TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

Any ideas why please?

 

Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

never need. How can I get rid of them?

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest TaurArian]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

Autoplay Repair Wizard

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C680A7B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

or

http://tinyurl.com/4f2mx

The Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard scans your computer devices to find defective

AutoPlay settings, and attempts to fix those it finds.

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message

news:qauht3h86taid1km7kq4m37pdldfssuobk@4ax.com...

| Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

| TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

| there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

| Any ideas why please?

|

| Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

| never need. How can I get rid of them?

|

| --

| Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

Removing unwanted AutoPlay Handlers:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoplayhandlers.htm

 

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Regards,

 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

 

 

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:qauht3h86taid1km7kq4m37pdldfssuobk@4ax.com...

Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

Any ideas why please?

 

Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

never need. How can I get rid of them?

 

--

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message

news:qauht3h86taid1km7kq4m37pdldfssuobk@4ax.com...

> Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

> TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

> there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every

> entry.

 

 

Read Microsoft's KB articles 136214 and 330135. Maybe you don't have

the global setting to enable auto-run on the various drive types, so

the local setting to enable on each individual drive cannot be

enabled. Try a value of 95.

 

Microsoft also has their AutoPlay Repair Wizard available from their

download site. It might work.

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

"TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote:

>Autoplay Repair Wizard

>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C680A7B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

>or

>http://tinyurl.com/4f2mx

>The Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard scans your computer devices to find defective

>AutoPlay settings, and attempts to fix those it finds.

>Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

 

Sounded promising, but unfortunately didn't find anything wrong here.

At conclusion, gave message:

"Either the device is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine

the problem."

 

I recently installed Magix Movie Editor Pro 14. It included its own

burning option (Goya?) which I don't need but had no option to decline

as part of the package. So that may well have caused the problem.

 

From my googling, it seems there are a raft of possible causes and

complications, but no universal solutions as far as I can tell!

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

>"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message

>news:qauht3h86taid1km7kq4m37pdldfssuobk@4ax.com...

>> Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

>> TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>> there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every

>> entry.

>

>

>Read Microsoft's KB articles 136214 and 330135. Maybe you don't have

>the global setting to enable auto-run on the various drive types, so

>the local setting to enable on each individual drive cannot be

>enabled. Try a value of 95.

>

>Microsoft also has their AutoPlay Repair Wizard available from their

>download site. It might work.

 

Thanks, but those settings are fine.

 

Note that in this thread I'm asking specifically about the *handlers*

aspect.

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:

>Removing unwanted AutoPlay Handlers:

>http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoplayhandlers.htm

>

>--

>Regards,

>

>Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

>Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

>Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

>

>

>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:qauht3h86taid1km7kq4m37pdldfssuobk@4ax.com...

>Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

>TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

>Any ideas why please?

>

>Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

>never need. How can I get rid of them?

 

Thanks Ramesh, I've duly installed Cleanhandlers. But can you clarify

how to use it please! I selected 'PDVDPlayDVDMovieOnArrival', assuming

that stands for Power DVD, and clicked 'Scan & Fix...'. But the two

issues remain:

1) The list of actions in Properties no longer includes 'DVD'

2) PowerDVD is not on the list for any of the actions

3) Inserting a DVD brings up Explorer.

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

>TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

>Any ideas why please?

>

>Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

>never need. How can I get rid of them?

 

Pleased to report that after various housekeeping exercises (CCleaner,

Glary Utilities, sfc scannow) and a reboot, I got Autoplay back. And

the list now includes DVD again.

 

But the point above remains puzzling. Anyone able to confirm the

Delete button *is* active in TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

please?

 

And/or advise the registry entry/entries that contains the list, so I

can cull it?

 

--

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

Thanks for the update Terry.

>> Anyone able to confirm the Delete button *is* active in TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers please?

 

This is normal. Only entries that're created using TweakUI can be removed using TweakUI.

 

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Regards,

 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

 

 

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:l7ckt356qeof87to6f2b2anrj6lfe1g5es@4ax.com...

Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

>TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

>Any ideas why please?

>

>Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

>never need. How can I get rid of them?

 

Pleased to report that after various housekeeping exercises (CCleaner,

Glary Utilities, sfc scannow) and a reboot, I got Autoplay back. And

the list now includes DVD again.

 

But the point above remains puzzling. Anyone able to confirm the

Delete button *is* active in TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

please?

 

And/or advise the registry entry/entries that contains the list, so I

can cull it?

 

--

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Alan Edwards]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

[x-posting reduced to only MS groups]

 

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:05:07 +0000, in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Terry Pinnell

<terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

>

>>Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

>>TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>>there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

>>Any ideas why please?

>>

>>Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

>>never need. How can I get rid of them?

>

>Pleased to report that after various housekeeping exercises (CCleaner,

>Glary Utilities, sfc scannow) and a reboot, I got Autoplay back. And

>the list now includes DVD again.

>

>But the point above remains puzzling. Anyone able to confirm the

>Delete button *is* active in TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>please?

 

AFAIK, it is only active for handlers you have created using TweakUI,

which you may have deduced from trying to Edit one and read the text

"You can only edit descriptions for handlers created by TweakUI"

 

....Alan

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http://dts-l.com/index.htm

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message

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>

> Anyone able to confirm the > Delete button *is* active in

> TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers please?

 

The Delete button of which you ask is only for those auto-handlers

that you have defined using TweakUI.

 

- Create button. That lets you create new auto-handlers that are

defined by TweakUI.

_ Edit button. Only works on auto-handlers created by TweakUI.

- Delete button. Only works on auto-handlers created by TweakUI.

