[CelestialTeardrop]

Hello,

My Dimension 8400 does not autoplay my SanDisk Cruzer Micro flash drive when I plug it in. (My Inspiron 9300 does autoplay the same flash drive.)

I have autoplay settings on "prompt me each time..." for all content types.

Sometimes when I plug it in I notice that the setting for "pictures" content has been reset to "take no action;" but even when I change it back to "prompt me" the drive still won't autoplay.

Does anyone know what might be causing this and how I can get it to autoplay?

Thanks in advance.

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maybe you have to turn the device on in order to have windows recognize it.

just an idea.

[emery]

maybe you have to turn the device on in order to have windows recognize it.

just an idea.

[HaraldR]

Go to my computer
right click on the removable drive
select properties.
select autoplay tab
Drop down default is Music files
In Actions check: prompt me each time to choose an action or restore defaults

Edited by HaraldR, 20 July 2006 - 05:38 AM.

[CelestialTeardrop]

Thanks for your replies.

Emery: While it is usually true that the device must be turned on to be recognized, a flash drive (aka USB drive or memory stick) does not have a power button.

HaraldR: I already set all autoplay options (music, pictures, video, mixed content) to "promp me each time..." but to no avail.

I also discovered that the "promp me each time..." option was the only one affected, and that if I chose (for example) "open folder to view files" autoplay would function normally.

However, it turns out the culprit all along was RealPlayer. After I disabled the process realsched.exe (part of the program's update system), the autoplay was back to normal with the "promp me..." message showing up each time.

And I have to give credit to this site and it's members for the realsched.exe idea: http://www.newmediam...ws_xp_myst.html

Thanks again!