Digital Camera autoplay problem

[Ray]

I have developed an irritating problem on one of my PCs, up until about a week ago when I connected my Digital SLR to the PC autoplay would fire up my Nikon transfer software to download pictures from the camera. Now it doesn't and it won't even bring up the autoplay dialogue to choose a programme to do the job.

Yet if I connect the camera to my other PC running the same OS and security software it works as it should and starts the Nikon transfer programme as soon as I connect the camera, any suggestions gratefully received as much trawling of the net has yet to find a solution. 

[Steve]

Any use Ray http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/27544-autoplay-enable-disable-autorun.html

[Rik]

The first thing I would do is remove and re-install the software, Ray. If that doesn't work, chances are autoplay is disabled for the 'drive' which is your camera. I can only find information up to XP, but does this help:

http://autorun.moonvalley.com/enable.htm

[Ray]

Any use Ray http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/27544-autoplay-enable-disable-autorun.html

Tried the first method, Steve, the second one is no good for Windows 7 Home Premium, the policy editor doesn't exist in that version.

[Ray]

The first thing I would do is remove and re-install the software, Ray. If that doesn't work, chances are autoplay is disabled for the 'drive' which is your camera. I can only find information up to XP, but does this help:

http://autorun.moonvalley.com/enable.htm

I've tried that, Rik, and autoplay is definitely enabled for the Camera, I've tried that registry edit suggestion but that registery key doesn't seem to exist in Win 7.

The camera shows up in explorer as a portable device with no autplay options on the right click menu.

[Steve]

Shame! is there a hack

If you work your way through this list you should find the registry setting

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=18c90c80-8b0a-4906-a4f5-ff24cc2030fb&displaylang=en

[Rik]

Failing which, a card reader might be a simple, cheap and fast alternative, Ray.

[Glenn]

Is it worth trying a restore, from when it was working?

[Ray]

Failing which, a card reader might be a simple, cheap and fast alternative, Ray.

Yes, I've tried one of those, works perfectly with a card reader, I've just tried it again on my other desktop PC and it works exactly as it should, I think I'll have to have a trawl through the registry on this other machine and see if their are any different/missing setttings.

[Rik]

Happy hunting. 

[Ray]

Well I can't find anything different in the registries so it's doing a restore from the server at the moment from a backup done on the 6th May, hopefully that'll fix it. 

[Rik]

 

I have to say, I prefer to use card readers anyway.

[Ray]

I have to say, I prefer to use card readers anyway.

I don't mind using one, but I usually can't find it when I want to use it. 

[Rik]

I keep mine next to the monitor. The laptop and netbook both have SD readers built in.

[Ray]

I've got one combined with the floppy drive on my 2nd PC, but my main one hasn't got a floppy drive, so I use a small card reader that looks like a flash drive that plugs into a usb port, but it seems to have the ability to move itself round my desk and hide under my paperwork. 

[Rik]

The malevolence of inanimate objects.

[DorsetBoy]

Ray, in Win 7 go to Control Panel, AUTOPLAY is the third menu item (assuming LARGE ICONS selected) , there you can choose the default action for each item of hardware.

[Technical Ben]

I've decided to turn it off. For all it's worth, using online content these days I don't need it. For the rare time I am putting a CD in, I DONT want it to start doing things automatically and getting in the way. When I put in my external HDD it always gets confused, and refuses to remember my preferences (which is to do nothing  ).