The Windows operating system it has long offered us the opportunity for power play videos or music automatically When you connect the USB memory, you can see by connecting everything in the memory.
But and How can you enable this feature? If it’s not enabled on your computer, here’s how to do it in a variety of ways, if for some reason no one is working, so you have more alternatives. It should be noted that with this autoplay you should be careful and check the USB with some security software before opening it. Now let’s see how it’s done.
What are all the safe ways to turn on auto play?
To enable or disable Windows autoplay, we have three options to help you enable this feature, we can find a way to find out how to do it through the control panel, and this option allows us to be more specific. We can also enable this function, and so on group policy editor, in this we can also find a way to activate the automatic playback using USB memory.
With each of these three methods we will show you each step below each of these methods:
With control panel
From the control panel we can activate the autoplay function first we open the control panel, now you will Hardware and Sound, Here you are looking for an option that is highlighted in green and says AutoPlay, here you can get options like play by file type and what to do depending on the connected device.
All you have to do is turn on the option “Use autoplay for all media and devices” then, to complete the setup, click save.
From ‘AutoPlay’ settings
To play from auto play or settings automatically, go to the first thing you need to do, then tap on settings. Here we can see several options such as devices, accounts, phones, languages, etc. We click on Devices.
Now we select the option Auto play or auto play here we will teach you two configuration options for editing what you need.
It is the first Removable drive and memory card. In them we have to choose the value we want to give them and change the default value. After changing what you need, turn the playback switch automatically from gray to blue, and this feature will be activated with all the features you have selected.
If you have a Windows 10 pro, use the policy editor
Like automatic PC lock, this option is enabled for Windows 10 Pro as well as Enterprise version. To do this we need to open the run window with the shortcut Windows + R then you copy the following gpedit.msc.
- Equipment configuration
- Administrative Templates
- Windows components
- Autoplay policies
- Click on “policy” disable autoplay.
Then a window will open we need to activate the enabled box and then choose the type of device below All unions and CD-ROM drives and removable drives. After selecting the option, click accept to save the changes.
With these methods, for example, if you have a playlist on a USB stick, you can play it automatically.
What if your USB memory does not open automatically?
Well, if you want to open your USB drive automatically as soon as it’s connected to your computer, you need to follow these steps to make it happen.
Now it’s the first thing Enter Control panel and then go to Hardware and Sound Now you are in AutoPlay, while you are here you choose the Removable Drive option from the drop down list. Select the open folder to view the files (file explorer) now click at the bottom to save the changes.
Once done and done with this setup, the USB will open automatically when connected to the computer
