Go to ‘Control Panel‘ and open it,
Under the ‘Hardware and Sound‘ menu click on ‘Play CDs or other media automatically‘,
Disable the first option that appears in the pop up window, which says; “Use AutoPlay for all media and devices“,
This will disable all the media storage devices, including USB drives, CDs/DVDs etc.
Select any feature to disable it
If you are looking for more control, you can selectively choose which option you want to disable, by first clicking the drop down menu at the right side of each option and then set it to ‘Take no action‘.
For instance, if you want to disable ‘DVD movies‘ from automatically running, you can set it to ‘Take no action‘ and then Save changes.
Disable Removable Flash Drives only
Perhaps you want to prevent your flash drives and not your CDs/DVDs. For this, you have to specify each file type that might exist in the flash while you plug-in and follow the same procedure mentioned above. For instance, most USB (Flash) devices contains ‘Audio and Video files‘ , ‘Pictures‘, ‘Software and Games‘ and most importantly, ‘Mixed content‘.
Window will automatically, detect and take appropriate action depending upon the files (file type) inside the USB. If you have any other Windows related issue, drop a comment and we’ll answers it.
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