Autorun not working???

[lost-and-found]

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?

[Martoch]

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:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/6/

[Epidemic]

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.

[lost-and-found]

ok, that device manager thing didn't work. I'm trying the registry tweak

[lost-and-found]

nope, that registry tweak still doesn't work. I think it's a sign that I need a fresh install of windows.

[Martoch]

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.

[lost-and-found]

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

[KenKun]

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.

Regards

<edit> .. Oops .. too late ..

[lost-and-found]

thanks anyways Ken, I like Tweak UI to tweak windows anyways

[Martoch]

Quote:

Originally posted by lost-and-found
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!

Mike