Windows 10: AutoPlay non-functional in Win 10 Pro

Hi, this thread lays out a fix which also worked for me a long time back on Win 10.
As you might expect, it may not be the right one for everyone.
Solved Autoplay won't open in Windows 10. - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Ah - FINALLY! The solution is simple. There is a belief that setting a registry value will fix this:

Well, what did the trick for me was to rename the key to:
"XNoDriveTypeAutoRun . . . " because changing the dword did not fix the issue.

 

AP appears to be problematic in W10. The statement made to me by a MS tech, as mentioned earlier in this thread, was not accurate: autoplay can indeed launch third-party media players. However, in my case it took a reversion to an early image when that worked, then a gradual customization of the system and install of programs, checking frequently to see if AP still functioned...which it has to this day.

 

Agreed, AP is messy - well over 100 registry entries. The folks at MS need to clean up the registry of legacy entries.

 

And, there was no way I was going to rebuilt the OS on a new box.

 

I've been in contact with MS regarding a non-working auto play function. I tried to see if it would work in Safe Mode - here is what I'm reporting to MS:

 

BTW, this only worked once.

 

This would still be applicable to Win 10: Start> In search box type services.msc> Enter> Scroll down to Shell Hardware Detection, and make sure that it is Running, and the Startup Type is set to Automatic. If not, start the service and change the Startup Type.

(I also came across this: Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard - Download - no idea as to its reliability, efficacy or anything. There used to be a MS tool to repair Autoplay for XP.. could be that although this says Win 10.. hmm

Also this older article:
Repair the autoplay feature
)

 

One of the first thing I checked was the SHD service. *Sad
I'll see if the Wizard works on Win10.

I still feel this is a Win10 issue. I remember when I got a new Dell with Win8 and it would not go into sleep mode properly. This forum was full of threads regarding this. Win8.5 solved the problem.

 

Maybe- it works for me once I had fixed it a long time back..

Noting for you it's just the CD-DVD drive, try this older article where applicable, taking appropriate precautions (e.g. back up registry, set a system restore point...).

AutoPlay/AutoRun Not Working or Missing Not Open in Windows Vista My Digital Life

DVD autoplay is not working on Windows 8 computer - Microsoft Community

 

Dalchina, I've tried it all.
Thx for your support, but I'm looking for something beyond the obvious 'fixes.'

 

What is autoplay for your CD-DVD drive set to do?
In Win 10 by default there is no software to play such a disk.
(Of course there are other autoplay options...)
Is that a useful clue?

Otherwise guess you're into comparing registry entries with a working PC.. good luck

Take one working PC.
Install & run regshot (freeware)
Create shot 1
Make changes to Autoplay settings
Create shot 2
Inspect relevant registry keys & values & compare with your PC.

or you could (random idea) try an in-place upgrade install (see Tutorials).
depends if it overwrites the relevant duff registry entries or keeps them as settings which should be kept.

 

dalchina, I'm working directly with MS support. The video I sent them has raised an eyebrow, so I'm following directions on clean booting to see what happens:

 

Hi, My parents have a one week old Dell laptop with Win 10 Home and it it doing this exact same thing. Dell is absolutely no help! Been on phone with them for hours and the last response I got was CD's are going obsolete so that's probably why it doesn't autoplay with them! Please keep us posted with Microsoft updates, I really do think this is a Windows issue not a hardware problem.

By the way I did try the clean boot and still no worky...... Hopefully we can get this sorted out soon.

 

Pretty sure you'll find you need to do a registry fix.
Dell's response doesn't deserve comment. *Wink
Autoplay working fine on my 2 laptops.. only had to fix it once many months ago.

Question is, what breaks it in Win 10 for a few people? But that's an as yet unanswerable question for some of the bigger relatively common issues too.