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When inserting a CD-ROM, DVD or an external drive (USB drive, external drive etc ...), Windows XP "scan" to identify media content and automatically propose actions such as reading files, open files etc ... It is the automatic
What can i do to stop it to read automatic? Thank you for reading
- Start / Run / type REGEDIT
- Navigate in the tree until the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Cdrom
- In the right pane, right-click on the "AutoRun" / Edit
- In the dialog box that appears (Edit DWORD Value), in the "Value data" type 1 to enable autorun (start the CD automatically) or 0 to disable (the CD will not start at its insertion).
- Restart the PC to implement the changes.
Additional Information
There are two other registry keys that can affect this functionality:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoDriveTypeAutoRun = 0x00000095
-and-
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoDriveTypeAutoRun = 0x00000095
The correct value for each is 0x00000095.