http://forums.whatth...howtopic=118669
after solving the malware problem, my cd/dvd drives' autorun is not working correctly (please refer to page 4, half way down, from the above thread link). whenever i insert a software rom or a dvdrom, i am not presented with a welcome screen(the screen that asks you if you want to play, install, visit homepage, view readme files, etc.) of the respected rom. instead, i am presented with a windows explorer screen with the contents of the respected rom. the picture below is a Windows xp pro cd:
when i open the autorun.inf file, it looks like this(which by the way is the same in every dvd/cd rom i insert, i have tried several and all autorun.inf files are the same):
i was told, by a Super Member of this forum(he who helped me with my malware problem-thx again), "If you notice in the autorun.inf file it shows icon=Setup.exe, 0 it should read icon=Setup.exe, 1. Make that change in the file, save it and see how that works for you".
so, at the risk of sounding stupid-are these "autorun.inf" files only found on the cd/dvd rom? or is there a universal autorun.inf file located in windows somewhere? i ask because, as i said above, i tried several different cd/dvd roms, and they both had the same .inf file= "icon=Setup.exe, 0". i tried changing the .inf file like as requested, but being that it is located on the cd it is a "read only" .inf file, i can't change anythig....or am i looking in the wrong place???
for info, i am running win xp pro/sp3 and my cd/dvd rom drives' autoplay is set to "prompt me each time to choose an action". music cds, mp3 cds, jpeg cds, etc. all prompt. only cd/dvd roms are opening windows explorer.
any help would be greatly welcomed. thanks
Edited by danszczerba, 08 June 2011 - 03:09 PM.