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Changing AutoPlay defaults in Windows 11 is a two‑minute fix that can save repetitive clicks when you connect USB drives, phones, SD cards, or insert discs — but the feature sits at the intersection of convenience and security, and understanding both the Settings UI and legacy recovery options...

Enabling AutoPlay in Windows 11 is a two‑minute change that can instantly streamline how your PC responds to USB sticks, memory cards, optical discs, and cameras — but it also brings security trade‑offs and occasional quirks that every user should understand before flipping the switch...

I need help with Windows 11 automatically mounting my Android MTP player in File Explorer. Whenever I connect the device, Windows mounts it right away. I want to use another MTP app, but there is a race condition between that app and Windows. I have already disabled AutoPlay in Settings →...

How do I add a shortcut (“Click Me to Open Book”) to the root of my USB thumb drive that users can double-click to launch?

I have a partner with Dementia who has difficulties using a mouse etc. She like to watch music videos I have downloaded for her. I would like to set up WMP so that: It starts when computer starts A playlist plays automatically Next video plays automatically The videos are full screen when played...

Hello all I keep my work files on a USB stick that is attached to my laptop. Several times a day a window pops up, showing me the content of the drive, as i had just connected it. Why is this happening? It's a new laptop. Yes, i could turn off autoplay to "not do anything" when a pendrive is...

Hello I just wanted to say that my windows 21H1is full of glitches I had to fix before I could image it. Safety remove, autoplay, clock, mail client and on and on. Every time I thought I was ok something else turned up. I did the spring update then did a clean update. After personalizing I found...

Is there any setting to stop videos from playing automatically when you visit a site? Thanks.

I've searched everywhere and did find a couple of answers, but none of the fixes helped. I'm still having trouble getting a 2009 disc to start, it just spins and stops over and over, but never actually starts up. I have it set to Auto-Play, but it didn't help. Before I bought this software, I...

Yesterday, Yusuf Mehdi announced the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the newest feature update for Windows 10. The October 2018 Update brings with it the best version of Microsoft Edge yet, with new features and enhancements, and updates the web platform to EdgeHTML 18. You can get the Windows...

Toshiba laptop, W10 Home, Ver 1803 I have 2 external hard drives. When I plug either of them into a USB port I hear the normal beep sound, indicating they've been recognized but they don't automatically play, even though auto play is enabled . They don't even show up in "this PC", as if they...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17704 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring in addition to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. The Bug Bash is on! To the Insiders who have participated so far: Link Removed! Our Bug Bash will be running from...

Hello, After installation of windows 10 on my laptop (and keeping also my previous windows 7), I can't play DVDs and CDs. I went to control panel and Autoplay to re-define how to play the medias, that does not work. If I put a CD or a DVD, it is rejected. What can I do to solve that, please...

After countless issues and a time-frame when the internet was down, I re-installed Windows 10. The problem is that inserting the driver disc does nothing. How to get it to play? I can see the files on it for the E: drive, but none look like an .exe file. How do I get the disc player to...

Suddenly my two cd roms stopped reading and displaying the files on any cd inserted. Windows recognizes and displays the title of the cd inserted in the navigation column of explorer, but when I click to display contents in details pane the drives just keep spinning and nothing is displayed. If...

I am running Windows 7 Pro. My DVD/CD drive (HL-DT-ST_BDDVDRW_CT30F) plays commercial CDs fine. And it can (usually) burn a CD from a file on my laptop. But it is never able to play the CD it just burned. Any idea what is going on? I say it can usually burn a CD, because often it does not even...

RESOLVED via a system rebuild. No clue as to why it was failing. Windows 10 PRO. AutoPlay isn't working in Windows 10. The SETTINGS|DEVICES menu has it turned ON. In Control Panel, it's turned on and configured to PLAY a CD. It's not disabled in the Group Policy editor. Neither of the two...

Modify the default actions when you insert a removable drive or memory card on Windows 10. read more Continue reading...

I'm trying to add an entry to the AutoPlay dialog that shows up when a USB device is connected to the computer. The problem is that this entry is not displayed in the AutoPlay dialog. Autorun.inf [autorun] action=Backup now icon=backupicon.ico label=Drive for backup open=backupnow.bat...

So, this is hard for me to explain but: After inserting data stick into usb drive and attempt to open it says "Application not found". After research I set my auto play settings back to default by hitting the reset button. I can now open my data stick. But it looks different. If you view the...