autostart not working

I've had this problem for a while now so I can't put my finger on exactly when it happened.

I have a Super Writemaster DCD-RAM drive (driver up to date). Neither cd's or dvd's start automatically.

I've followed instructions from Microsoft Support - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330135 - no change.

I've downloaded and run AutoFix.exe (see mail - http://forums.techguy.org/windows-xp/665926-autostart-not-working-anymore.html). I get the message - "this type of drive does not support AutoPlay settings"! So, no joy there.

Any advice which may fix this would be much appreciated.

 

Simple answer - yes.

 

Apparently you're not the only one with that issue I just looked into it. I'm looking to see if there was any solutions with the specific drive. If your auto-play is are enabled for all external drives and you can see the CD's contents on your computer I suggest you try Auto Repair Wizard: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=2648

 

Never used it before. So Next idea?

 

Hi, Phantom010,

I looked into Tweak UI, as you suggested. The drive was not ticked. I corrected that but it hasn't made any difference. I can play cd's but they do not autostart.

 

I did that too.

 

Hi again,

All the Content Types have an action associated with them. None have 'Take no action'.

I don't know if this makes a difference but the drive is designated 'DVD-RAM Drive'.

Inserted a few DVD's. I couldn't find any to autostart and none played in Windows Media Player which popped up when selecting Play in the r/c menu. I got blank screen and a lot of whirring. DVD's are set to play using Nero ShowTime anyway, not WMP, so it's a little strange that WMP popped up. I can get to view DVD's if I start Nero first.

Hope that helps.

 

WMP works, or rather doesn't, as I described above.

When I insert a DVD and look at Properties in WMP it shows -
Length : 00:00;
Media Type : audio
Audio codec : none
Video codec : none

Which may explain why it won't play in WMP.

The drive does recognise what's inserted (drive name changes).