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Automatically run a batch or VB script stored on a USB stick, when plugged in !?!?

Suppose I have a blank USB flash drive and a PC running Windows 7 Pro.

Is there a method which I can use to automatically run a batch file or script, stored on that USB flash drive, when the drive is plugged in to the PC?

The script is intended to copy some files from the USB flash drive to the PC. If the file already exists at that location on the PC, then to silently override it.

The user should not have to do anything to run this, except plug the USB flash drive in the PC.

Steven Carnahan

Microsoft has disabled the autorun.inf feature to protect against virus/malware. There are good and bad points behind this.

There are workarounds available however we don't allow USB drives at all for security reasons..

Having said that you can start here: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/21585-usb-autorun-w7.html

Meir Rivkin

it would be much easier with powersehll than vbs or batch.
first u need to find out the drive letter of the usb card, plug it in and check with is the drive letter.
then use this:

$dest = "c:\script.vbs"
$path = "y:\script.vbs"

Copy-Item $path  -Destination $dest -verbose
cmd /C cscript $dest

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in case of .bat file:

$dest = "c:\script.bat"
$path = "y:\script.bat"

Copy-Item $path  -Destination $dest -verbose
cmd /C $dest

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cgruber

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Can I make it drive letter independent (for the USB drive that is)?

Meir Rivkin

What di u mean independent?

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RobSampson

It's not easy on Windows 7:
http://visualdesigning.com/autorun-usb-in-windows7/