Disable AutoRun CD in Windows for Better Security

Disable AutoRun CD in Windows for Better Security


Unfortunately Windows doesn’t provide a simple way for you to

enable or disable automatically running CD-ROMs. I will show

you 2 ways, the manual and automatic way to disable autorun on

Windows.

There’s a trick where you can stop autorun CD in Windows by

pressing a key. Just press the SHIFT key and hold the key for a

while when you load a CD.
SHIFT key to disable autorun
This is also useful for U3 smart drives if you don’t want it to

automatically run the U3 launchpad.

To MANUALLY and permanently enable or disable automatically

running CD-ROMs, you must edit the registry:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and

then press ENTER.
2. Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom
3. To disable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun

value to 0 (zero). To enable automatically running CD-ROMs,

change the Autorun value to 1.
Disable CD autoplay in Windows
4. Restart your computer.

If you don’t like to mess around with your Registry or don’t

know how, use this easy tool called AutoPlayConfig to easily

help you enable or disable Autoplay on Windows.
Disable CD AutoPlay Tool
The program is free and easy to use. One click to check your

Autoplay settings, another to Enable or Disable Autoplay.

[ Download AutoPlayConfig

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Note: If you’d to re-enable CD autoplay but it doesn’t work,

you might want to check two other registry keys that can affect

this functionality. Make sure that both values is “0×00000095”
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore

r
Value: NoDriveTypeAutoRun = 0×00000095

HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

\Explorer
Value: NoDriveTypeAutoRun = 0×00000095