If you are experiencing this on a system that has been joined to a domain, you will need to contact the domain administrator for assistance.

In the Details pane, double-click Turn off Autoplay. Under Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, and then click Autoplay Policies.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Allow. How to open Group Policy settings as follows:Ĭlick Start, type Gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. Any other drives: unknown types, removable drives, network drives, and CD-ROM drives are disabled. When selecting 'Enabled', you need to select 'CD-ROM and removable media drives' to allow HotStart to function.īy selecting this option, the Autoplay registry value is set to '0xB5', and fixed and RAM drives are the only ones still enabled. There are three options: 'Not Configured', 'Enabled', and 'Disabled' in the 'Turn off Autoplay'. You can change the settings by using Group Policy settings. When the registry value is set to 0xFF, HotStart does not function. When changing the Group Policy setting to disable Autoplay, the Autoplay registry value gets set to 0xFF (disable Autoplay on all drives). In this scenario, the HotStart buttons do not function Cause There is a policy set in Group Policy to disable Autoplay on all drives You have a Windows 7 system running on a laptop with Hotstart buttons This article provides a solution to an issue where HotStart buttons doesn't work when Autoplay is disabled. Disabling Autoplay through Group Policy or the registry will cause HotStart buttons to not function

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