Customizing Autorun

[Zucarita9000]

I have an external USB hard drive and I''d like to launch my backup application when I turn it on. Windows only lets me select a few actions, such as "Browse folder" and so on.

What I want is to launch a specific application (SecondCopy 2000, btw). How can I do it? Would writing an autorun.inf file work?

 

[timswim78]

Is the application stored on your main drive?

I am guessing that an autorun.inf file would be the way to go.

 

[Zucarita9000]

Yup, it's on my main hard drive.

I put this "autorun.inf" file on the drive:

[autorun]
open=C:\Program files\SecCopy\SecCopy.exe

Now, whenever I turn on the drive, Windows will start looking for start up app. A dialog box then appears asking me what I'd like to do, and one of the options is "Run the application provided by the device". When selecting this, SecondCopy starts up.

I'd like to not have to select the action everytime, I want the app to start by itself.

 

[spyordie007]

I'd like to not have to select the action everytime, I want the app to start by itself.

Why not just click the "always perform this action" checkbox?

 

[Zucarita9000]

Originally posted by: spyordie007

I'd like to not have to select the action everytime, I want the app to start by itself.

Why not just click the "always perform this action" checkbox?

Because there is no checkbox.