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USB flash drive autorun

It is possible to use autorun.inf on a CD rom to make it run an exe without prompting the user but the same is not possible on a USB drive. Why?If its possible, how?On a USB drive it just prompts the user to select an action.

Solution:

This has been disabled in modern versions of windows (7, vista, etc) due to security issues. Β There’s no way to make autorunning exe’s anymore.

The issue was viruses being spread via “found” flash drvies. Β This is far less likely to occur with cdroms, so the restriction is only for flash drives.

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