I wrote an open-source customized replacement for Windows 7 USB AutoRun

2 points

14 years ago

I understand why AutoRun was removed for USB drives, but I trust my drive and wanted it to run start-up actions on my computers. I saw a few solutions out there that used AutoHotKey or other scripts to work around it, but I wanted to write something that fit my needs and that I could share with others.

Essentially, I was tired of launching my portable password database every time I sat down at my work or home computer, and wanted a way to have that happen automatically. It also lets me remove the drive using a keyboard shortcut, so that I can have it automatically close my password database and unmount the drive.

This is very much a beta, but I think it is something that I can share with others who might want the same functionality. I'm open to criticism, feedback, patches, adding features, etc. It doesn't have an installer yet, but it just requires .Net 4.5 and you can put it anywhere you like and add it to your Windows startup.

http://www.campkludge.org/?q=ignitionkey

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ignitionkey/