Autorun and Autoplay

[phillip shoemaker]

I'm having a lot of problems getting Autorun to work properly with a
USB-based drive. I've seen a lot of documentation that is contradictory, so
hopefully someone can point me to the source of the right information.

Putting the following onto a removable USB hard drive (volume-based music
player), does not do what I want it to. It appears that autorun.inf is
ignored, and content sniffing happens and Autoplay is invoked (despite the
documentation found at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/11/autoplay/default.aspx )

Here's what I've put onto my disk...
autorun.inf
setup.exe
\setup\_bunch_of_setup_files

the contents of autorun.inf are pretty darn simple:
open=setup.exe

When I plug this device in, Windows XP does a sniff, finds some music and
some pictures, and displays a mixed media dialog rather than running my
autorun.inf.

What gives? Once I get this one answered, I'll have more... ;-)

Thanks.
Phillip

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

---autorun.inf--cut here--
[autorun]
open=setup.exe
--cut here--

 

[phillip shoemaker]

?
That is _exactly_ what I've done, yet it is ignored. This is ignored, for
some reason, and the autorun debugging app even states so. However, it
doesn't state WHY it is ignored.

---autorun.inf--cut here--
[autorun]
open=setup.exe
--cut here--

--

Mark L. Ferguson
marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
.

I'm having a lot of problems getting Autorun to work properly with a
USB-based drive. I've seen a lot of documentation that is contradictory,
so hopefully someone can point me to the source of the right information.

Putting the following onto a removable USB hard drive (volume-based music
player), does not do what I want it to. It appears that autorun.inf is
ignored, and content sniffing happens and Autoplay is invoked (despite
the documentation found at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/11/autoplay/default.aspx )

Here's what I've put onto my disk...
autorun.inf
setup.exe
\setup\_bunch_of_setup_files

the contents of autorun.inf are pretty darn simple:
open=setup.exe

When I plug this device in, Windows XP does a sniff, finds some music and
some pictures, and displays a mixed media dialog rather than running my
autorun.inf.

What gives? Once I get this one answered, I'll have more... ;-)

Thanks.
Phillip

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

There are several registry entries that might effect that.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:0x000000FF
this disables autoorun completely

( 0x00000091 enables all but hard drives)

Start, Run and enter REGEDIT
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom] "Autorun" =
dword:0x00000000
OR
In XP Pro Go to start/run, and type GPEDIT.MSC. Go to Computer
Configuration, Administrative Templates, System find the item "Turn Off
Autoplay" There is a script available to do this for either version.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_cd_autorun.vbs

the value of dword:0x00000001 enables

If none of this applies, you probably have a driver for the cd that needs
updating

?
That is _exactly_ what I've done, yet it is ignored. This is ignored, for
some reason, and the autorun debugging app even states so. However, it
doesn't state WHY it is ignored.

---autorun.inf--cut here--
[autorun]
open=setup.exe
--cut here--

--

Mark L. Ferguson
marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
.

I'm having a lot of problems getting Autorun to work properly with a
USB-based drive. I've seen a lot of documentation that is contradictory,
so hopefully someone can point me to the source of the right
information.

Putting the following onto a removable USB hard drive (volume-based
music player), does not do what I want it to. It appears that
autorun.inf is ignored, and content sniffing happens and Autoplay is
invoked (despite the documentation found at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/11/autoplay/default.aspx )

Here's what I've put onto my disk...
autorun.inf
setup.exe
\setup\_bunch_of_setup_files

the contents of autorun.inf are pretty darn simple:
open=setup.exe

When I plug this device in, Windows XP does a sniff, finds some music
and some pictures, and displays a mixed media dialog rather than running
my autorun.inf.

What gives? Once I get this one answered, I'll have more... ;-)

Thanks.
Phillip

 

[phillip shoemaker]

never mind. i guess it just won't work. It isn't a cd (read my posting), and
i guess it just doesn't work with USB Mass Storage Class devices...

There are several registry entries that might effect that.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:0x000000FF
this disables autoorun completely

( 0x00000091 enables all but hard drives)

Start, Run and enter REGEDIT
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom] "Autorun" =
dword:0x00000000
OR
In XP Pro Go to start/run, and type GPEDIT.MSC. Go to Computer
Configuration, Administrative Templates, System find the item "Turn Off
Autoplay" There is a script available to do this for either version.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_cd_autorun.vbs

the value of dword:0x00000001 enables

If none of this applies, you probably have a driver for the cd that needs
updating

--

Mark L. Ferguson
marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
.

?
That is _exactly_ what I've done, yet it is ignored. This is ignored, for
some reason, and the autorun debugging app even states so. However, it
doesn't state WHY it is ignored.

---autorun.inf--cut here--
[autorun]
open=setup.exe
--cut here--

--

Mark L. Ferguson
marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
.
I'm having a lot of problems getting Autorun to work properly with a
USB-based drive. I've seen a lot of documentation that is
contradictory, so hopefully someone can point me to the source of the
right information.

Putting the following onto a removable USB hard drive (volume-based
music player), does not do what I want it to. It appears that
autorun.inf is ignored, and content sniffing happens and Autoplay is
invoked (despite the documentation found at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/11/autoplay/default.aspx )

Here's what I've put onto my disk...
autorun.inf
setup.exe
\setup\_bunch_of_setup_files

the contents of autorun.inf are pretty darn simple:
open=setup.exe

When I plug this device in, Windows XP does a sniff, finds some music
and some pictures, and displays a mixed media dialog rather than
running my autorun.inf.

What gives? Once I get this one answered, I'll have more... ;-)

Thanks.
Phillip

 

[Kelly]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Auto+Run+USB
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&q=AutoRun+USB&spell=1
/taskbarplus!.htm

never mind. i guess it just won't work. It isn't a cd (read my posting),
and i guess it just doesn't work with USB Mass Storage Class devices...

There are several registry entries that might effect that.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:0x000000FF
this disables autoorun completely

( 0x00000091 enables all but hard drives)

Start, Run and enter REGEDIT
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom] "Autorun" =
dword:0x00000000
OR
In XP Pro Go to start/run, and type GPEDIT.MSC. Go to Computer
Configuration, Administrative Templates, System find the item "Turn Off
Autoplay" There is a script available to do this for either version.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_cd_autorun.vbs

the value of dword:0x00000001 enables

If none of this applies, you probably have a driver for the cd that needs
updating

--

Mark L. Ferguson
marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
.

?
That is _exactly_ what I've done, yet it is ignored. This is ignored,
for some reason, and the autorun debugging app even states so. However,
it doesn't state WHY it is ignored.




---autorun.inf--cut here--
[autorun]
open=setup.exe
--cut here--

--

Mark L. Ferguson
marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
.
I'm having a lot of problems getting Autorun to work properly with a
USB-based drive. I've seen a lot of documentation that is
contradictory, so hopefully someone can point me to the source of the
right information.

Putting the following onto a removable USB hard drive (volume-based
music player), does not do what I want it to. It appears that
autorun.inf is ignored, and content sniffing happens and Autoplay is
invoked (despite the documentation found at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/11/autoplay/default.aspx )

Here's what I've put onto my disk...
autorun.inf
setup.exe
\setup\_bunch_of_setup_files

the contents of autorun.inf are pretty darn simple:
open=setup.exe

When I plug this device in, Windows XP does a sniff, finds some music
and some pictures, and displays a mixed media dialog rather than
running my autorun.inf.

What gives? Once I get this one answered, I'll have more... ;-)

Thanks.
Phillip