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Dario
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Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 10/12/2004 11:56:00
Has anyone come across a solution for making a USB Flash (Removable) Disk to run a file (such as AUTORUN.INF) automatically?
I have done this on CD-ROM that would run a website-on-CD automatically. But now we want to give promotional USB Flash Disks (containing our website) to our customers.
Thanks for any help,
Dario
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Dario
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 10/12/2004 16:19:14
Bobby,
Thanks for the reply! I have downloaded that software to test it out. It is not clear to me that if that software needs to reside on the USB stick itself (so it would be independent of the PC) or needs to reside on a PC where USB is being inserted into. What do you think?
I'll post the outcome after tests.
Thanks, Dario
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BobbyDouglas
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 10/12/2004 17:31:23
XP doesn't autorun USB drives by default
- Exactly. So basically you shouldn't be able to auto run something.
I do know with my USB Drive it was configured to auto run a particular file (for security reasons). There isn't an option to change what file it auto runs, I think it is something that was set from the MFC.
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 11/4/2005 14:06:31
I found a usb that easily auto runs from a Japanese compnay called udrw, website is http://www.udrw.com/tour/index.html
has anyone heard of this or used it?
also found one @ netac.com from China
anyone used this before?
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 10/31/2007 14:22:09
I've had the same problem a year ago, and found a utility called DeskMount. It enables autorun for ANY kind of drive, without annoying popups etc. I've found it to work better than the torosoft alternative...
You can find it here: http://www.blackbit.net
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 10/31/2007 15:00:20
that's all well and good for your pc but this is for usb's distributed to lots of people who aren't going to install that kind of software just like that.
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 10/31/2007 18:37:48
I use a SanDisk U3 USB drive and it loads Roboform automatically so it must be possible to do a autorun for any program on that drive. (But I don't know how it is done.)
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 11/6/2007 17:54:05
If you download the "USB flashdrive manager" from Windows, then go to the "settings" tab, there is a check box that reads:
"Include Runtime components when making a USB flash drive autorun. This option allows the application to run on windows systems that do not have the required components."
So perhaps you can install something on the flash drive itself that will instruct the OS (at least in this example, various Windows OS) to autorun.
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 6/12/2008 5:19:23
I was able to figure out how to make Windows XP and Vista automatically load your desired program, without giving the selection box that comes up when you put the "action=" line in your autorun.inf
Just make sure these three lines are in your autorun.inf
open=program-of-your-choice.exe
shell\open\command=program-of-your-choice.exe
useautoplay=1
Of course, this will not work if autorun is disabled, or if the user holds down the shift key while inserting the usb drive.
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RE: Autorun on USB Flash Disk - 6/12/2008 5:28:58
I just realized, you could also open a specific website.
Just use this:
open=firefox.exe "http://www.mozilla.com/"
shell\open\command=firefox.exe "http://www.mozilla.com/"
useautoplay=1
or whatever browser you prefer.
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