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Louisa
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      12-25-2007
How can I configure Auto-Play options *by* *drive*?

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Rick Rogers
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      12-25-2007
Hi Louisa,

You can't. Options are set by file type (extension), not by location.

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"Louisa" <> wrote in message
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> How can I configure Auto-Play options *by* *drive*?
>
> Thank you.
>
>


 
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Louisa
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      12-25-2007
File Type is of no use to me. It's very annoying to see my network attached
drives scanned all the time. Windows XP is much more reasonable in this
respect. Why can't they have system defaults with the ability to set things
at the drive level?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Louisa,
>
> You can't. Options are set by file type (extension), not by location.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Louisa" <> wrote in message
> news:C94D6BFE-B92D-4661-922F-...
> > How can I configure Auto-Play options *by* *drive*?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >

>
>

 
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Rick Rogers
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      12-26-2007
Scanned how?

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"Louisa" <> wrote in message
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> File Type is of no use to me. It's very annoying to see my network
> attached
> drives scanned all the time. Windows XP is much more reasonable in this
> respect. Why can't they have system defaults with the ability to set
> things
> at the drive level?
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Louisa,
>>
>> You can't. Options are set by file type (extension), not by location.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Louisa" <> wrote in message
>> news:C94D6BFE-B92D-4661-922F-...
>> > How can I configure Auto-Play options *by* *drive*?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> >

>>
>>


 
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Louisa
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      12-26-2007
That stupid flashlight that waves around while it looks for autoplayable
files. I just want to open the volume the same way I do a locally attached
disk -- which I can do in Windows XP because it allows me to turn off
auto-play by *drive*.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Scanned how?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Louisa" <> wrote in message
> news:06616DA0-1AB0-4F56-B061-...
> > File Type is of no use to me. It's very annoying to see my network
> > attached
> > drives scanned all the time. Windows XP is much more reasonable in this
> > respect. Why can't they have system defaults with the ability to set
> > things
> > at the drive level?
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Louisa,
> >>
> >> You can't. Options are set by file type (extension), not by location.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "Louisa" <> wrote in message
> >> news:C94D6BFE-B92D-4661-922F-...
> >> > How can I configure Auto-Play options *by* *drive*?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>

>
>

 
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Dave
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      12-26-2007
Do you mean hard drives?
USB drives?
Exactly what?
In what, Windows Explorer?


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"Louisa" <> wrote in message
news:86CD1A57-A4E3-4CAF-AD52-...
> That stupid flashlight that waves around while it looks for autoplayable
> files. I just want to open the volume the same way I do a locally
> attached
> disk -- which I can do in Windows XP because it allows me to turn off
> auto-play by *drive*.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Scanned how?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Louisa" <> wrote in message
>> news:06616DA0-1AB0-4F56-B061-...
>> > File Type is of no use to me. It's very annoying to see my network
>> > attached
>> > drives scanned all the time. Windows XP is much more reasonable in
>> > this
>> > respect. Why can't they have system defaults with the ability to set
>> > things
>> > at the drive level?
>> >
>> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Louisa,
>> >>
>> >> You can't. Options are set by file type (extension), not by location.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>> >>
>> >> "Louisa" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:C94D6BFE-B92D-4661-922F-...
>> >> > How can I configure Auto-Play options *by* *drive*?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>

>>
>>

 
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norm
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      12-26-2007
Louisa wrote:
> How can I configure Auto-Play options *by* *drive*?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>

I am not sure if this is what you want, but try Control Panel/ Autoplay.
 
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Rick Rogers
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      12-26-2007
Hi,

That isn't looking for an autoplay file, it's simply trying to get a listing
of contents. This is a known issue with mapped network drives in Vista and I
understand it's being addressed in SP1.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Louisa" <> wrote in message
news:86CD1A57-A4E3-4CAF-AD52-...
> That stupid flashlight that waves around while it looks for autoplayable
> files. I just want to open the volume the same way I do a locally
> attached
> disk -- which I can do in Windows XP because it allows me to turn off
> auto-play by *drive*.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Scanned how?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Louisa" <> wrote in message
>> news:06616DA0-1AB0-4F56-B061-...
>> > File Type is of no use to me. It's very annoying to see my network
>> > attached
>> > drives scanned all the time. Windows XP is much more reasonable in
>> > this
>> > respect. Why can't they have system defaults with the ability to set
>> > things
>> > at the drive level?
>> >
>> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Louisa,
>> >>
>> >> You can't. Options are set by file type (extension), not by location.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>> >>
>> >> "Louisa" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:C94D6BFE-B92D-4661-922F-...
>> >> > How can I configure Auto-Play options *by* *drive*?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>

>>
>>


 
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