Solved Removable Drive Insertion Pop-up

AngelaChristie

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I am running Windows 8.1 and have the Classic Shell installed. It's been working fine (the shell, that is) for a long time, but for some reason I don't understand it started giving me a pop-up notification whenever I insert a USB thumb drive using the non-classic shell format - sorry; I don't know what you call that, the "standard desktop" or something like that? Anyway, it's bugging me. True, it's not really hurting anything. I can still use the removable drive as I always did, but I worry about why I'm all of a sudden getting this non-classic shell notification. It just looks really out of place to me.

It looks like this: Removable Drive Notification.JPG
 

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Hello Angela, and welcome to Eight Forums. :)

The notification you are getting is from "AutoPlay".

You could either set the action for "Removable drive" to "Take no action" or turn off AutoPlay to stop these notifications.

:ar: AutoPlay - Turn On or Off in Windows 8
 

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Not Relating to Non-classic Shell Instructions

Thanks for the quick response. It looks like you have the answer, but I'm not a user of anything other than the classic shell. So when I see things like the word "charms" in the instructions, I know I'm lost already. Is there some way you can tell me what to do using the classic shell?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Option One in the tutorial I linked to above will give you step by step instructions on how to do so from the Control Panel. Please let me know if you have any questions.
 

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  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
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    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
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    Logitech MX Master 3
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    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
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    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
When I clicked on that link, the first thing I saw under "Option One" was Step 1 with another link, "Control Panel (icons view)." So I clicked on that link. THAT'S where I encountered all the big, cartoonish, non-classic shell boxes in the screenshots. I should have skipped past that link because it threw me off.

But the good news is that I did find the autoplay settings (by searching for "autoplay" in the Search Control Panel box). From there I was able to click the option to turn everything off. So then I wasn't getting that pop-up notification I showed in my original post. I was glad about that.

What wasn't happening anymore that used to happen is an Explorer directory window would pop up for the thumb drive I had just inserted. I guess that got turned off along with the other pop-up when I chose to turn off all responses. So I went back in and chose instead to see the directory.

Here's a step-by-step list of what I did to fix my problem (working off of your instructions, of course):

1. Click the Start button in the lower left corner of the screen to bring up the start menu.
2. Click the Control Panel link from the list on the right side of the menu.
3. In the Control Panel window that pops up, select the major category link for "Hardware and Sound."
4. In the Control Panel/Hardware and Sound window that pops up, select the link for "AutoPlay."
5. In the Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/AutoPlay window that pops up, at the top of the list under "Choose what happens when you insert each type of media or device," make sure the box is checked for "Use AutoPlay for all media and devices."
6. In the "Removable drives" section of the window, "Removable drive" item, select from the adjacent drop-down list "Open folder to view files (File Explorer)"
7. Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/AutoPlay window.

Now everything works like it was before this all started (for some unknown reason). Thanks again for your help.
 

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    Windows 8.1
I'm glad you got it sorted. :party:
 

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  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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