Enable/Disable Autorun

To disable Autorun (AutoAction) of certain media or filetypes:

Method 1: Auto Action menu

• 1. Go to "Control Panel"

  2. Open "AutoPlay"

• • 1. Disable any/all actions from dropdown menus

• • 1. Click "Save"

Method 2: Registry Editor

• 1. Run "regedit"

• 1. Navigate to the location:

     1. IF disabling for all users: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

     2. IF disabling for current user: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

• • 1. "FF" to disable for all media drives, or

• • 1. Sum of "media drive value" assigned by Microsoft to each media drive type that should be disabled

       1. "1" for unknown drives

       2. "4" for removable drives

       3. "8" for fixed drives

       4. "10" for network drives

       5. "20" for Disc ROM drives

       6. "40" for RAM disks

    2. NOTE: using "FF" value prevented file upload/download popup window of a web-browser from accessing directory tree and thumbnails/file-icons properl