 

Edit and Delete do not work on auto-handlers that are not defined by

TweakUI. You can test this for yourself. Use the Create button to

have TweakUI create a new auto-handler. Call it "Test TweakUI

autohandler". After creating this test auto-handler, the Edit button

will now let you actually edit that entry. The Delete button will now

let you delete that TweakUI-generated auto-handler.

> And/or advise the registry entry/entries that contains the list, so

> I

> can cull it?

 

Use the test procedure above and by using a name for the auto-handler

that is rather unique so you can search on it, create the test

auto-handler and then go search on that string in the registry. That

should lead you to whatever key and data item(s) where TweakUI records

those entries that you create using TweakUI.

 

For the entries not created by TweakUI, use TweakUI to see their

descriptions and search the registry on those strings. That will lead

you to the class name under which the string is listed; for example,

searching on "convert dvd-video movies to nero", one of the

descriptions that TweakUI shows for me, in the registry finds the

Nero.AutoPlay7 registry key under which is the shell subkey (it will

show under the HKLM hive and also duplicated under the HKCR

pseudo-hive).

 

When loading the registry, Windows searches for the shells and

namespaces to add to various objects, like drive and folder objects.

These shells are listed under the list of Explorer autoplay handers at

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers.

 

How do I know this? I just started with searching on the description

shown in TweakUI to find the registry key under which is a shell

subkey that has the auto-play handler defined (there is a command

sub-subkey to specify the program) and then I just searched on the key

to find where it was listed as a handler for Explorer. I started with

the description string in TweakUI and started digging around in the

registry.

[Guest David Webb]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

Regarding the registry locations, see the section titled, "AutoPlay Handlers

registry location" in the link previously posted by Ramesh.

 

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message

news:l7ckt356qeof87to6f2b2anrj6lfe1g5es@4ax.com...

> Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

>

>>Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

>>TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>>there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

>>Any ideas why please?

>>

>>Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

>>never need. How can I get rid of them?

>

> Pleased to report that after various housekeeping exercises (CCleaner,

> Glary Utilities, sfc scannow) and a reboot, I got Autoplay back. And

> the list now includes DVD again.

>

> But the point above remains puzzling. Anyone able to confirm the

> Delete button *is* active in TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

> please?

>

> And/or advise the registry entry/entries that contains the list, so I

> can cull it?

>

> --

> Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

>"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message

>news:l7ckt356qeof87to6f2b2anrj6lfe1g5es@4ax.com...

>>

>> Anyone able to confirm the > Delete button *is* active in

>> TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers please?

>

>The Delete button of which you ask is only for those auto-handlers

>that you have defined using TweakUI.

>

>- Create button. That lets you create new auto-handlers that are

>defined by TweakUI.

>_ Edit button. Only works on auto-handlers created by TweakUI.

>- Delete button. Only works on auto-handlers created by TweakUI.

>

>Edit and Delete do not work on auto-handlers that are not defined by

>TweakUI. You can test this for yourself. Use the Create button to

>have TweakUI create a new auto-handler. Call it "Test TweakUI

>autohandler". After creating this test auto-handler, the Edit button

>will now let you actually edit that entry. The Delete button will now

>let you delete that TweakUI-generated auto-handler.

>

>> And/or advise the registry entry/entries that contains the list, so

>> I

>> can cull it?

>

>Use the test procedure above and by using a name for the auto-handler

>that is rather unique so you can search on it, create the test

>auto-handler and then go search on that string in the registry. That

>should lead you to whatever key and data item(s) where TweakUI records

>those entries that you create using TweakUI.

>

>For the entries not created by TweakUI, use TweakUI to see their

>descriptions and search the registry on those strings. That will lead

>you to the class name under which the string is listed; for example,

>searching on "convert dvd-video movies to nero", one of the

>descriptions that TweakUI shows for me, in the registry finds the

>Nero.AutoPlay7 registry key under which is the shell subkey (it will

>show under the HKLM hive and also duplicated under the HKCR

>pseudo-hive).

>

>When loading the registry, Windows searches for the shells and

>namespaces to add to various objects, like drive and folder objects.

>These shells are listed under the list of Explorer autoplay handers at

>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers.

>

>How do I know this? I just started with searching on the description

>shown in TweakUI to find the registry key under which is a shell

>subkey that has the auto-play handler defined (there is a command

>sub-subkey to specify the program) and then I just searched on the key

>to find where it was listed as a handler for Explorer. I started with

>the description string in TweakUI and started digging around in the

>registry.

 

Thanks, good idea, I'll follow it through.

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

Re: TweakUI Autoplay Handlers

 

"David Webb" <dwebb211@earthling.net> wrote:

>Regarding the registry locations, see the section titled, "AutoPlay Handlers

>registry location" in the link previously posted by Ramesh.

>

>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message

>news:l7ckt356qeof87to6f2b2anrj6lfe1g5es@4ax.com...

>> Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

>>

>>>Using TweakUI on this XP PC, under

>>>TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>>>there's a Delete box. But in my case it's greyed out for every entry.

>>>Any ideas why please?

>>>

>>>Some of these are old, others duplicated, and yet others I know I will

>>>never need. How can I get rid of them?

>>

>> Pleased to report that after various housekeeping exercises (CCleaner,

>> Glary Utilities, sfc scannow) and a reboot, I got Autoplay back. And

>> the list now includes DVD again.

>>

>> But the point above remains puzzling. Anyone able to confirm the

>> Delete button *is* active in TweakUI/My Computer/AutoPlay/Handlers

>> please?

>>

>> And/or advise the registry entry/entries that contains the list, so I

>> can cull it?

>>

>> --

>> Terry, East Grinstead, UK

>

 

Thanks for the follow-ups. I was so impatient to get to it that I

missed that obvious proviso about the handlers.

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK