detecting flash drive mounting and running a program

[jrtroberts]

Hi,

I need to understand how to build a VBScript that will detect when a flash drive is inserted into a Windows XP SP2 system. Once the drive is detected it will automatically search for a .ppt file (power point) and run pptview.exe and open the file in question.

This script will be located in the startup folder and will run until a flash drive is entered and then it should terminate or pause until the flash drive is removed and then start searching again. the second option may be a better choice.

This is for a kiosk to be used at trade shows for a company I am working for. The company wants this to be simple and automated.

Thanks
Joshua

[instinct46]

would it not be easier to use an autorun.ini file in the root of the flash drives.

[jrtroberts]

that does not work. XPSP2 and beyond add the autorun.inf to the list of options in the autoplay dialog. There is no good way around it because there is not a registry handler for .ppt files, only for video, music, or pictures. So I have to build this program to automate the process. There is not keyboard or mouse on this system so selecting the option out of the autoplay list is not possible.