autorun iPod

[HOlmes101]

hey all, I'm wondering how to make my ipod autorun a .txt file everytime I pug it in. I've tried making an auto run file that looks like this:
[autorun]
open = README.txt
(named it autorun.inf... and README.txt is exactly what the file is named) I made sure that the file is on the ipod. But that does not work. It does not have to be a text file as long as there is readable text that pops up automatically (i can do some basic programming if neccesary). Im using win xp...
thanks in advance

[HOlmes101]

Bumpy...

[jkrohn]

Autorun is disabled by default on removeable drives.

http://www.moonvalley.com/products/rwavdc/enable.htm

Jkrohn

[jonivy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by HOlmes101

hey all, I'm wondering how to make my ipod autorun a .txt file everytime I pug it in. I've tried making an auto run file that looks like this:
[autorun]
open = README.txt
(named it autorun.inf... and README.txt is exactly what the file is named) I made sure that the file is on the ipod. But that does not work. It does not have to be a text file as long as there is readable text that pops up automatically (i can do some basic programming if neccesary). Im using win xp...
thanks in advance

An ipod interacts with windows like a removable drive.
Autorun works differently for removable drives than it does for CD's.

Generally, you can't have anything automatically run when you connect a removable drive, but YOU CAN still use Autorun.inf to create an options menu that automatically pops up, when you connect your ipod.

All you have to do is use the "action" property, as in this example:

[autorun]
open=Example.exe
action=Run Example Program


The action property is set as the label for the option.

-Jon