Autoplay Works, but does not execute autorun.exe on CD or DVD
For the past 6 months, my DVD-CD Writer quit executing autorun.exe on CD's & DVD's that I have created. I use AutoRun by Typhoon to create "autorun" CD's and DVD's. Not thinking much of it, I replaced the DVD-CD Writer with a DVD burner and low and behold the drive reads and writes CD and DVD's, will autoplay the CD so you view the directory, but will not execute the autorun.exe file that is contained on the CD or DVD. This works on other systems, but quit working on mine.
I have searched on the internet, making sure my registry entrys were correct and even running the autoplayfix.exe from Microsoft. I have also check my autoplay settings in the properties window of the drive and everything is set to what it is suppose to be. I have also cleaned my registery thinking there maybe a confilct. I am at my wits end -- any help would be appreciated.
I have searched on the internet, making sure my registry entrys were correct and even running the autoplayfix.exe from Microsoft. I have also check my autoplay settings in the properties window of the drive and everything is set to what it is suppose to be. I have also cleaned my registery thinking there maybe a confilct. I am at my wits end -- any help would be appreciated.
flubbster
So autoplay.inf is being detected?
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I am assuming that autoplay is being detected since it opens a window with the files on the CD. It does not execute the autorun.exe program on the CD.
Can you post the autoplay.inf file?
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Would this be a windows inf file or on the CD?
On the CD.
The one on the cd
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It is not an autoplay.inf, but an autorun.inf. The inf includes the following:
[autorun]
OPEN=AutoRun.exe "1, Victims with Developmental Disabilities / Communication Issues, May 5, 2010"
ICON=AutoRun.exe
LABEL=WorkingDisability051
[autorun]
OPEN=AutoRun.exe "1, Victims with Developmental Disabilities / Communication Issues, May 5, 2010"
ICON=AutoRun.exe
LABEL=WorkingDisability051
Autorun.exe is on your computer.
See http://www.tarma.com/products/autorun/ for more information.
What may have happened is Autoplay for Data CDs such as yours has been disabled. Possibly through anti-virus settings or a recent Windows XP update. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715 for examples.
The CD playing music is Autoplay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun
Not too sure about what to do to enable Autorun nowadays but you could look at
http://www.techiecorner.com/20/how-to-enable-or-disable-cd-autorun-in-microsoft-windows-xp/ who gives registry tweaks to disable and enable Autorun. Examine your registry and see what entries are there before you tweak.
See http://www.tarma.com/products/autorun/ for more information.
What may have happened is Autoplay for Data CDs such as yours has been disabled. Possibly through anti-virus settings or a recent Windows XP update. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715 for examples.
The CD playing music is Autoplay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun
Not too sure about what to do to enable Autorun nowadays but you could look at
http://www.techiecorner.com/20/how-to-enable-or-disable-cd-autorun-in-microsoft-windows-xp/ who gives registry tweaks to disable and enable Autorun. Examine your registry and see what entries are there before you tweak.
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dbruton:
I tried your suggestion above with no luck. I did look at another machine that I have the if you right-click on the device the first option is "Autoplay". When you right-mouse-click on the device, I have not Autoplay option.
I tried your suggestion above with no luck. I did look at another machine that I have the if you right-click on the device the first option is "Autoplay". When you right-mouse-click on the device, I have not Autoplay option.
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dbrunton:
The link did not work. The problem is with the registry entries. What can I do to restore?
The link did not work. The problem is with the registry entries. What can I do to restore?
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Thangs for the suggestion -- I will try. I did compare the two registry entries and found that on the machine where autorun was working, that machine contained the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
The machine that will not autoplay does not contain either of these registry entries. It not creating one entry, it is creating a set of entries. My questions was is there a way to restore all of these registry entries?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
The machine that will not autoplay does not contain either of these registry entries. It not creating one entry, it is creating a set of entries. My questions was is there a way to restore all of these registry entries?
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dbrunoton pointed me in the right direction, but did not solve my problem. In the end, I had to reinstall my Windows XP.