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  1. dymmy
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    weird autoplay problem


    hi can someone help. I have been trying to solve this one for a while. Whenever i put my driver disk that came with my motherboard or indeed any other disk with software on it the autorun feature works but not the 'install software' box 'run.exe' option. In autoplay the option is to ask each time and there is nowhere i can reset or configure it to ask me if i want to install or run the auto setup file. If i open the disk and click on the setup.exe file myself it runs but wont let me see the window as it did it is there as an open folder on the bottom right of taskbar but only shows me the thumbnail of the folder and refuses to actually open it. I therefore cannot use the interface to choose which software or hardware to install. All other softwaree disks wont autorun only they will if i manually click on the setup.exe but something has interferd with the way it used to work fine.
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  3. dymmy
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    dymmy said:
    hi can someone help. I have been trying to solve this one for a while. Whenever i put my driver disk that came with my motherboard or indeed any other disk with software on it the autorun feature works but not the 'install software' box 'run.exe' option. In autoplay the option is to ask each time and there is nowhere i can reset or configure it to ask me if i want to install or run the auto setup file. If i open the disk and click on the setup.exe file myself it runs but wont let me see the window as it did it is there as an open folder on the bottom right of taskbar but only shows me the thumbnail of the folder and refuses to actually open it. I therefore cannot use the interface to choose which software or hardware to install. All other softwaree disks wont autorun only they will if i manually click on the setup.exe but something has interferd with the way it used to work fine.
    shellhwdetection is automatic and the DVD drive i use is external USB one
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  4. indianacarnie
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    Give your machine a through cleaning and then run a sfc /scannow. Do you have a VMware installed?
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  6. dymmy
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    no vmware. sfc completes with no errors
    i get this :

    when i used to get this :
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails weird autoplay problem-autoplay.jpg   weird autoplay problem-tagoreillycom20091001oreillyimages326561.png.jpg  
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  7. indianacarnie
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    Hmmmmmmm......... I'd still recommend a sfc /scannow, but then..... lol..... I recommend that alot. Its saved my bacon many times over then years. Have you tried a restore to before the time you forced it to install/recognise the rom drive?
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  8. dymmy
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    there is no restore thats relevant seems to only go back one day. Its a new pc and have been installing allsorts over the past week.
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  10. indianacarnie
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    I don't know if this is relevant or not but have you read this?

    AutoRun changes in Windows 7 - Security Research & Defense - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

    Try , if you haven't yet , running your A/V and malware programs
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  11. dymmy
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    indianacarnie said:
    I don't know if this is relevant or not but have you read this?

    AutoRun changes in Windows 7 - Security Research & Defense - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

    Try , if you haven't yet , running your A/V and malware programs
    no malware at all I have Kaspersky running always. I did read this and as when i first used this disk via my usb/dvd reader it worked and gave me the run option which booted the desired UI that i need to run and choose the relevant drivers/software I am assuming it should work now. Maybe an update of windows 7 has changed this. Does the definition of a usb drive mean a 'stick' or indeed as i am using a dvd read/writer I am assuming they mean a usb stick. Basically any software disk I have bundled from manufacturers will not autorun and few will allow me to manually run setup the one from ASUS will not even do that now !

    ie this will not happen on my machine:
    http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/s...B1/image_8.png
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  12. indianacarnie
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    I hesitate to to say this as you obviously have some experience here ..... but have you changed and/or looked at the settings for autoplay software and games? (Control panel > Hardware and Sound > Autoplay)
    Theres an option to "Install or Run program from your media". Running out of suggestions here...... sorry

    I must say the lack of restore points worries me as Windows will usually make a new restore point for each new program installation. And you say you've been installing a lot of software this past week.
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  13. dymmy
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    I have and even when i change the setting to ask every time to 'install or run from media' it makes no difference at all and always brings up the generic :

    thx for your help I did a bit of deleting files to clean up and rediscover my lost 50gb that was being taken up by restore files and paging files etc. Thats when i lost my restore options. Too much knowledge is a hinderance
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