I'll edit the Autorun.inf file and take out the command that launches the. Because you're right, a lot of portable drives do come with the file.

I wonder if Trend Micro would still go crazy if the Autorun.inf file didn't contain the start command.

Oh, it isn't preventing connection, it's just raising holy hell every time I browse to the root folder of the drive or connect it after a (clean, of course) disconnect. And I do remember when XP got that update, a lot of regulars here agreed it was the right decision.Ī better way, going forward, in my opinion, would be for the platform to be able to 'drop' a 'listener' on the host PC, carrying with it a warning to only do so on a computer you own or have permission to install software to (e.g. I'd bet there are fewer people using an OS that can autoplay rewritable removable devices than people using an OS that can't, by a pretty wide margin. Maybe the Platform shouldn't be putting an autorun.inf drive in the device's root? Windows 7 is gaining ground, and even though the majority of the Internet still uses Windows XP, most XP users use Windows Update and would have that update. Can't even delete autorun.inf to make it not do that, at least until I can get it home. It does this every time the drive is connected. Trend Micro OfficeScan, following (presumably) an update, now goes bat **** crazy on Autorun.inf (Windows XP machine, but it got the KB update that disabled autorun on rewritable removable devices, so it normally doesn't use autorun.inf anyway, except to show the device name/icon in My Computer (which, ironically, still do show up). I've seen some funny behavior on a computer I use PortableApps on.

Smplayer portable autorun