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    Autorun?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by T3Knical5urg3, Jul 20, 2006.

  1. T3Knical5urg3

    T3Knical5urg3 Notebook Geek

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    Is there a way to have an exe file autorun when i plug in my jumpdrive?
     
    T3Knical5urg3, Jul 20, 2006
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  2. NOSintake

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    i dont think u can do it with .exe files. could be wrong though
     
    NOSintake, Jul 20, 2006
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  3. logume1881

    logume1881 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't know about a jumpdrive, however I use this with a cd.

    http://www.freewebs.com/2133955/Autorun.inf

    Double click it to open it in notepad, and change the file in the brackets to the one you need. Save it and exit. Then put it on the drive (no folder, root directory) then put the file you want to run in the root directory also. That's what I do for a cd. I got the Autorun.inf off a game, so I don't know how to make one. You can hide the files too if you don't want to look at them.
     
    logume1881, Jul 21, 2006
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  4. T3Knical5urg3

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    Well it kinda works but not the way i hoped it to :(. I have to search around for a better solution.
     
    T3Knical5urg3, Jul 21, 2006
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  5. lmychajluk

    lmychajluk Notebook Evangelist

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    The autorun.inf is just a text file, you can create it in Notepad. Just be sure to save it with a .inf extension and not a .txt.

    What exactly are you trying to do? I can't get to the link above to see if it's identical, but the following in the autorun.inf should run your EXE:

    [autorun]
    open=Setup.exe

    Just change setup.exe to whatever you want.
     
    lmychajluk, Jul 21, 2006
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    logume1881, Jul 21, 2006
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