Disabling "Auto action" pop-up when inserting CD's

[Rob Simon]

Hello all:

Tried looking for this in the KB - no luck...

Is there a way to disable the "Windows can perform the same action...."
pop-up window when inserting CD's with audio or graphic files on them? I
tried selecting "Take no action", and checking the "Always do selected
action" checkbox, but WinXP doesn't seem to pay any attention to this
setting.

I'm starting to rip my entire CD collection, and I really don't want to deal
with this window every time I pop in a new audio CD. :)

Thanks in advance!!

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Rob,
You can try to disable AutoRun on the selected drive through TweakUI. Under
TweakUI go to the My Computer>AutoPlay>Drives section and uncheck the drive
you want to disable AutoPlay on.

--
Anando, MS-MVP

Best tweaking tool for Windows XP-TweakUI
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

"Rob Simon" > wrote in message
...
> Hello all:
>
> Tried looking for this in the KB - no luck...
>
> Is there a way to disable the "Windows can perform the same action...."
> pop-up window when inserting CD's with audio or graphic files on them? I
> tried selecting "Take no action", and checking the "Always do selected
> action" checkbox, but WinXP doesn't seem to pay any attention to this
> setting.
>
> I'm starting to rip my entire CD collection, and I really don't want to
deal
> with this window every time I pop in a new audio CD. :)
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
>

[Rob Simon]

I thought about doing this, but I was thinking of keeping
it as a "last resort", since that would also disable
AutoRun on legitamite AutoRun-enabled CD's. Not the end
of the world, I know, but I'm hoping that I don't have to
give that up just so XP doesn't spam me when I pop in an
audio CD.

Anyone have any other ideas? I would almost consider
this an XP bug, since the window does have the "Always
perform the selected action" checkbox, which you would
think would suppress this window, at least for future
CD's of the same type.

BTW - I am running SP1...

Thanks again!

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Rob,
>You can try to disable AutoRun on the selected drive
through TweakUI. Under
>TweakUI go to the My Computer>AutoPlay>Drives section
and uncheck the drive
>you want to disable AutoPlay on.
>
>--
>Anando, MS-MVP
>
>Best tweaking tool for Windows XP-TweakUI
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoy
s.asp
>
>"Rob Simon" > wrote in message
...
>> Hello all:
>>
>> Tried looking for this in the KB - no luck...
>>
>> Is there a way to disable the "Windows can perform the
same action...."
>> pop-up window when inserting CD's with audio or
graphic files on them? I
>> tried selecting "Take no action", and checking
the "Always do selected
>> action" checkbox, but WinXP doesn't seem to pay any
attention to this
>> setting.
>>
>> I'm starting to rip my entire CD collection, and I
really don't want to
>deal
>> with this window every time I pop in a new audio
CD. :)
>>
>> Thanks in advance!!
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Rob Simon]

Well, whaddya know, it looks like I found an answer, thanks to Avando's
lead.

For anyone that's interested. I downlaoded TweakUI and took a look. In the
"My Computer\AutoPlay" tree, there's a "Handlers" option. If you don't want
to be bothered by this anymore, go in there, and edit heach handler,
disabling all the options under "Supported Media".

Now, AutoRun scripts should still work for installers and the like, but you
won't get prompted for actions anymore when entering audio or picture CD's.

Thanks, Avando!
Rob

"Rob Simon" > wrote in message
...
> I thought about doing this, but I was thinking of keeping
> it as a "last resort", since that would also disable
> AutoRun on legitamite AutoRun-enabled CD's. Not the end
> of the world, I know, but I'm hoping that I don't have to
> give that up just so XP doesn't spam me when I pop in an
> audio CD.
>
> Anyone have any other ideas? I would almost consider
> this an XP bug, since the window does have the "Always
> perform the selected action" checkbox, which you would
> think would suppress this window, at least for future
> CD's of the same type.
>
> BTW - I am running SP1...
>
> Thanks again!
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Rob,
> >You can try to disable AutoRun on the selected drive
> through TweakUI. Under
> >TweakUI go to the My Computer>AutoPlay>Drives section
> and uncheck the drive
> >you want to disable AutoPlay on.
> >
> >--
> >Anando, MS-MVP
> >
> >Best tweaking tool for Windows XP-TweakUI
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoy
> s.asp
> >
> >"Rob Simon" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Hello all:
> >>
> >> Tried looking for this in the KB - no luck...
> >>
> >> Is there a way to disable the "Windows can perform the
> same action...."
> >> pop-up window when inserting CD's with audio or
> graphic files on them? I
> >> tried selecting "Take no action", and checking
> the "Always do selected
> >> action" checkbox, but WinXP doesn't seem to pay any
> attention to this
> >> setting.
> >>
> >> I'm starting to rip my entire CD collection, and I
> really don't want to
> >deal
> >> with this window every time I pop in a new audio
> CD. :)
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Rob, nice to see that you have sorted things out !

--
Anando, MS-MVP

Best tweaking tool for Windows XP-TweakUI
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

"Rob Simon" > wrote in message
...
> Well, whaddya know, it looks like I found an answer, thanks to Avando's
> lead.
>
> For anyone that's interested. I downlaoded TweakUI and took a look. In
the
> "My Computer\AutoPlay" tree, there's a "Handlers" option. If you don't
want
> to be bothered by this anymore, go in there, and edit heach handler,
> disabling all the options under "Supported Media".
>
> Now, AutoRun scripts should still work for installers and the like, but
you
> won't get prompted for actions anymore when entering audio or picture
CD's.
>
> Thanks, Avando!
> Rob
>
> "Rob Simon" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I thought about doing this, but I was thinking of keeping
> > it as a "last resort", since that would also disable
> > AutoRun on legitamite AutoRun-enabled CD's. Not the end
> > of the world, I know, but I'm hoping that I don't have to
> > give that up just so XP doesn't spam me when I pop in an
> > audio CD.
> >
> > Anyone have any other ideas? I would almost consider
> > this an XP bug, since the window does have the "Always
> > perform the selected action" checkbox, which you would
> > think would suppress this window, at least for future
> > CD's of the same type.
> >
> > BTW - I am running SP1...
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Hi Rob,
> > >You can try to disable AutoRun on the selected drive
> > through TweakUI. Under
> > >TweakUI go to the My Computer>AutoPlay>Drives section
> > and uncheck the drive
> > >you want to disable AutoPlay on.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Anando, MS-MVP
> > >
> > >Best tweaking tool for Windows XP-TweakUI
> > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoy
> > s.asp
> > >
> > >"Rob Simon" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >> Hello all:
> > >>
> > >> Tried looking for this in the KB - no luck...
> > >>
> > >> Is there a way to disable the "Windows can perform the
> > same action...."
> > >> pop-up window when inserting CD's with audio or
> > graphic files on them? I
> > >> tried selecting "Take no action", and checking
> > the "Always do selected
> > >> action" checkbox, but WinXP doesn't seem to pay any
> > attention to this
> > >> setting.
> > >>
> > >> I'm starting to rip my entire CD collection, and I
> > really don't want to
> > >deal
> > >> with this window every time I pop in a new audio
> > CD. :)
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance!!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>