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Windows explorer popup in XP

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by argentosw

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When using windows explorer and I put a data cd in to the cd rom a message box appears asking me what I want to do. It has options such as 'never open' or 'always open' and I always choose 'never open'. This box is annoying as sometimes it appears when I am burning a cd and stops the burning process. I do not want this box to appear every time, I want to select the cd rom drive and open it that way. Does anyone know how to prevent this selection box from appearing? Thanks.

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by loki777

Right click on the drive, go to properties and then go to autoplay and manually set all options to do nothing.

by sigmapi71

Maybe you want to disable autorun. If so, you must run regedit and locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom\Autorun key. Set it to 0 and you'll get Autorun disabled for every removable device (also CF cards, MMC, ...). Obviously to reenable Autorun you have to set it to 1.
Hope this helps.

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