Disabling autoplay under XP

[The PIT]

According XP help I'm supposed to be able to turn this off under My Computer > removable devices > properties. However the tab about autoplay is missing so I'm going to have to change it in the registry. Where do I need to look?

[Wombat]

It's easier to find if you run TweakUI.

[ayoub_ibrahim]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\CDRom
Change Autorun to 0.

[Kooldino]

I thought if you ran Tweak UI in XP it would tell you to look where he did?

[The PIT]

Cheers

[dZeus]

btw. is there any way to disable the 'popup menu' autoplay feature in Windows XP, _without_ disabling autoplay for CDs which already have an action connected to them (i.e. they contain an autorun.inf file with an action to perform, or it's an AudioCD/DVD)?

Because I hate the popup menu in WinXP for CDs which don't have an action associated with them, but I do want the autoplay/autorun on CDs which use that.

[Wombat]

Well, there's the half-way solution: Hold down shift when inserting a CD to disable autoplay for that particular time.