Here is a solution for the Geeks; it modifies the Windows registry:
- Start RegEdit (
regedt32.exe
). - Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/Cdrom
. - Edit the Autorun value to ‘
1
’ to enable autorun, and ‘0
’ to disable autorun. - Close RegEdit.
NOTE: You may have to restart the system.
A simpler solution (not guaranteed to work if autorun has been disabled in the registry, as in my case) is:
- Right-click on the drive.
- Choose properties.
- Choose Autoplay.
- Choose the action you want to take for various file types.