Despite the fact that at present very few people could be inserting a CD-ROM or DVD disc in the computer tray due to the presence of USB flash drives when it comes to retrieving some information from these storage devices, there is still lto possibility that we may have saved any important file on any of these physical media.
At that very moment, a large number of people could feel annoyed due to the presence of "autoplay" in Windows; This functionality is activated with any means that is connected to the computer, which also involves the USB pendrive, the micro SD memories and even some means of digital video capture. Next we will mention a few tricks, tips and applications that you can use at any time to deactivate this automatic reproduction in Windows.
Mechanisms to disable autoplay in Windows
First of all, you should evaluate what you want to do before disabling this autoplay in Windows; Perhaps the need you have at this time is not permanent, therefore you should try to adopt a few temporary tricks. If you are going to continually occupy the computer tray to insert these types of physical disks then you may need to perform a permanent operation.
A simple trick to disable autoplay temporarily, is applied with the following steps:
- Insert the physical media into the input tray (a CD-ROM or a DVD disc)
- Hold down the Shift key until the "autoplay" window appears.
- Release the key.
- Close the "autoplay" window.
With this simple trick you will prevent a video disc from playing automatically and rather, you will have the possibility of closing the window so that no action is executed. We can consider this trick as a temporary option for this task.
If you wish to apply a permanent trick, then this means that you will never want any kind of action every time a disc (CD-ROM or DVD) is inserted into the inbox of your personal computer. To do this, we suggest you follow the following steps:
- Open the «Control Panel»
- Click on the search space at the top right of this window.
- Write there the phrase «Autoplay«
- From the results, choose the option that says "change default media or device settings"
Once you have proceeded with these steps you will immediately jump into another window. There you only have to look for the physical media that refer to a CD-ROM or a DVD disc, choosing from the drop-down menu the action you want to obtain, which in this case could represent «take no action«.
Using a third party app
If it seems complicated, you cannot find the options that we have indicated or you simply want to have the option to activate or deactivate the "automatic reproduction" at will, we suggest you use a simple tool; it has the name of «AutoPlayConfig»And once you run it, you will be presented with a screen very similar to the following.
This tool is portable, you must run it only when you want to apply the changes you want. For example, once you run it and press the button that says "Disable", the disabling of "autoplay" will remain in the "Windows registry" until you do the reverse. Every time you restart your computer, this feature will always be on. If you want to activate it again, you only have to run this tool again but now, it will press the button that says "Enable".
There may be other additional alternatives for this same task, which involve a larger process that perhaps no one wants to perform due to the large amount of resources that other tools within Windows could consume. You can use any of the alternatives that we have mentioned, which does not involve a risk or danger in the stability of your computer.