{"id":1051,"date":"2010-05-26T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T05:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2025-08-16T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T08:14:59","slug":"scan-drives-mse-autoplay-dialog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/scan-drives-mse-autoplay-dialog\/","title":{"rendered":"Scan USB Drives Using Microsoft Security Essentials via the AutoPlay Dialog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/mse-icon.png\" \/>We\u2019d like to share with you an interesting registry hack that adds a Microsoft Security Essentials AutoPlay handler so that you can thoroughly scan a CD\/DVD media or USB flash drive for viruses, via the AutoPlay dialog. See article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/howto\/18021\/scan-your-thumb-drive-for-viruses-from-the-autoplay-dialog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scan Your Thumb Drive for Viruses from the AutoPlay Dialog<\/a> at the How-To Geek website.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/7mseautoplay.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Lowell &amp; Brian for publishing my tip\/script idea at How-To Geek. Also, this was later featured at <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5547521\/scan-for-viruses-from-the-windows-autoplay-dialog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lifehacker<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019d like to share with you an interesting registry hack that adds a Microsoft Security Essentials AutoPlay handler so that you can thoroughly scan a CD\/DVD media or USB flash drive for viruses, via the AutoPlay dialog. See article Scan Your Thumb Drive for Viruses from the AutoPlay Dialog at the How-To Geek website. Thanks &#8230; <a title=\"Scan USB Drives Using Microsoft Security Essentials via the AutoPlay Dialog\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/scan-drives-mse-autoplay-dialog\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scan USB Drives Using Microsoft Security Essentials via the AutoPlay Dialog\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[326,480],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-mse","tag-scripts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10327,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-import-pictures-and-videos-autoplay-option-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":1051,"position":0},"title":"Restore &#8220;Import pictures and videos&#8221; AutoPlay Option in Windows 10\/11","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Windows 10 has the Import photos and videos option in the AutoPlay dialog which helps you import photos and videos from your phone, SD card, camera, etc. The option uses the built-in Photos app to import photos and media from the device into your Pictures folder. 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