Comments on: Disable Auto-Run and Auto-Play of U3 Smart Drives Launchpad

By: FM

FM — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:40:08 +0000

how do i install the U3 into my cuzor flash drive, i kind of lost it..

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Tech, How to, Guitar, Linux, Dog, Make Money Online with AhTim — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:48:14 +0000

Protect your data! Deactivate USB storage…

Nowadays, USB storage is very popular and cheap. No doubt USB thumb drive give us many convenience, but it can also be used by data thieves to leak sensitive information. Worst case is others might
spread virus into your computer without your knowledge…

By: Virus

Virus — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:15:21 +0000

This is so not true!

“once you uninstall and remove the U3 Launchpad from the USB U3 smart drives storage device, it’s not possible to download the U3 Launchpad to install the U3 Launchpad into the ‘used-to-be-U3-smart-drives’ USB flash drive again.”

By: Bergen

Bergen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:56:47 +0000

I found this really nifty replacement which has more apps and doesn’t require an extra drive and all sorts of nonsense that U3 comes with. PortableApps U3 is really annoying with the way it operates.

By: Zeromous

Zeromous — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:28:51 +0000

I have a better & easier solution than the above…

I made the mistake of buying one of these. I’m an IT professional, but I wasn’t aware of this U3 nonsense. I just needed a device to move files, not some monolithic app that interrupts me every time I plug the USB stick in. If you’re reading this you’re probably like me…

Unfortunately this solution is not good for me since I use it quite promiscuously …but as a simpler/elegant solution to the above:

Disable the virtual CD in your device manager by:

1) Plug in the U3 drive
2) Start->Run compmgmt.msc
3) Go to device manager under CD/DVD Drives
4) Right click on Verbatim/Memorex CD ROM and select disable.
5) Unplug U3 drive, and test again!

This is will prevent plug and play from re-detecting the virtual CD drive that boots U3. This leaves you with just a regular old stick, provided its not your first time on the computer.

U3 is like a solution looking for a problem. Why on earth is this software not simply installed by choice on first run? Not everyone needs help maintaining a portable profile.

By: Timmo

Timmo — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:13:15 +0000

Hello and thank goodness for the tips on how to unistall the appalling U3 software. It crashed or bombed almost every PC I used it on. Imagine the joy of using it to load a presentation at a client and spending the next 1/2 hour trying to recover. It’s bad bad bad

By: SaMo

SaMo — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:35:42 +0000

Hi for all
thank you befor
I have problem i deleted my u3 inside my smart drive and now can’t open my flash or define it in computer.
How i do pls?

By: Wii Chip

Wii Chip — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:37:44 +0000

Thanks for the great write up This was a necessary thing to do on my end, because the Memorex 2GB Mini Travel drive U3 launchpad does NOT work in Vista. So I’m stuck using it only as a regular thumb drive. And often time, prior to fixing this AutoPlay function, it would try to automatically boot the U3 Dashboard, and just freeze up, staying on my screen, and making the drive itself un-usable even as a regular drive.

Wish they would hurry and make an update for this drive.. I know Kingston has one, as well as Verbatim, that updates the drivers to work with Vista, but sadly, memorex does not!!!

By: Virtual CD running from USB drive. HELP! - TechEnclave

Virtual CD running from USB drive. HELP! - TechEnclave — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:50:06 +0000

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