+5 votes
287 views
How to enable or disable USB auto play Windows 10

in Windows 10 by (552k points)
reopened | 287 views

1 Answer

+3 votes
Best answer

1. How to enable or disable automatic playback Windows 10 from Settings
2. How to enable or disable automatic playback Windows 10 from Control Panel
3. How to enable or disable Windows 10 AutoPlay from group policies

Windows 10 frequently integrates new functions into your system or general applications with a focus on optimizing end-user use by simplifying many of the traditional tasks. One of these integrated functions is the automatic reproduction of the media connected to the equipment. This automatic playback in Windows 10 will automatically detect the type of disc or media inserted and based on this automatically performs the requested action. Within these actions we find opening the folder using File Explorer, using the Configuration application to manage storage , importing images and more available actions..

Although this can be of great help, it really isn't because if you analyze it well, many of the threats on the network can be transmitted through an external medium, so if the automatic playback executes it without permission, we can spread the threat on the computer. unintentionally.

So a security reason is and will disable automatic playback in Windows 10 and TechnoWikis will explain how to do it simply..

1. How to enable or disable automatic playback Windows 10 from Settings

Step 1

The Configuration application is a central point from which we can manage many system parameters. To make use of this option we will go to the Start menu and there we select Settings, we will see the following. There we go to the category “Devices”

image

Step 2

In the new window we go to the section “Automatic playback” where we will see the following options:

image

Step 3

Categories
As we see we find three categories that are:
  • Enable automatic playback by pressing the “Use automatic playback for all media and devices” switch
  • Configure the automatic playback action for removable drives.
  • Set the auto play action for memory cards.

image

Actions
There are several actions that we can apply to each type of medium, these are:
  • Import photos and videos directly to our Dropbox or OneDrive account as the case may be.
  • Do not perform any action in the middle.
  • Open the folder in Windows 10 File Explorer.
  • Ask what action we want to perform.
  • Configure storage if the media will be used as extra storage.

image

Step 4

In the case of the memory card we can find additional options based on the applications installed in the system:

image

Step 5

In case we do not want to use the automatic playback of Windows 10, just press the switch to disable this functionality:

image

2. How to enable or disable automatic playback Windows 10 from Control Panel

Step 1

Another option to perform this action is directly from the Control Panel, for this we access the following route.
  • Control Panel
  • Hardware and sound
There we click on the line “Autoplay”

image

Step 2

We will meet the following. We can see that through the Control Panel we find a much more detailed way to define each action based on the type of medium connected and the type of element to be reproduced. There if we want to activate the automatic reproduction we must activate the “Use automatic reproduction for all media and devices” box at the top and then define the action for each object. image
Step 3

Once this is defined, click on Save to complete the process. image

If we do not want to use automatic playback anymore, we must uncheck the “Use automatic playback for all media and devices” box.

3. How to enable or disable Windows 10 AutoPlay from group policies

Step 1

This is an option available in the Pro and Enterprise editions of Windows 10 and to make use of this method we will combine the Windows + R keys and execute the gpedit.msc command. In the displayed window we will go to the following route:

+ R

 gpedit.msc 
  • Equipment configuration
  • Administrative Templates
  • Windows components
  • AutoPlay Policies

There we double click on the policy called “Disable AutoPlay”

image
Step 2

In the displayed window we activate the “Enabled” box to activate this functionality and at the bottom we define in what type of media this policy will be applied:

image

The options to apply are:

  • All the unitys
  • CD-ROM drives and removable drives

Once this is defined, click on Apply and Accept to save the changes, now, if you wish to deactivate the automatic replay, we must open this policy again and this time activate the “Disabled” box and click on Apply and Accept again..

Thus, we have seen the available ways to activate or not the automatic reproduction in Windows 10 and to define what action has to be done with each medium.


by (3.5m points)
edited

Related questions

+3 votes
1 answer
asked Oct 24, 2019 in Windows 10 by backtothefuture (552k points) | 369 views
+4 votes
1 answer
asked Nov 7, 2019 in Internet by backtothefuture (552k points) | 222 views
+3 votes
1 answer
asked Nov 20, 2019 in Windows 10 by backtothefuture (552k points) | 225 views
+5 votes
1 answer
+4 votes
1 answer
asked Nov 10, 2019 in Windows 10 by backtothefuture (552k points) | 286 views
Sponsored articles cost $40 per post. You can contact us via Feedback

Most popular questions within the last 30 days

10,659 questions
10,791 answers
510 comments
3 users