Automatically running programs from inserted discs, USB flash drives, etc.
Questions tagged [autoplay]
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Force Facebook to play videos in background tab
Recently Facebook added a feature that if I play a video and switch to another tab or a different program from chrome, the video stops playing.
Is there a way to force it to keep playing?
I use Chrome and I don't have flash.
This is not enough to…
shinzou
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How to re-enable Windows user options pop-up for newly mounted USB Flash drives?
When insert new USB drive, a pop-up is displayed that gives option to view all files on drive. User also has option to suppress further messages.
So, this has been done... but now it must be un-done.
How can the pop-up (with the available user…
cssyphus
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How can “Install or run program from your media” be disabled?
Recently something in Windows 7 has changed such that the default action for removable drives has become Install or run program from your media instead of Open.
I checked the AutoPlay control panel applet and everything is set to Take no action (in…
Synetech
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Prevent embedded YouTube videos from autoplaying?
When accessing certain websites that have YouTube videos embedded I have noticed that sometimes when the webpage loads the YouTube video will automatically play and taking a look at the source code it appears this is decided by a modifier to the URL…
Ethan Field
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Autorun.inf in Windows 8/8.1 for USB Drives
I have created a file named autorun.inf to make one of my software setup run when the usb is plugged into Windows 8/8.1 OS .
This is my autorun.inf code:
[AutoRun]
shellexecute="Mem.exe //It would be nice if i could add path to this like my…
user3480338
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Bypass disabled autorun for USB devices on Windows 7
The following was mentioned in a post regarding autorunning from a flash drive:
"To get autorun working under Windows 7 requires special firmware on the drive and/or some specialty software preinstalled on the machine."
Could this be elaborated…
Scott
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How do I stop Windows Media Player 12 auto playing CD's?
I've set autoplay to "Take no action" on all devices and file types in Windows 7, but Windows Media Player 12 seems to completely ignore this. I can't find a setting in any of the media player options either.
How do I prevent Windows Media Player 12…
Kev
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Why can't I install Modern Warfare 3?
When I insert the Modern Warfare 3 DVD, Windows loads for a while and then this window opens:
Why is there no option to install the game?
If I double click the DVD from My Computer, it just lets me browse the DVD.
Am I missing anything? My DVD…
qwerty
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Disable Hulu Desktop Startup Show
I'm using Hulu Desktop as part of my HTPC. However, as anyone who has used it knows, whenever I start Hulu Desktop it chooses a show of Hulu's choice and starts playing it, which is incredibly annoying as I'm forced to listen to a show that I am not…
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How to stop video auto-play (from linked video) in sharepoint online 2016
I've saved some mp4 video files into my document library on SharePoint Online 2016. From there, I've used the video links to added those videos to various pages within my SharePoint site.
However, every time I open a page with a video, the video…
Jean
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How do I disable "format drive" popups?
Each time I’m inserting a removable USB drive with a file system Windows 10 doesn’t understand, Windows asks me to re-format the drive:
I’m positive I have autoplay turned off everywhere I was able to find, but this message still appears.
Is there…
Soonts
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Autoplay Bluray with VLC
VLC can support Bluray playback after installing two small files in the right directories.
However, when you insert a bluray disc, you can't right click and play with VLC.
You have to launch VLC, open disc, choose bluray, choose driver, and ok.
I…
user3145932
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Windows 7 Autoplay does not show text
When I plug in a removable flash drive, the Autoplay menu comes up, except it does not have any text. It does this for CDs as well. Things I have tried:
Running SFC /scannow. Finds corrupt files, but can't repair them
Reinstall Windows Internet…
Canadian Luke
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How to setup Windows 7 per device Autoplay?
Autoplay works, but the devices are not listed in Control Panel - AutoPlay - Devices, thus I can't set it up per device. Tried two different PCs, USB sticks, USB harddisk, DVDs, nothing. In XP I could just right-click the disk and there was Autoplay…
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