


The options then differ depending on what type of media Windows has detected. Usually when you plug in your USB flash drive or device, you’ll get the Autoplay window asking what would you like to do next. USB drives when they are inserted haven’t really had the autorun.inf file fully processed since early versions of Windows XP, and instead the USB autorun launching is either included in the Autoplay function or ignored altogether as happens in Vista and 7. You can still get your Windows DVD or game CD to launch automatically or via double clicking on the drive icon. The Autorun functionality has been reduced in more recent versions of Windows for security purposes and in Windows 7 the autorun.inf file is almost completely ignored for all media except CD’s and DVD’s.
