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When I plug my memory stick/flash drive in a USB port or Insert a CD/DVD in the optical drive the window showing options to display the contents (flash drive) or the window containing the contents (CD/DVD disc) doesn't come up as it used to

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CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive/writer problem: The Autoplay feature in Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 no longer works

Usually when you plug a USB flash drive/memory stick or insert a CD/DVD disc into your laptop or desktop PC, for a flash drive a window comes up that displays several options that can be chosen from to display the contents of the drive and a window comes up showing the contents of the CD/DVD disc. For the flash drive, you usually choose the Open folder to view files option in order to view the contents.

If those windows no longer presents themselves, the Autoplay feature no longer works. To fix the problem try using the Autoplay Repair Wizard for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003:

"The Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard scans your computer devices to find defective AutoPlay settings, and attempts to fix those it finds." -

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?...

You insert the USB flash drive or CD/DVD disc and run the program, which allows you to select the problem device, and then when prompted, remove then re-insert the drive or disc. The instructions are very straightforward and the whole process does not take long.

At the time of writing (April 2010), there was no AutoPlay Repair Wizard for Windows Vista or Windows 7, but there are these pages:

Troubleshoot [Vista] AutoPlay problems -

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/...

Troubleshoot AutoPlay problems [Windows 7] -

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/...