How can I disable "autostart" from ALL external devices?

[SJLPHI]

Hello,

I am EXTREMELY annoyed after using W7Pro for few years and everytime I plug in a USB HDD, flashdrive, DVD or etc. Windows prompting me asking me for actions.

I even tried to use the GODMODE to disable it but no luck.

Any idea what else I can do?

 

[carwiz]

Uncheck "Use Autoplay for all devices" at the top of your example page. (You don't show it.)

This will allow you to set individual devices.

 

[SJLPHI]

Hello,

I've just tried that, no dice. It still prompts me for scanning to "fix" the external drives and also asks me what to do with it after

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
You will always get that prompt if you don't disconnect the drive properly
Mostly win-8-8.1 & 10 will cause it because of fast start/ really fake shut down features that are mostly Hibernation.

Personally in window 7 and earlier I would completely shut down then disconnect a external or internal drive or use safely remove device which doesn't always list external drives.

 

[carwiz]

Yeah, the "fix" is a totally different problem. Insert a CD and see what AutoPlay does. You did click Save after changing auto play options, right?

 

[SJLPHI]

I did save it, it now seems to have stopped prompting me for auto play.

Now, how shall I fix the "fix" prompt?

I share external HDD, flashdrives and SD cards from a linux computer to W7 computer, I ALWAYS get asked if I want to "fix" my external storage.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi
I can't remember where the setting in Linux is but look for auto mounting of drives and disable it.

 

[SJLPHI]

well this worked:
Disable Scan and Fix for Removable Drives in Windows

for scan and fix, linux, depending on distro, by default, it doesn't prompt me anything. I actually prefer and allow it to show me on my "alert" because it doesn't show up in the middle of the screen and active, because if it were in the middle (as in Windows 7) I end up clicking on something/pressing enter without knowing it. I once "fixed" and entire 500GB of data of a back up HDD, needless to say, I was grumpy re-downloading everything from cloud servers.

 

[SJLPHI]

well scan and fix removal drives worked for flash drives,
but not external HDD.

 

[carwiz]

How did you initially format the devices--On Windows or Linux? What file system--FAT32 or NTFS?

I'm not familiar with Linux but doesn't it have a different file system and need a special driver to support NTFS?

Also, keep in mind the file limits for FAT32.

 

[SJLPHI]

the external HDD, ALL except Linux-only drive has been formatted to NTFS. Linux-only drive is ext4, this MAKES SURE that windows does not recognize it(this is preferred for me).

 

[carwiz]

Sorry for not getting back sooner. I've put in a help request for someone that has more knowledge of Linux.

 

[SJLPHI]

thank you,
but this is strictly for Linux, I'm happy how my linux OS behaviours because I personally customized everything without breaking my system.

I'm unhappy however with Windows7 not being too transparent.

 

[lehnerus2000]

I'm not familiar with Linux but doesn't it have a different file system and need a special driver to support NTFS?

The "Big Name" Linux Distros (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.) normally have no issues with NTFS.
Note
The NTFS performance in Linux Distros is often slower than on Windows.

Linux will apparently run on many different types of file systems.
Ubuntu and LM normally use EXT (my friend has experimented with other file systems, like BTRFS).

If a Linux Distro doesn't support NTFS, you can download some software to "embed" it.