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    <p>First of all, some people choose to disable autorun for security reasons; but Windows computers up to Vista have it enabled. Edit: <strong>Apparently the functionality was removed from Windows 7 onwards.</strong></p> <p>Put a file named autorun.inf in the root of your USB flash drive. This is what's in mine:</p> <pre><code>[Autorun] Open=PStart.exe Action=Start portable apps Icon=diskicon.ico </code></pre> <p>What it does: when you insert this disk, starts <code>PStart.exe</code></p> <p>On older computers, the program specified in <code>Open=</code> will launch automatically.</p> <p>On most modern computers (Windows XP SP2+, Vista), dialog "what do you want to do" will be displayed (for security reasons), but what you have in <code>autorun.inf</code> will display as the selected default, with <code>Icon=</code> as icon and <code>Action=</code> as description. If you want to launch it, just click the "OK" button in the dialog.</p> <p>So, although I'm not aware of any way to start the application (e.g. <a href="http://pegtop.net/start/" rel="noreferrer">PStart</a>) immediately, it is possible to insert flash disk with this configuration and start application by clicking OK.</p> <p>Tested on different computers, running Windows XP without a SP, also on Windows XP sp 1, sp2, sp3, and on various Vistas (not sure which types, but should work all the way from Vista Home Basic to Vista Enterprise Super-Mega-Premium-Extended Edition) and "Windows 7". Also works on Windows 2000 (although autorun on Win2000 for removable drives is not enabled in default configuration).</p> <p>Note that some applications, in addition, may trigger the "unknown/unsigned exacutable" security dialog, as if you opened them manually.</p> <p>Edit: For more details, see also:<br> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301341.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Autoplay in Windows XP: Automatically Detect and React to New Devices on a System</a></p>
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