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Disable CD Autorun in XP Home

Published in Windows XP Miscellaneous Tweaks by TweakXP Member with 14,506 views and 3 comments

If you have XP Home and want to disable the screen that Windows shows when you insert certain cds then follow this guide!

To disable autoplay for cd/dvd drives and removable media

 

1: Copy & Paste the following into Notepad:

 

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000b5

2: Save as a registry (.reg) file

3: Run the file to add the settings to the registry and there you have it - no more autorun or pop-ups!

 
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yy
3 years ago
how to save as reg file?
Hank Katts
3 years ago
It doesn't work! I'm tired a the autorun every time! Most annoying/useless thing ever. I have disabled it awhile ago, but I forget how.
somewebfellow
One year ago
You should be able to configure this thru the GUI. Right-click the drive in 'My Computer' and select 'Properties' then 'AutoPlay' tab. For each content type, select 'No Action'. Select 'Apply' to save the changes. This should turn off AutoPlay.