hi

I want to automatically run a program whenever a new USB drive is
attached to my system, is there a file or registry key to specify this
behavior? (note: this is like an autorun from the windows side, not on
the USB drive side)

if there is no such mechanism on windows, and I have to write my own
program to monitor this event, what message should my program listen
to?

thanks

Qianqian

On Jan 22, 4:05*pm, FangQ <fan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi
>
> I want to automatically run a program whenever a new USB drive is
> attached to my system, is there a file or registry key to specify this
> behavior? (note: this is like an autorun from the windows side, not on
> the USB drive side)
>
> if there is no such mechanism on windows, and I have to write my own
> program to monitor this event, what message should my program listen
> to?
>
> thanks
>
> Qianqian

Usually, you need a autorun.inf in the main folder of the drive.
Seems to work with hard drives, CDs and DVDs

I want this to be set on the windows side, which allows to run this
program no matter there is an autorun.inf on the USB drive or not.

more specifically, I want to start a virus scanning process when there
is a new USB drive plug in. Because the computer is running time-
critical tasks, so, I don't want the virus scanning software on all
the time.

thanks

On Jan 22, 4:39 pm, smlunatick <yves...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Usually, you need a autorun.inf in the main folder of the drive.
> Seems to work with hard drives, CDs and DVDs

On 22 jan, 22:05, FangQ <fan...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I want to automatically run a program whenever a new USB drive is
> attached to my system

RegisterDeviceNotification()