Stop explore window from popping up when inserting CD

[Pete Bellone]

I cannot find out how to stop the explorer window from
popping up when I insert a CD. I am using Musicmatch to
record multiple CDs onto my hard drive and don't need the
window to pop up. There is no info on this in the
properties of the CD drive or folder options. Can
somebody help???

Pete

[Chris Jackson]

> I cannot find out how to stop the explorer window from
> popping up when I insert a CD. I am using Musicmatch to
> record multiple CDs onto my hard drive and don't need the
> window to pop up. There is no info on this in the
> properties of the CD drive or folder options. Can
> somebody help???

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/howto-06.html

You can get even finer control using TweakUI.

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Windows XP Associate Expert
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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Right click the CD Drive in Windows Explorer and select Properties,
Autoplay. Here you can select what types of actions happen with what types
of media.

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"Pete Bellone" > wrote in message
...
> I cannot find out how to stop the explorer window from
> popping up when I insert a CD. I am using Musicmatch to
> record multiple CDs onto my hard drive and don't need the
> window to pop up. There is no info on this in the
> properties of the CD drive or folder options. Can
> somebody help???
>
> Pete

[Alex Johnson]

Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
> Right click the CD Drive in Windows Explorer and select Properties,
> Autoplay. Here you can select what types of actions happen with what types
> of media.
>

Your answer, Doug, is generic and not applicable to this problem. I
have been asking this question here, as you probably know. Windows XP
Home SP1 (Dell Dimension 4600) ignores all the AutoPlay settings and
continues to behave as it did before I discovered this tab. Likewise,
it ignores other settings in the hardware configuration tabs of other
devices (most notably pagefile and optical drive settings). I'm no
MS-MVP, but I've been an NT administrator and have used Windows for more
than a decade. Why won't XP "take no action" just like the tab says it
should? I don't want any form of AutoPlay...EVER!

Alex
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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Use TweakUI for XP, www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

or

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, Disable CD Autorun - XP Home.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"Alex Johnson" > wrote in message
...
> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
> > Right click the CD Drive in Windows Explorer and select Properties,
> > Autoplay. Here you can select what types of actions happen with what
types
> > of media.
> >
>
> Your answer, Doug, is generic and not applicable to this problem. I
> have been asking this question here, as you probably know. Windows XP
> Home SP1 (Dell Dimension 4600) ignores all the AutoPlay settings and
> continues to behave as it did before I discovered this tab. Likewise,
> it ignores other settings in the hardware configuration tabs of other
> devices (most notably pagefile and optical drive settings). I'm no
> MS-MVP, but I've been an NT administrator and have used Windows for more
> than a decade. Why won't XP "take no action" just like the tab says it
> should? I don't want any form of AutoPlay...EVER!
>
> Alex
> --
> My words are my own. They represent no other; they belong to no other.
> Don't read anything into them or you may be required to compensate me
> for violation of copyright. (I do not speak for my employer.)
>