Disable Autoplay and Enable Autotray

Question

_{Thursday, November 8, 2018 2:44 PM}

Hello!

i am trying to create a powershell script or reg hack to disable Autoplay and enable autotray (show all icons) for the current logged in user and all other users logging in on the current device, i have failed miserably with this, i can disable it on the current user but when a new user logs in Autoplay is still enabled and Autotray is disabled.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

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_{Friday, November 9, 2018 2:16 AM}

Better try Group Policy.

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\AutoPlay Policies

Right Click > Edit > Enable the policy.

In Registry Editor open:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

On the right, create or modify the 32-bit DWORD value named EnableAutoTray.

Set it to 0 to show all notification area icons on the taskbar.
A value data of 1 will hide new icons (this is by default).

Close the Registry Editor.

Sign Out

Reboot

Sign in

S.Sengupta,Microsoft MVP Windows and Devices for IT, Windows Insider MVP

_{Friday, November 9, 2018 2:46 AM}

Hi,

Thanks for your post in our forum.

According to my understanding and researches, try the same registry but in the local machine(HKLM) or just in users(HKEY_USERS) to see if it can affect all the users.

Hope above information can help you.

Thanks for your understanding and support.

Best Regards,

Otto Wang

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_{Friday, November 9, 2018 7:24 AM}

Thank you, Sengupta and Otto, I do not have access to group policy editor, I am a on-site tech on a global corporation, i will try Ottos tip, will keep you posted with my progress.

Regards

Pontus

_{Friday, November 9, 2018 9:08 AM}

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I hope it will be helpful.

We will wait for your results.

Thanks for your understanding and support.

Best Regards,

Otto Wang

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_{Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:42 AM}

Hi,

Just checking in to see if the information provided was helpful. Please let us know if you would like further assistance.

Best Regards,

Otto Wang

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_{Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:21 AM}

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