uffbros Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 I'm not finding an answer on google on how to make my USB thumb drive open to files. Mine quit doing that where when you plugged it in and it asked how do you want to view files. I get nothing and have to go in manually and open the drive. I did watch a youtube video but that didn't work. It said to go to settings...devices...auto play....then change removable drive...That doesn't work. Any suggestions? Win 10 Pro X64 1903 357 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeRyde Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Go to Settings - Devices - AutoPlay and set Removable drive to 'Open folder to view files (File Explorer)'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffbros Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 Thats how I have it set???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 37 minutes ago, uffbros said: Thats how I have it set???? You could try changing to "Ask every time" restart Pc then change it back to open folder and restart again Good Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffbros Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 @Mach1...Didn't work...Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertical Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 the answer is somehow disappointing. if that didn't work what they told you, look if there is an option -- usb -- under autoplay in your version w10. click it and enable notifier, and try again and see what the issue is . that will not help much i think. that's how windows is. of course you can try to enable autoplay all and see if it works. when it quits without you changing the settings, something you did/downloaded/visited corrupted something. now you are forced to take the windows update or try system restore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwa Piva Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Maybe you find a solution in your virusscanner; mine blocks autorun / play on the other hand you should get a notification if it does... This article maybe of interest for your problem too. https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/open-usb-drive-on-windows-10.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrojanK Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 15 hours ago, uffbros said: I'm not finding an answer on google on how to make my USB thumb drive open to files. Mine quit doing that where when you plugged it in and it asked how do you want to view files. I get nothing and have to go in manually and open the drive. I did watch a youtube video but that didn't work. It said to go to settings...devices...auto play....then change removable drive...That doesn't work. Any suggestions? Win 10 Pro X64 1903 357 You can try uninstalling device drivers.. Note your thumb drive name and unplug your thumb drive Open Device Manager. View->Show hidden devices Under Portable Devices, select your thumb drive name, right click, Uninstall device Under Universal Serial Bus controllers, select USB Mass Storage Device for your thumb drive, right click, Uninstall device Now plug your thumb drive to see if it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffbros Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 @TrojanK....That was a no go..Efforts appreciated. I inserted a 2nd USB thumb drive and it doesn't give me option either to select what I want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrojanK Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 1 hour ago, uffbros said: @TrojanK....That was a no go..Efforts appreciated. I inserted a 2nd USB thumb drive and it doesn't give me option either to select what I want to do. Please confirm that your AutoPlay is turned On Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffbros Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 yes it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterupc Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 command prompt or power shell with adm rights sfc /scannow (or scamnow if you want... xD) dism online /cleanup-image /restorehealth luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbleck Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 14 hours ago, masterupc said: sfc /scnnow this has never done anything other then waste time on my end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterupc Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 5 hours ago, jbleck said: this has never done anything other then waste time on my end... that's on your end... it has solved me a lot of problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertical Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 this cmd comand can be a solution but it can't restore all files. it can waist time but but it is for sure something to use often and try if it works. it takes the stuff that doesn't belong in the os. maybe it also deletes the hard to find viruses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbleck Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Run the following. Control Panel -> AutoPlay: control /name Microsoft.AutoPlay Settings - > AutoPlay: ms-settings:autoplay See that u don't have installed some 3rd party software that disables AutoPlay. Uninstall the "helpers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 To the OP: - are you using the 'original' os, or has it been patched in some way? - as far as I understood your first post, the usb was opened in the file explorer after its insertion (what is now broken) then this 'automatic' open view in the explorer stopped. Is that correct? Any major change to your os meanwhile? Any automatic update of the os? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffbros Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Original OS with digital activation. No major changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffbros Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Problem corrected after upgrading from 1903 to 1909. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted October 21, 2019 Administrator Share Posted October 21, 2019 Topic moved to Software Chat and marked as solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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