

Tested on different computers, running Windows XP without a SP, also on Windows XP sp 1, sp2, sp3, and on various Vistas (not sure which types, but should work all the way from Vista Home Basic to Vista Enterprise Super-Mega-Premium-Extended Edition) and "Windows 7". PStart) immediately, it is possible to insert flash disk with this configuration and start application by clicking OK. So, although I'm not aware of any way to start the application (e.g. If you want to launch it, just click the "OK" button in the dialog. On most modern computers (Windows XP SP2+, Vista), dialog "what do you want to do" will be displayed (for security reasons), but what you have in autorun.inf will display as the selected default, with Icon= as icon and Action= as description. On older computers, the program specified in Open= will launch automatically. What it does: when you insert this disk, starts PStart.exe Put a file named autorun.inf in the root of your USB flash drive.


Edit: Apparently the functionality was removed from Windows 7 onwards. Also included in the download package is a command-line equivalent that can output in CSV format, Autorunsc.First of all, some people choose to disable autorun for security reasons but Windows computers up to Vista have it enabled. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.Īutoruns' Hide Signed Microsoft Entries option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured for other accounts configured on a system. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more.

These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor (A starting list of auto-run locations was obtained from David Solomon's "Windows Internals" seminar), shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them.
