Talk:autorun.inf

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copied from Microsoft[edit]

This seems to be a direct copy of Microsoft content!! http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144200(VS.85).aspx#Shellexecute

Hardly. The article resembles that page but then it would, wouldn't it... Just because I copied the entry definitions from that page doesn't make it a violation of anything. There's a standard way of writing command lines and setting defintions - with square brackets meaning optional etc etc. - so there's no other way of writing it and why would I.

Given that wikipedia is not original research by definition, everything on wikipedia is a rewrite of existing content. There were 7 articles under the AutoRun and AutoPlay MSDN tree which I had to read about a million times just to write an article that was consistent.

Carveone (talk) 18:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Windows 7[edit]

Thanks to 69.232.153.100 for the Win7 edit, genuinely useful information from someone. Makes a change. This info has citable reference in the "Autorun.inf Entries" MSDN article so I made small changes which aren't meant to be pissy or pedantic! This is information which wasn't available when I added the Windows 7 section (yeah, I winged it and got it wrong).

Daniel Martin, MVP, has said that Windows 7 still parses autorun.inf files and, for non DRIVE_CDROM types, ignores all [autorun] section entries except icon= and label= settings. Easily provable by looking in the MountPoints2 mount cache in the registry. The guy knows what he's talking about if he references that registry entry! The comment addition to the MSDN "Autorun.inf entries" article is precisely worded - thanks to Daniel for that contribution and leaving no doubt as to what is and isn't parsed.

Carveone (talk) 18:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Virus[edit]

Whenever I plug an external hard drive or memory stick in, my antivirus says autorun.inf is a worm. Do anti-virus programmes view it as a virus? or does a virus mimic the file? Sweetie candykim (talk) 19:05, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

prevent Autorun.inf execution[edit]

Is it possible to disable AutoRun but keep AutoPlay? How?

AutoRun is dangerous, and should generally be disabled. But, it would be convenient to still be able to automatically play inserted audio CDs and video DVDs. Is this possible?

There is a registry trick to kill autorun.inf processing, credited to Nick Brown:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
     NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf] @="@SYS:DoesNotExist"

nickbrown-france.blogspot.com/2007/10/memory-stick-worms.html
blogs.computerworld.com/the_best_way_to_disable_autorun_to_be_protected_from_infected_usb_flash_drives
antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/ht/autorun.htm

Basic AutoPlay seems to keep functioning in XP after this registry tweak. This change completely inhibits the ability to run autorun.inf files, so installing some software then requires the ability to view and understand such files, to find the .exe file that needs to be installed.-96.233.20.116 (talk) 20:36, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Years wanting to harness autorun.inf processing[edit]

But information is missing, incomplete and informal. Syntax is not formally specified. This text has to update for new versions of the Operating System. Only tested information should be allowed in the text or noted as untested or unreliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.96.225 (talk) 07:59, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Citation needed?[edit]

I think this article no longer needs more citations.--Support Wikipedia, support free sharing of knowledge 08:15, 29 November 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BamLifa (talk • contribs)