Every single time I plug in my iPhone to my Windows XP computer I get a pop up window asking how I want to handle the images from the iPhone. The most annoying part of this is there is no way from that pop up to tell the computer that you don’t want to be asked every single time. The good news is that it is really easy to tell your computer you do not want to be asked every single time. Follow the instructions below to turn off the pop up every time you plug in your iPhone to your Windows XP computer.
iPhone Pop Up on Windows XP:
Windows XP: Disable Auto Play Pop Up for iPhone
- Plug In iPhone:First make sure your iPhone or iPod Touch is plugged into your computer and finished syncing with your iTunes.
- Open Control Panel:First open your control panl by clicking on the Start menu and selecting Control Panel from the pop up navigation. A view of the control panel is shown below.
- Open Scanners and Cameras: Now double click on the “Scanners and Cameras” link to open a list of the scanners and cameras currently connected to your computer.
- iPhone Camera Properties: Right click on the iPhone in the list of Scanners and Cameras to display a menu as shown below.
Select Properties from the menu to open the iPhone camera properties configuration window as shown below.
- Modify iPhone Camera Events: Click on the Events tab in the iPhone camera properties configuration window as shown below.
Select the “Take no action” radial and then click the Apply button to save. OK out of this configuration window and close the Control Panel.
- Verify No Pop Up:Â Now unplug your iPhone and plug it in again to trigger the synchronization process with iTunes. You should no longer receive a pop up from the Windows Auto Play feature.
Now you can plug your iPhone into your Windows XP computer without having to close out the Auto Play prompt every time.
Brilliant! Thanks very much.
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nice and simple, thanks for this.
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First link in Google search. Thanks for the tip to remove the annoyance.
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Thanks man!!
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sweat dear god thank you….never would have thought to look there.
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Thanks, very helpful!
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thank you oh so much
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thanks man!
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Hooray and Thanks!
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Thanks for this tip, been driving my husband mad on his XP junk.
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Extremely useful… The start of a program every time I plugged my iphone was driving me nuts!!
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saved so much swearing…..many thanks
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Thank you! Hated that pop up thing.
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Thanks. This has been bugging me for several weeks. (Don’t know how it started.)
Fixed now :)
-Ian
Hello Ian,
It really can be annoying when something pops up every time you plug your iPhone into your computer just to charge it or sync it! Thanks for taking the time to post a response. Glad you got it fixed!~
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alex
You’re awesome
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Thanks bud really helpful (y)
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hey, awhile ago i deleted auto play and clicked “import photos” but i didn’t realize that it meant to import photos to the computer, and now every time i plug in my ipod it imports photos and i have to cancel it out every time. but i dont know how to get auto play back on and turn off import photos
Hello danny,
Looks like you got it figured out by the comments left below.
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alex
nevermind i jut went to control panel>autoplay and then fixed it
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Awesome. Thanks for following up with how you resolved the issue! Glad you got it working.
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alex
Thanks for the excellent – and easy to follow – instructions on how to take care of this :-)
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Thanks so much!!! Very helpful
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Hello everyone
I been having an issue lately, when i plug my iphone to my PC, the autoplay option does not apear at all like if i didnt connect anything, i know my usb works because i plug usb sticks all the time to upload stuff to it. anyone know what the problem might be?
Thanks.
Hello Danny,
Sounds like autoplay was disabled. Find the device, right click on it, and select Properties from the pop up menu. Then locate any AutoPlay setting to see if its disabled.
Hope that helps.
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alex