USB Autoplay 3

[jim532]

I'd like make USB flash drives autoplay. I know I have to create an autorun.inf file and all that, but as I recall Autoplay for removable media is disabled in XP by default. So is there way to make the USB drive autoplay when inserted regardless of the default windows setting?

The reason I want to do this is because we want to hand Flash drives at trade shows with our company catalogue on them.

thanks

 

[wahnula]

Look into shellout.exe here.

I know that autorun is setup differently for each device in XP but your device would be considered a "new" device by XP. Maybe a differently-worded post in the XP forum would be a good idea to confirm this.

Tony

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[starfireone]

Hi Jim532,

In order for the USB drive to do autorun it must be marked
as a removeable media device and it must contain an
autorun.inf file and of course the startup application too.

Check out this page for an excellent explanation on how to get it to work.

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/02/enable-autorun-in-usb-flash-pen-drives.html

Thanks,
Starfireone

http://www.coolestcheaplaptops.com

 

[wahnula]

Great info starfireone...have a star on me...start firing!

Tony

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[kjv1611]

Star to wahnula for the link. That sounds like a nifty little program that I might could find some use in.

And a star to starfireone for your reference as well!

I've got to give both of these a try some time! [SMILE]

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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[wahnula]

Hey kjv1611

Thanks for the star! I used shellout.exe when I put my entire company website on a 1.44MB floppy to hand out to customers. It worked great! Normally you don't think of a floppy as an "autoplay" device but shellout did the job. People of the time (2001) were quite impressed!

Tony

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