Suppresses the Media Change Notification (MCN) message for particular CD-ROM drives.
This tweak can suppress the Media Change Notification (MCN) message for particular CD-ROM drives.
Level: Recommended For Experts Only
Description:
Cd-rom insertion lets the system issue a message to media features, which activates autoplay function. This media features remain disabled if they do not receive the message. There are some devices, which do not support these features because they recognize the loading of the media physically. Therefore, the system suppresses the message for these devices. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click to modify the expandable string value name "autorunalwaysdisable, in the right panel, to append the data value with the vendor or product name from the list of identified products and product groups. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
Cd-rom insertion lets the system issue a message to media features, which activates autoplay function. This media features remain disabled if they do not receive the message. There are some devices, which do not support these features because they recognize the loading of the media physically. Therefore, the system suppresses the message for these devices. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click to modify the expandable string value name "autorunalwaysdisable, in the right panel, to append the data value with the vendor or product name from the list of identified products and product groups. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Go to <b> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\]</b>, right-click on "AutoRunAlwaysDisable" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value of vendor or product identfiers in the existing list and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: AutoRunAlwaysDisable
- Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value)
- Action Type: Modified
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