Autolaunch

The Mighty Dubs

Hi,

I have a usb key and want to put an autolaunch feature on it, so that when i connect it to a usb slot, a web page automatically pops up.

Any ideas how this is done?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

It's discussed briefly here and involves autorun.ini files similar to a CD:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,1849712,00.asp

The Mighty Dubs

Ok ,
I have created an ini file. but im receiving an error. "E:\this is not a win32 application" when i select the option in the pop up wizard.

Here are the contents of the ini file.

[autorun]
open=autorun.inf
action=Home Page Open Program
icon=star.ico
label=USB

Thomas_S_Hunterson

You have the open linking to the autorun.inf file. This should link to the EXE file you want to open.

The Mighty Dubs

Hi Sean,

Cheers for that. My bad. Im actually trying to load a html file. Should i still change the open to state an exe?


[autorun]
open=home.htm
action=Home Page Open Program
icon=star.ico
label=USB

Thomas_S_Hunterson

you'll have to point the autorun.inf file to the exe either Internet explorer or firefox, depending on which one is on the computer. Then pass the name of the html file as an argument.

e.g. open=iexplore.exe homepage.htm

The Mighty Dubs

legendary...cheers for that. That did the job

The Mighty Dubs

Hey there,

Is it possible to create an autorun feature for MACs aswell?