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| Thread ID: 150537 | 2022-03-18 21:50:00 | Win 11 USB problem | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1485038 | 2022-03-18 21:50:00 | I am running Win 11 Pro. When I attach a USB device (stick or Ext HDD) I would like to see the files appear on the monitor. This doesn't happen and I have to click on the File Explorer to access the drive. How do I get the USB device to appear as soon as I plug it in? | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1485039 | 2022-03-19 01:36:00 | You need to change the autoplay default setting for removable drive. I'm not good at explaining things. Just google "change the autoplay default setting for removable drive" |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1485040 | 2022-03-19 02:35:00 | Thank you for that. I have tried but I can still not get the removable HDD to load directly to the monitor. I have to go to the File explorer or "This PC" icon and load from there. I am sure that at one time just attaching the drive would bring up the folders automatically. Nothing I select from Autoplay will do that now. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1485041 | 2022-03-19 04:02:00 | We have the same problem with one of those photo sticks, comes up in this pc listing with 116gb, double clicking does absolutely nothing either. Another external hard drive comes up with USB Device not recognized and we will have to get our guru in to sort this out. lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1485042 | 2022-03-19 05:43:00 | "SOMETIMES" you need to roll up ya sleves and dig deep to resolve this problem. ( had several do it lately) Have a read on this site www.minitool.com Heres a hint: Most didn't work. (helpful eh :D) OK heres what did Number 5 in that link-- Reg edits -- And seriously dont screw up the paths otherwise can cause all sorts of problems. The default numbers are usually 255. * SEE NOTE: NOTE: What you may find is the Second Path doesn't exist so you have to add it in by right clicking in the folder and creating the entry, once done and rebooted, plugging in the USB opens directly showing the contents. Heres a video I made showing how Da video -------- streamable.com |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1485043 | 2022-03-19 18:37:00 | Thankyou WT. I have checked the Registry intending to create the fixes that you suggest. However, in both HKEY_USER and HKEY_MACHINE\software\ Microsoft\CurrentVersion, Current version does not appear in either. I had best leave for now and persevere using file explorer or THIS PC icon to access the USB. WIN 11 was created using the work around as my CPU and MB are too old. But, thanks again for the help. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1485044 | 2022-03-19 18:47:00 | Whoopsy, should have double checked, I had left out Windows after Microsoft!!!!!! | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1485045 | 2022-03-19 19:08:00 | OK! The HKEY_USER was there with default value of 255. There was nothing in the HKEY_MACHINE so I created it as you suggested, rebooted added the USB drive and there it was on the monitor. Thank you so much. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1485046 | 2022-03-20 00:01:00 | The first app I install in Windows is Free Commander file manager. You can create favourite shortcuts to any folder, or drive. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1485047 | 2022-03-20 02:49:00 | Thanks for the tip mzee. Eons ago I used Peter Norton's Norton's Commander - wonderful program. It went by the boards and so I dabbled with Total Commander. I haven't had it for sometime so I am pleased to see Free Commander does the helpful things the previous programs that I used did. | Bryan (147) | ||
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