Vista - auto play not opening usb storage

Hi, I used to open usb storage devices by choosing an option from a menu
when I inserted my usb device. Now autoplay doesn't open these storage
devices and I have to open my computer and access the folders from there. I
have tried changing autoplay settings but still not working. Maybe there's
a box that I haven't ticked or something. My media center also won't open
videos but will play DVDs. Can someone help? Thanks

Usually that is caused by bad entries in the registry. Locations like (but
not exactly)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}\##?#USBSTOR#Disk&Ven_OLYMPUS&Prod_FE210#X775&Rev_1.00#X61047734#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\Vid_07b4&Pid_0109\X61047734

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_OLYMPUS&Prod_FE210/X775&Rev_1.00\X61047734

You can try exporting and deleting those type of entries, and see if it
helps. If not run the exported ?.REG files to restore the registry entries.
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