
Unfortunately Group Policy Editor isn’t available on Windows Home editions, as an alternative you can use regedit. Open Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc), navigate to Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / AutoPlay Policies and change the Turn off AutoPlay policy to Disabled.Īfter that you can reset it to Not Configured, which is the default state. To enable AutoPlay use either of the following methods: So it’s possible that ”Use AutoPlay for all media and devices” is checked, but AutoPlay is still disabled. Unfortunately, the AutoPlay Control Panel applet in Windows 7 doesn’t allow you to change system-wide settings. Likewise, Dropbox, OneDrive, or other cloud sync software may add their own AutoPlay entries to import photos and videos from your external device to the cloud.The Windows AutoPlay system is quite complex and its behavior depends on a lot of registry settings. Here is how the Import pictures and videos (Windows) dialogs look like: Labels: Application Management configuration Features 25. Toggle the switch under 'Use AutoPlay for all media and devices' to turn auto-play on or off. "InvokeProgID"="Microsoft.PhotoAcqDropTarget.1" When Settings App appears, on the sidebar, select 'Bluetooth & Devices.' 3. "DefaultIcon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Photo Viewer\\PhotoAcq.dll,-1" "DefaultIcon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Photo Files (x86)\\Windows Photo Files (x86)\\Windows Photo Viewer\\PhotoAcq.dll,-401"

Windows Registry Editor Version Files (x86)\\Windows Photo Files (x86)\\Windows Photo Viewer\\PhotoAcq.dll,-401" The corresponding AutoPlay handler registry settings (added by the above regsvr32.exe commands) are below:
