Autoplay not working?

Stephen

For the last few weeks, windows XP (pro sp1) autoplay has not been working, on both my DVD-RW and CD-RW drives. I've tried editing the registry, using TweakUI and microsoft's AutoFix tool to re-enable it, but even though they all (except auto fix, more on that in a minute) say it is enabled it doesn't bloody work.

The log from autofix is as follows:

AutoFix [V5.2.3790.67]
Time [2004-06-20 12:22:15]
Microsoft Windows Version [5.1 (Service Pack 1) <2600>]

Test [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.] - Instance [N/A]:
Result [AutoStart Setting]: OK
Result [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.]: OK

Test [Policies] - Instance [F:\, Drive Type: 5]:
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Present}
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Present}
Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Absent}
Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Absent}
Result [Driver level policies]: OK {
HKLM\...\Services\cdrom!Autorun (Present) <Allows>
HKLM\...\Services\cdrom\Parameters!Autorun (Absent) <Allows>
HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\...!AlwaysEnable (Absent) <Not set>
HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\...!AlwaysDisable (Absent) <Not set> }

Test [Drive Notification] - Instance [F:\, Drive Type: 5]:
Result [Legacy Notification]: OK
Result [AutoPlay V2 Notification]: Problems {
Service (Silent)
Shell (Deaf) }
>> Repair << [Autoplay V2 Event]
Step: No steps to take.
Result: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem.

>> Required action: The wizard found problems but cannot fix them -> None


I can still browse files on CD's/DVD's without any problem, just nothing will autoplay. I also get the little CD icon on my mouse pointer when I insert a disc and it first spins up.

Anyone have any ideas?

Cucullan

Try here http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312475 .It says the info is for Windows 98 and ME but I used it myself and I'm using XP and my auto-run worked again

Stephen

Tried that, didn't work though

mickeyboymel

Make sure "Shell Hardware Detect" is enabled and set to Automatic in Services.

Stephen

Yeah it is (I think it mentions it in that AutoFix log)

KdjaCL

Remove the drives from device manager and see if windows creates new settings for them on reboot.

kdjac

Lenny

I'm having the same problem as above on a friends pc.
its doing my head in at this stage, spent a few hours trying tog et it done
tried tweak UI, autofix, manually doing the reg myself
everytime i use autofix it says there is local registry problems, and fixes it, log off/on and its still not fixed
the main problem that doesn't seem to be running is the autorun.inf
and when i click the proerties of the drive I don't see in the list of options of how I can get it to select autorun
thinking of just upgrading to vista..
here is the log of the autofix

AutoFix [V5.2.3790.67]
Time [2009-08-20 16:45:46]
Microsoft Windows Version [5.1 (Service Pack 3) <2600>]

Test [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.] - Instance [N/A]:
    Result [AutoStart Setting]: OK
    Result [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.]: OK

Test [Policies] - Instance [D:\, Drive Type: 5]:
    Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
    Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Present}
    Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Present}
    Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
    Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Absent}
    Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: Problems {Present}
    >> Repair << [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]
      Step: Resetting policy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer!NoDriveTypeAutorun to 0x000000DF.
      Result: This AutoPlay setting was successfully fixed.

>> Required action: The user must log off and log on again

lisa_parker

It is really simple to fix the error that you describe. Just go to the following link http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?FamilyID=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&displaylang=en and download direct from microsoft, (dont worry about the size of the file it is very small) Install file then run the program select whichever drive letter is giving you the problem (ie if you dvd drive is drive "d" and it is that drive that is playing up then select drive "d"). It will fix it in seconds. I had the same problem I did the above and it fixed fixed one part in about 2 seconds and told me to log of and back on again then I had to run it again to fix one more section again this only took about 2 seconds. Now log off and back on again. Now you will find it works OK. I hope this has helped somone.