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You should not turn on AutoPlay as it is a risk to automatical start programs on removable devices.<br />
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You could do a trick:<br />
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Windows Vista's event viewer supports event based start of application so you could start your event log and look what event is caused by connecting an usb drive and then plan a task for that event that starts a batch file. from this batch file you call the program/batch that is located on the usb stick/drive.
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You should not turn on AutoPlay as it is a risk to automatical start programs on removable devices.

You could do a trick:

Windows Vista's event viewer supports event based start of application so you could start your event log and look what event is caused by connecting an usb drive and then plan a task for that event that starts a batch file. from this batch file you call the program/batch that is located on the usb stick/drive.

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I need to auto-sync USB drive with several PCs (XP and Win7). Unfortunately for me Win7 doesn't autorun USB any more. Is there a kind of a resident event triggered automator? Something that would detect USB connect and attempt to run a particular file on that drive?<br />
Essentially a replacement to the autorun feature removed...
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I need to auto-sync USB drive with several PCs (XP and Win7). Unfortunately for me Win7 doesn't autorun USB any more. Is there a kind of a resident event triggered automator? Something that would detect USB connect and attempt to run a particular file on that drive?
Essentially a replacement to the autorun feature removed...

Windows event triggered automator.

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.