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    Autoplay issues

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Peon, Jul 18, 2014.

  1. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    My autoplay has always been kinda screwed up - see the screenshot for details. Does anyone know how to fix this?

    AutoPlay.png
     
    Peon, Jul 18, 2014
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  2. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    I think those setting are in the registry, so have you tried to use system restore to go back to when autoplay worked? Also do the MS applications & photoshop launch the desired application ?
     
    JOSEA, Jul 19, 2014
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  3. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

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    He says it's always been like that, so there's probably no Restore Points that help. I have seen this kind of thing a lot myself, and it's typically caused by shoddy installers (from Adobe, Microsoft, and others...). As JOSEA said, there's no easy fix, and as I recall the registry edits are not trivial. Best I can do at this point is advise the OP to Google it, and see if he can find a helpful site. Make sure you have a Restore Point before you go into the Registry, however. Like I said, this isn't going to be easy to fix.
     
    Pirx, Jul 21, 2014
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  4. James D

    James D Notebook Prophet

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    Probably there were couple versions of Office and Photoshop installed.

    I would uninstall both (i would also use uninstall tool but just have it already) and reinstalled again.
     
    James D, Jul 21, 2014
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  5. tijo

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    Have you tried rebuilding the icon cache?

    You can try that with the following inputs in command prompt (might have to run it as an admin, not sure, it's been a while since I did it):
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    ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
DEL "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" /A
shutdown /r /f /t 00
    This will take care of deleting the icon cache, stopping the processes that use it before deleting and restarting. Windows should rebuild it at boot.
     
    tijo, Jul 21, 2014
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  6. octiceps

    octiceps Nimrod

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    octiceps, Jul 21, 2014
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