Autorun on USB device
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Hi, I need to make an application autorun from a USB device. Can that be done without being dependent on another application on the host system? I have seen some posts in this forum from '03, but it seems the poster never got an answer that I could use for my case. I would appreciate any help, Royce
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Hi, I need to make an application autorun from a USB device. Can that be done without being dependent on another application on the host system? I have seen some posts in this forum from '03, but it seems the poster never got an answer that I could use for my case. I would appreciate any help, Royce
You should be able to use an
Autorun.inffile, just like on CDs. -
Hi, I need to make an application autorun from a USB device. Can that be done without being dependent on another application on the host system? I have seen some posts in this forum from '03, but it seems the poster never got an answer that I could use for my case. I would appreciate any help, Royce
Matrix is right, it's the same on a USB drive as it is on an CD. Autorun.inf won't do you any good if the host O/S has AutoRun turned off though.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Matrix is right, it's the same on a USB drive as it is on an CD. Autorun.inf won't do you any good if the host O/S has AutoRun turned off though.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Thanks, guys. However, to quote from MSDN: Autorun.inf files are not supported under Microsoft Windows XP for drives that return DRIVE_REMOVABLE from GetDriveType. It just doesn't work.
Interesting. On both of my USB keys, XP scans them looking for AutoRun.inf. I just tried it with putting a small AutoRun on one of them, just starting Notepad, and it worked perfectly.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Interesting. On both of my USB keys, XP scans them looking for AutoRun.inf. I just tried it with putting a small AutoRun on one of them, just starting Notepad, and it worked perfectly.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
Yes, it is interesting. I can't figure out what might distinguish your system from mine. I am running WinXp Pro SP2. Do you have some sort of 3rd party or MS application that supports this functionality? I downloaded an application from another website that gives me this functionality, but I would have to propagate that application to every platform in our network in order for this to work. Not workable! Thanks for your help, Royce
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Yes, it is interesting. I can't figure out what might distinguish your system from mine. I am running WinXp Pro SP2. Do you have some sort of 3rd party or MS application that supports this functionality? I downloaded an application from another website that gives me this functionality, but I would have to propagate that application to every platform in our network in order for this to work. Not workable! Thanks for your help, Royce
I never explicitly installed anything to add this support that I know of. Unless.....PowerToys for XP, maybe?
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Hi, I need to make an application autorun from a USB device. Can that be done without being dependent on another application on the host system? I have seen some posts in this forum from '03, but it seems the poster never got an answer that I could use for my case. I would appreciate any help, Royce
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great, now we are going to have usb drive viruses.
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