autoplay "rb" <rbig[ at ]bellsouth.net> 11/20/2008 6:38:00 PM Running Win XP (home). Have USB hard drive. When the auto drive is plugged back in, power on USB hard drive, I get an AUTOPLAY running a bunch of stuff. With this AUTOPLAY, what is going where??? Why am I getting this?

Re: autoplay "JimL" <inkleput[ at ]isp.com> 11/20/2008 8:00:05 PM "rb" <rbig[ at ]bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:%23qU$b8zSJHA.1164[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Running Win XP (home). Have USB hard drive. > > When the auto drive is plugged back in, power on USB hard drive, I get an > AUTOPLAY running a bunch of stuff. > > With this AUTOPLAY, what is going where??? Why am I getting this? I hope you get a great answer. I once had that thing shut down. It started bugging me again but I apparently lost my notes in an email program change. I'd like it to do like a line in a very old song: "Shut your mouth! Go away!" Except I'd add a line: "And don't come back again!" JimL

Re: autoplay "Olórin" <incanus[ at ]erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> 11/21/2008 9:03:54 AM "rb" <rbig[ at ]bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:%23qU$b8zSJHA.1164[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Running Win XP (home). Have USB hard drive. > > When the auto drive is plugged back in, power on USB hard drive, I get an > AUTOPLAY running a bunch of stuff. > > With this AUTOPLAY, what is going where??? Why am I getting this? > Check for a file called autorun.inf in the root directory of the "auto drive". You may need to enable viewing of hidden files & folders to see it: in a Windows Explorer view of the drive, "Tools" > "Folder Options" > "View" tab > under "Hidden files and folders" select "Show hidden files and folders" > OK. If there's one there, rename or delete it. If you were to open it with Notepad you'd see what file is being called and starting up automatically.

Re: autoplay "JimL" <inkleput[ at ]isp.com> 11/22/2008 11:21:27 PM Hey, RB. Did this help you any? I didn't have any autorun.infs in any roots. -- JimL "Olórin" <incanus[ at ]erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message news:%238BHWg7SJHA.1560[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > > "rb" <rbig[ at ]bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:%23qU$b8zSJHA.1164[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Running Win XP (home). Have USB hard drive. >> >> When the auto drive is plugged back in, power on USB hard drive, I get an >> AUTOPLAY running a bunch of stuff. >> >> With this AUTOPLAY, what is going where??? Why am I getting this? >> > > Check for a file called autorun.inf in the root directory of the "auto > drive". You may need to enable viewing of hidden files & folders to see > it: in a Windows Explorer view of the drive, "Tools" > "Folder Options" > > "View" tab > under "Hidden files and folders" select "Show hidden files > and folders" > OK. If there's one there, rename or delete it. > > If you were to open it with Notepad you'd see what file is being called > and starting up automatically. >