How to Enable Autorun in Windows 10

Last Updated: October 25, 2022

When Autorun is enabled, Windows 10 will detect any media or device connected to your computer (like a USB stick or CD) and either launch the default media player (if the connected device contains playable media like songs or a video), open the file in File Explorer, or launch the app that manages the file (like opening Word for any .doc documents that are on the USB/CD). This wikiHow will teach you how to enable Autorun on Windows 10 using the Settings app.

Things You Should Know

Open Settings and navigate to the devices menu.
Go to the AutoPlay section and toggle on ‘Use AutoPlay for all media and devices.’
You can choose the actions Windows 10 does when you insert drives or memory cards.

Steps

1
Open Settings. You can click the gear icon in the Start menu or you can press Win + I (the Windows key and i).
2
Click Devices. It's usually the second listing in the menu next to an icon of a speaker and keyboard.

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3
Click AutoPlay. You'll see this in the vertical menu on the left side of the window.
4
Click the switch to toggle AutoPlay on
. You can then choose the actions Windows 10 takes when you insert either a removable drive (like opening the folder in File Explorer) or memory card (like launching Windows Media Player).^{[1]
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