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How to turn off "Auto Play"?
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When I plug a USB flash drive into a USB port on my PC, I have to wait until every file on the flash drive is checked for media type of file(s). However, if I remove a HD, with thousands of files, from another computer, and mount it in a docking station that plugs into a USB port, this takes much longer (searching for media files). How can I TURN OFF "Auto Play"? Thank You in advance, John |
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How to turn off "Auto Play"?
jaugustine wrote:
When I plug a USB flash drive into a USB port on my PC, I have to wait until every file on the flash drive is checked for media type of file(s). However, if I remove a HD, with thousands of files, from another computer, and mount it in a docking station that plugs into a USB port, this takes much longer (searching for media files). What you describe is not attributed to AutoRun/AutoPlay but of scanning for media types of files to build a thumbnail cache file (thumbs.db). If you don't use thumbnails then you won't incur the slowdown to build the image cache. If you give files a meaningful name, you don't need thumbnails to determine what is within each file. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_thumbnail_cache If you use thumbnails but keep deleting the thumbs.db file, like setting the disk cleanup wizard or other cleanup tool to delete the thumbnails cache, then the file gets rebuilt on each visit to a folder and that takes time to scan within each file to create an image for each file. If you configure Windows Explorer to not build a thumbnail cache but have thumbnail view enabled then thumb.db has to get rebuilt on every visit to a folder. In Windows Explorer, go to Tools - Folder Options - View, disable the "Do not cache thumbnails" to have thumbnails and enable it to prevent building a thumbnail cache. Changes to these settings are for the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer. If you want the settings to be effected across all folders, be sure to click the Apply to all folders" button before exiting the settings dialog. Note: In Vista and later, this option got renamed to "Always show icons, never thumbnails", so the option reversed its setting - disable to show icons in XP, enable to show icons in Vista+. How can I TURN OFF "Auto Play"? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22windows+xp%22+disable+autoplay No mention of which edition (Home, Pro, etc) of Windows XP that you have (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_editions). To narrow the search, add the edition to the search criteria. |
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How to turn off "Auto Play"?
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Hi, When I plug a USB flash drive into a USB port on my PC, I have to wait until every file on the flash drive is checked for media type of file(s). However, if I remove a HD, with thousands of files, from another computer, and mount it in a docking station that plugs into a USB port, this takes much longer (searching for media files). How can I TURN OFF "Auto Play"? Thank You in advance, John There's an example here. It's also possible this came from the Win98 era. This gave me a key to go look at. https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000130.htm HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CUR RENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER\ "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" "95 00 00 00" ??? ******* When I look in my Regedit on WinXP SP3, I see: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\policies\Explorer NoDriveTypeAutoRun DWORD 0x000000FF And this one, which appears to be a per-user preference: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CUR RENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER\ NoDriveTypeAutoRun DWORD 0x00000091 The 91 hex, looks like it might be a default value, from before meddling. It's basically leaving AutoPlay enabled on local drive devices. The bits in that byte, control individual things, and you logical OR them together for a final value. 0x1 Disables AutoPlay on drives of unknown type. === 0x4 Disables AutoPlay on removable drives. 0x8 Disables AutoPlay on fixed drives. 0x10 Disables AutoPlay on network drives. === 0x20 Disables AutoPlay on CD-ROM drives. 0x40 Disables AutoPlay on RAM drives. 0x80 Disables AutoPlay on drives of unknown type. === 0xFF Disables AutoPlay on all types of drives. My guess would be, that I meddled with the HKLM one and left the user one alone, as the HKLM one probably applies to all accounts. You could always install WinXP in a virtual machine and check how the SP3 defaults are set in a fresh install... Paul |
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How to turn off "Auto Play"?
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If you use thumbnails but keep deleting the thumbs.db file, like setting the disk cleanup wizard or other cleanup tool to delete the thumbnails cache, then the file gets rebuilt on each visit to a folder and that takes time to scan within each file to create an image for each file. If you configure Windows Explorer to not build a thumbnail cache but have thumbnail view enabled then thumb.db has to get rebuilt on every visit to a folder. In Windows Explorer, go to Tools - Folder Options - View, disable the "Do not cache thumbnails" to have thumbnails and enable it to prevent building a thumbnail cache. Changes to these settings are for the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer. If you want the settings to be effected across all folders, be sure to click the Apply to all folders" button before exiting the settings dialog. Hi Vanguard, I made those "adjustments". Again, Thanks, John Note: In Vista and later, this option got renamed to "Always show icons, never thumbnails", so the option reversed its setting - disable to show icons in XP, enable to show icons in Vista+. How can I TURN OFF "Auto Play"? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22windows+xp%22+disable+autoplay No mention of which edition (Home, Pro, etc) of Windows XP that you have (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_editions). To narrow the search, add the edition to the search criteria. |
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