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More information about the removal of autorun support for USB flash drives in Windows 7 are available on these Internet pages: MSDN - blog: Engineering Windows 7 : Improvements to AutoPlay SamLogic - article: Using AutoRun / AutoPlay with a USB Flash Drive in Windows 7 The removal of Autorun will make computers more safe from viruses etc, but of course, using Autorun to start programs or open documents on USB flash drives will not work anymore.

That should work. But be aware of that Autorun is permanently disabled in Windows 7 when using with USB flash drives. It only works with optical media like CDs and DVDs. Microsoft has done this changes in Windows for security reasons. Some dangerous viruses have used USB flash drives to infect computers.