Autoplay help

[JRM]

I wasent sure where to put this so i just picked here, sorry if its the wrong spot!

Hi,
I just upgraded to Windows 7 from Windows vista and now i have an annoying problem:

Previously when ever i plugged in a USB drive or turn one on it would automatically open up to the folder without no autoplay box popping up but now in win 7 the box always pops up even after i set all the options to open up folder in windows explorer:

Plugged it in:



Autoplay settings:



Plugged it back in:
The same as the first image it still pops up, i just want it to open the drive folder automatically whenever i pop in a USB drive or turn on an external drive. Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[zigzag3143]

maybe when you first plug something in it sees it as a blank and thats set to ask you every time?

im gonna assume the usb drivers and bios firmware have been upgraded, etc

ken

 

[tw33k]

hmmm...looks like it's forgetting it's settings. set them back to default, plug in a drive, if you get the option tick "always do this for..." if not go back into autoplay and change the settings again

 

[JRM]

hmmm...looks like it's forgetting it's settings. set them back to default, plug in a drive, if you get the option tick "always do this for..." if not go back into autoplay and change the settings again

I set them to defaults but when i plug the usb stick back in the autoplay comes up bit doesn't have a "always do this for" option just open folder. At the time i only have .rars in the USB but that's what i mostly always have .

 

[zigzag3143]

hmmm...looks like it's forgetting it's settings. set them back to default, plug in a drive, if you get the option tick "always do this for..." if not go back into autoplay and change the settings again

I set them to defaults but when i plug the usb stick back in the autoplay comes up bit doesn't have a "always do this for" option just open folder. At the time i only have .rars in the USB but that's what i mostly always have .

there must be a registry entry that controls it that you could set. Im sure someone will think of it

good luck

 

[JRM]

Anyone else have any ideas? On my vista machine and even in XP as soon as i put the usb drive in it pops up the folder like i want it to.

 

[Dinesh]

Anyone else have any ideas? On my vista machine and even in XP as soon as i put the usb drive in it pops up the folder like i want it to.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/27544-autoplay-enable-disable-autorun.html

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there

In W7 USB autoplay is DELIBERATELY disabled as this used to be a HUGE security risk and a major method in transmitting viruses.

Some youngster (or even not so youngster) would download some (usually pirated music) from a torrent site on to a USB stick and take it to work to play it. The torrent could install a nasty little virus that was auto started when the USB stick was attached to the "victim" computer.

There might be a method of enabling USB Autoplay but you open yourself up to a potential can of worms here if you attempt to do it.

I don't think it's "Normal user" configurable --you'll probbably need a registry hack or some obscure "Admin policy" setting. The tutorial in the previous post might work but I would advise against using this.

Cheers
jimbo.

 

[logicearth]

Remember Conflicker? Autoplay USB drives is one of the ways it used to infect machines. So Microsoft disabled that functionality, for the better anyways.

 

[JRM]

Anyone else have any ideas? On my vista machine and even in XP as soon as i put the usb drive in it pops up the folder like i want it to.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/27544-autoplay-enable-disable-autorun.html

Thanks for the reply and i was sure this would solve my problem but it doesn't seem to of done anything.

I tried method 1 which was already done on my machine:



and i also did method 2:



but this is what happens when i plug in the usb drive still:



also i really love 7's new "snipping" program very simple and easy without using snagit or something similar.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
I don't think you actually READ my post.

For Very good reason the USB autoplay functionality has been disabled in W7. As I pointed out there *might* be a hack but you are on your own on this one and it really isn't hard to open the USB and double click the file you want.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[JRM]

Hi there
I don't think you actually READ my post.

For Very good reason the USB autoplay functionality has been disabled in W7. As I pointed out there *might* be a hack but you are on your own on this one and it really isn't hard to open the USB and double click the file you want.

Cheers
jimbo

I read your post but Dinesh posted a walk-through to enable the function i thought, i know its not difficult to click open folder is explorer but its just what im used to for the past couple years it has always opened. Also dont want it to automaticly run a certain program i just want it to automatically open the drive in explorer.

 

[logicearth]

but its just what im used to for the past couple years it has always opened.

The best advice I can give concerning that. Forget about how it was in the past and learn the new way. Otherwise continue to use the old. Sounds rude I know, but living in a world of technology nothing is the same.

Also dont want it to automaticly run a certain program i just want it to automatically open the drive in explorer.

You have to understand, what you want is never what happens. You may just want this flash drive to open up in explorer, but the malicious flash drive didn't get that memo.

 

[tw33k]

This is a good read and very relevant: Engineering Windows 7 : Improvements to AutoPlay

 

[JRM]

Actually i found a simple fix, all i had to do was put a picture in the root of the USB drive and when i plugged it in it allowed me to choose "always do this for" so now it opens up just as i wanted. Thanks everyone for the help, loving windows 7 so far .

 

[Dinesh]

Glad to hear that you got it sorted.

 

[imbo]

the real answer

Holy schmoley people. If you don't know, a one word idunno post would suffice. Yes Autorun is disabled for good security reasons, but the poster is talking about AutoPlay. There is currently a bug (ahem feature) in Win7 that doesn't save your settings when you tell it to open folder for the various content options (e.g. Mixed content). This only happens when you try to set the setting and then open the folder. Instead, just set the setting and remove your USB (don't try to open the folder yet). Then plug it back it and it should work. Sheesh.

 

[qwertymz]

I have exactly the opposite problem - my AutoPlay window never comes up! And it's enabled in the settings window, so I'm not sure why

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there

OK guys -- at your own risk. If you want to enable Autorun things like setup then

DISABLE DEP on W7

You need to do this in elevated comand mode as the option is not available in the standard Windows GUI

bcdedit /set nx=AlwaysOff

then re-boot.


(If you wreck / infest your own system -- AYOR).

Cheers
jimbo

 

[gregrocker]

Engineering Windows 7 : Improvements to AutoPlay