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Jonas Rodin
Jonas Rodin

Reputation: 31

Is there a workaround for getting an executable to autorun in Windows 10?

I have an executable file I made using Python and I am trying to get it to run automatically upon being plugged in via a USB on an external drive. I've run into the issue that Windows seems to have removed that feature, but autorun is a key feature of what I am trying to create. Is there some workaround that has been found, or am I out of luck?

I tried making an INF file, here is what that looked like:

[autorun]

open=myfilename.exe

This doesn't work (meaning plugging in the USB acts as normal as opposed to starting up my executable) likely due to Windows disabling that feature past Windows 7.

One last thing is that it needs to work on any computer running Windows 10 with zero user input if at all possible. Is it time to go back to the drawing board?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 145

Answers (1)

Joshua
Joshua

Reputation: 43337

This has been permanently revoked due to security problems. If you can find a way to do this, file a vulnerability report.

According to documentation, autorun still works on CD-ROMs but I don't trust it at all. If it works on USB CD-ROMS expect that to be taken away.

"One last thing is that it needs to work on any computer running Windows 10 with zero user input if at all possible." We don't want this anymore. It was a good idea in 1995. It was a bad idea in 1998. It was an unacceptable risk in 2005. It's gone in 2020.

Upvotes: 0

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