Disable autorun/autoplay property

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Sep
13

Disabling Autorun Property

To disable autorun using Group Policy Editor
Start ? Run ? gpedit.msc
Go to Computer Configuration ? Administrative Templates ?System
Double-click
Turn off Autoplay
Select
Enabled
Turn off Autoplay on = All Drives

Start ? Run ? Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER ? SOFTWARE ? Microsoft ? Windows ?CurrentVersion ? Policies ? Explorer ? NoDriveTypeAutorun
Set the following value
NoDriveTypeAutorun = FF (Hexadecimal) or 255 (Decimal) Disables AutoRun on all kinds of drive

To disable autorun of CD drive
Start ? Run ? Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ? System ?CurrentControlSet ? Services? CdRom
Set following values
AutoRun = 0 (to disable autorun on CDs)
AutoRun = 1 (to enable)

Hold on SHIFT key while inserting CD in CDROM