoPlay it still won't start a game, audio CD, DVD movie
>>>>> or any CD/DVD media automatically. When I insert a CD/DVD, all that
>>>>> happens is the drive info in Windows explorer changes from the generic
>>>>> "DVD RW Drive (D" to whatever CD or DVD that was inserted.
>>>
>>> No that didn't do anything. Ran for a bit then popped up a window
>>> saying that the program had stopped and Windows was searching for a
>>> solution. BTW I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium, sorry I didn't mention
>>> that before.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This is my reply to an earlier thread about a similar problem:
>> Have you installed any software recently that could have changed things?
>> Have you tried a system restore ?
>> There are a few ideas here (about Vista), maybe one might relate to your problem:
>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
>
> Thanks! That was a big help as it turns out the registry key
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun
> had somehow been changed to 255, which disables autoplay on all drives. Changing it's value back
> to 145 allowed it to start working again.
>
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> Windows 7 Home Premium
>
>

It might be some security software that had changed the setting.

On 3/26/2010 9:41 PM, Dave-UK wrote:
>
> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:Kudrn.94829$...
>>
>> "Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
>> news:ucSdneJ-...
>>>
>>> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
>>> news:ho6icn$vv6$...
>>>> On 3/20/2010 9:04 PM, LD55ZRA wrote:
>>>>> See if this Wizard fixes the problem:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It is for XP or Windows Server 2003. If you have any other windows
>>>>> then I
>>>>> am not sure if the wizard is available.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ho3qcb$t65$...
>>>>>> Hi! I'm at wits end trying to figure out why Autoplay isn't working
>>>>>> anymore on my system. It doesn't matter what settings I use in
>>>>>> Start -
>>>>>> Control Panel - AutoPlay it still won't start a game, audio CD,
>>>>>> DVD movie
>>>>>> or any CD/DVD media automatically. When I insert a CD/DVD, all that
>>>>>> happens is the drive info in Windows explorer changes from the
>>>>>> generic
>>>>>> "DVD RW Drive (D" to whatever CD or DVD that was inserted.
>>>>
>>>> No that didn't do anything. Ran for a bit then popped up a window
>>>> saying that the program had stopped and Windows was searching for a
>>>> solution. BTW I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium, sorry I didn't mention
>>>> that before.
>>>
>>> This is my reply to an earlier thread about a similar problem:
>>> Have you installed any software recently that could have changed things?
>>> Have you tried a system restore ?
>>> There are a few ideas here (about Vista), maybe one might relate to
>>> your problem:
>>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
>>>
>>
>> Thanks! That was a big help as it turns out the registry key
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun
>> had somehow been changed to 255, which disables autoplay on all
>> drives. Changing it's value back to 145 allowed it to start working
>> again.
>
> It might be some security software that had changed the setting.
>

That's possible, but I don't know for certain. I'm not the only one
that uses this pc, so it's not easy to keep up with what might have
changed, and exactly when that change may have happened. Anyway it's
working now. Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction
to solve this problem!

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Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

Timestamp: Saturday, March 27, 2010 6:34:47 AM