{"id":2088,"date":"2012-01-31T18:37:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T01:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deathgleaner.wordpress.com\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2014-01-31T14:17:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T22:17:46","slug":"autorun-inf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/autorun-inf\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the most of your USB: Autorun.inf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffliu.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/autoplay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2091\" title=\"AutoPlay\" src=\"http:\/\/geoffliu.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/autoplay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>Does that window look familiar? Ever wish you could customize it with options such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>opening a file,<\/li>\n<li>opening a website, or<\/li>\n<li>running a program?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guess what?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-size:150%;\"><strong>You can.<\/strong><\/span> And here&#8217;s how!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.addictivetips.com\/windows-tips\/how-to-autorun-programs-from-usb-flash-drive-and-add-custom-icons\/\">autorun.inf file.<\/a> This is the file that will contain your customizations. Put it in your flash drive (not in a folder though.) Open it in TextEdit or any text editor.<\/li>\n<li>At the top of the file, type &#8220;[autorun]&#8221; (without quotes, of course), then hit Enter.<\/li>\n<li>There are now a variety of ways you can customize the autorun. Just follow the examples below:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Naming your USB drive:<\/strong> label = <code>Name of usb drive<\/code><\/li>\n<li><strong>Giving your USB drive an icon:<\/strong> icon = <code>Iconname.ico<\/code> OR <code>ProgramName.exe<\/code> (in the latter case, the USB icon will be the ProgramName&#8217;s icon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opening a program:<\/strong>open = <code>ProgramName.exe<br \/>\naction = Description that will be shown in the window<\/code><\/li>\n<li><strong>Opening up a website:<\/strong>shellexecute = <code>http:\/\/bit.ly\/deathgleaner<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>An example of an autorun.inf file:<code><\/code><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<pre>[autorun]\nopen=Eclipse.exe\nlabel=Deathgleaner's awesome drive\nshellexecute=http:\/\/bit.ly\/deathgleaner\naction=Open up Deathgleaner's website and Eclipse.exe<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In this case, clicking on the option in the box will open up <a href=\"http:\/\/eclipse.org\" target=\"_blank\">Eclipse <\/a>as well as this blog.<\/p>\n<p>For more tips, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130520112751\/http:\/\/dailycupoftech.com\/usb-drive-autoruninf-tweaking\/\">this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does that window look familiar? 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