Is there a way to completely stop all Autoplay in XP? 5

[denzilla]

I've noticed that after disabling all autoplay options in the CD-Rom properties, XP will still auto open a cd that contains files. This is really annoying when installing programs that are more than 1 cd. Is there a way to stop it all together?

 

[bcastner]

Start/Run/Gpedit.msc

Computer Configuration
Administrative Templates
System

Check your settings in the right pane, Turn Off Autoplay (double click).

 

[denzilla]

Does this apply to XP home as well?

 

[hughsie99]

Denzilla

You could try regedit to modify HKCU\software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun key

Change the value from 145 (91 hex) to 181 (b5 hex)

 

[gpalmer711]

TWeakUI downloadable from the Microsft website (part of the XP POwer tools). Has a feature where you can customise which drives can autoplay and what the options are if auto play is allowed.

Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.

 

[denzilla]

I used TweakUi before but it for some reason changed all my icons to 256 color Win2k looking icons for some reason. Kinda weary about messing with it again.

 

[bcastner]

You do know you can hold down the left Ctrl key when inserting a CD to stop all autoplay?

 

[denzilla]

....I had no idea. Thanks for the tip!

 

[jfryer]

Can you not also hold down the left shift key? I never knew about the Ctrl key option to disable autorun, but I always use the shift key.

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[bcastner]

jfryer,

You are correct, it is the left Shift key.

 

[dakota81]

Whenever I've tried using the left-shift key method (albeit was with Win98), sure Autorun wouldn't start, and I'd have it held down for like 10 seconds, then the moment I released the key, Autorun started right up! Probably different with XP, but I just disable autorun using tweakui.