Solved Autoplay not working

[TonyL]

When I put an audio disk in my disk drive the autoplay does not open the disk. I have open autoplay and selected Itune to open the disk, selected autoplay check box and saved. Then I rebooted the system, inserted a disk and only the Roxio burn icon appeared. I tried to deselect the autoplay check box, save and reboot. Then reselected autoplay and rebooted. No change. Any suggestions?

 

[BrightBlessings]

Have a read here.

AutoPlay/AutoRun Not Working or Missing Not Open in Windows Vista « My Digital Life

 

[TonyL]

Thanks BrightBlessings. I read the file and looked at my registers. That does not appear to be the problem.

 

[BrightBlessings]

Sorry that was of no help for you. I have got no more to try and help with, keep checking back as I'm sure someone will be able to assist you with this problem.

 

[Ztruker]

Where did you set the action you wanted? Was it here: Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\AutoPlay or here: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\AutoPlay? If not, take a look there.

Mine looks like this:

 

[TonyL]

How do you get a screen shot?

 

[AddRAM]

The easiest way is to hit the Prt Scr key on the keyboard then open paint and click paste. Then name the file and save it to your desktop, or use the snipping tool. Both are found in Start>All programs>Accessories

 

[TonyL]

Attached is my autoplay setup:

 

[BrightBlessings]

Just a suggestion.
If you choose the audio cd ask every time option in autoplay, you will have the option to choose iTunes. I know it's not what you desire, but it is just an extra click. I have looked on the net and it seems to be a problem quite a few people have with iTunes and windows.

BTW what letter is assigned to your optical drive?

 

[TonyL]

This is what I have tried:
I tried to run net start shellhwdetection and I received the following message: "system error 1058 has occurred. This service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
Then I tried to check if the NoDriveTypeAutoRun and/or NoDriveAutoRun policy value was set correctly. I went to regetit and looked for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and looked for the NoDriveTypeAutoRun registry entry on the right pane. It was not there.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?

 

[Ztruker]

Did you check in Services to see what Shell Hardware Detection is set to? Mine is Automatic with status of started.

 

[TonyL]

Ztucker

Thanks, I checked services Shell Hardware Detection and set it to auto and it fix my problem.

TonyL

 

[Ztruker]

Great, thanks for letting me know.

 

[philw19642002]

I am having the same issue as you are and it is driving me crazy. I can't do anything with any type of Media. I have a brand new My Passport Ext. HD new that will not work without Auto Play. Can anyone please help?

 

[Ztruker]

Did you check in Services to see what Shell Hardware Detection is set to?

Can you open the external HD via Computer?

 

[philw19642002]

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I did and no opening My Computer does not work either. Going to upgrade the OS from 7 to 7 Ultimate or at least Pro. A tech from Western Digital just got off this PC and he and I have tried everything for about 3 weeks now and it must be the OS. Auto Play worked just fine till a Microsoft Tech did a tune up to it.
Thanks Anyways!!

 

[Ztruker]

Are you saying you are going to upgrade to Ultimate? If so, please make sure you backup your data first as things can happen during an install, upgrade or otherwise.

 

[philw19642002]

Yeah I know. I am going with the Ultimate upgrade from 7 Home Premium. Hopefully all goes well.
Thanks!