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Old May 23rd, 2002, 11:58 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Autorun not working???

for some reason my Win98SE stopped detecting autrun.inf files on my CD-ROM and CD-RW drives. Whenever I put in a CD now, even when it contains an autorun file, the CD won't start automatically. Any ideas?
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Old May 24th, 2002, 12:02 AM     #2 (permalink)
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Absolutely! Go into your CD-ROM properties/settings under Device Manager, uncheck Auto Insert Notification (if it's checked), click ok...restart...go back into same area and check it this time. Restart and give it a whirl...I also know of a way via going into your registry if that doesn't work. Lemme know...

EDIT: Controlling autorun in any version of Windows:
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go to device manager and check auto insert notification is turned on in you cd. there also is a program that usually appears in my systray which something like disk detector.
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ok, that device manager thing didn't work. I'm trying the registry tweak
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nope, that registry tweak still doesn't work. I think it's a sign that I need a fresh install of windows.
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Old May 24th, 2002, 12:20 AM     #6 (permalink)
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One more thing that might work is to go into your device manager, remove your cd-rom and reboot. Never know, it's worth a shot.

EDIT: This may work also...

To Modify these Registry Settings, Use Regedit and navigate to the following Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Policies
Explorer
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"


The default value for the setting is 95 0 0 0. Change the first byte to 91. Restart the computer to make the new setting take effect. You may have to right-click on the floppy and choose AutoPlay from the menu to see the AutoPlay behavior.

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thank you thank you thank you...my value was set as 75 for some reason. now it work. thank you again
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Did you try TweakUI ?..

You can now turn off/on the "Play audio CDs automatically" and "Play data CDs automatically" options in the "Paranoia" tab.

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<edit> .. Oops .. too late ..
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thanks anyways Ken, I like Tweak UI to tweak windows anyways
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thank you thank you thank you...my value was set as 75 for some reason. now it work. thank you again

You're very welcome! I've had that problem in the past, I knew I was missing something. Glad to help!

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