Odd Behavior

[VPNing]

Windows XP Home, SP1
When double clicking the C: Drive a program install is executed. In my case it happens to be MSDE. What is even stranger is that when I right mouse click the C: Drive there is an "install" option and and "Auto Play" option.
Does anyone have any idea as to what might be causing this?
Thank in advance.

 

[bcastner]

Look in the root directory of Drive C: for an autorun.inf file.

Move it or delete it.

 

[VPNing]

bcastner,
Thanks for the response. I think you are onto something. I checked the root and saw not only the autorun.inf file but I also saw the setup.exe file as well as the rest of the files necessary to install MSDE. So I renamed all files to .old including the auto run and now when I double click the C: Drive it I get an error stating that setup.exe can not be located.
I did not reboot after renaming the files.
What is baffling to me the file is executed when I click on the c: drive.
Thanks Again.

 

[bcastner]

To disable autorun on hard disk drives C: and D: (there is no reason to have it enabled):

Open notepad and copy/paste the below as No_Run.reg :

***** start copy/paste below this line
REGEDIT4

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveAutoRun"=dword:00001100

****** end copy/paste above this line

Double click the saved file No_Run.reg to add the contents to your registry. Reboot.

 

[linney]

Some articles on Autrun.inf might be useful to you. Adapt the information where necessary to apply to the file on your drive.

How to Test Autorun.inf Files

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;136214&FR=1

172078 - HOWTO: Enable Autorun for Applications Distributed on CD- ROM

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;172078&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

818804 - HOW TO: Create an Autorun CD-ROM for Applications That You Create by Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818804&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

330135 - The AutoRun or AutoPlay Feature Does Not Work

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330135&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH