The Autoplay CD feature in Win XP launches every time you
put a cd in and each time it will ask you, which application
or which way you would want to view this cd you installed.
Now, this is a great function if you just use your CD occasionally,
but when I was installing all my programs on my Win XP box,
the Autoplay thing got on my nerves in a big way.
Here's the best way to handle the Autoplay situation...it
also allows you to customize how Autoplay will function.
- Go
to "My Computer"
- Go
to your CD Rom Drive
- Right
Click and go to properties
- The window above will
open, click the autoplay tab
- Once there they give
you a number of options. In the box just below
"Select a content type..." you can select
the various file types that autoplay will run for.
This is good if you want to customize your autoplay.
If for example whenever a music cd is put in you want
it to play automatically you just fill in the box that
says: Select an action to perform---> Select play--->Hit
Apply. Now whenever you put in a music cd it will
autoplay in Windows Media player. If you don't
want XP to take any action, just select "Take No
Action" hit apply, and do that for all the media
types that's available in that box.
This is the way you could
customize your autoplay features. The only thing
that I use autoplay for is blank cds, whenever I put on
it it opens Nero for me, but all the other autoplay features
are off on my comp. If you want to restore it, just
follow the same steps and hit restore defaults.
There you have it, how to turn on / off and customize
your Autoplay in Windows XP. |
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