Windows 10 Autoplay

This may seem trivial, or even silly to most, but -

A large part of my workflow involves connecting to Windows in controller mode, mostly for file transfer. In the past I had the system set up such that it would automatically open a file explorer window for my MPC's SSD upon entering controller mode, but since I updated Windows a few weeks ago, it will not open that window. I have tried all the online solutions that I have found and none of them help, at all.

Does anyone know what the trick is to make this work again?

Lampdog wrote:

I've googled that more times than you've pleased a woman. I keep getting the same crap: Microsoft answers that explain nothing; long lists of basic steps that lead nowhere; deep registry hacks that have no effect at all, blah blah.

Please forgive me for finally asking in a community of supposedly knowledgable people who have likely experienced exactly the same problem.

I figured this out. The specific solution was not on Google, but by filling in the gaps and making a guess, I came up with this value that needs to be added to the Registry:

To make this happen, copy the above code, paste it in a text file, and name that file autoplay.reg. Double-click it, and the fix is in. I hope this is not too bold or daring for the mods - it's perfectly safe.

The really cool thing is... the solution will now come up on Google!