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powershell script to play a music folder on windows startup

How to use powershell to autoplay a folder of mp3 files using Windows Media Player on Windows 7 startup. I figure that there are two aspects: 1) the script must run automatically when Windows starts ...
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Registering WPF Application with AutoPlay

I want my application to be an option to run when a user enters a USB or a CD/DVD ROM to import the documents. So far I know this can be done via AutoPlay, but the more I read the more I'm concerned. ...
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How to create an application that automatically run after i insert smartphone into computer [closed]

I want to create an application that automatically runs after I insert a smartphone ( portable device ) into a computer. I has a big problem in creating an event handler to run my application. Can ...
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Autoplay handler: wrong clipboard format?

I'm trying to implement a Windows Autoplay handler; according to the documentation and the examples I found, I'm supposed to query the IDataObject for the "Autoplay Enumerated IDList Array" clipboard ...
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Adding Win32 application to Windows Autoplay menu (for a specific kind of media)?

How can I add my Windows application (written in C++) to the Windows AutoPlay menu for a specific kind of media?
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How to prevent autoplay and run my own app when inserting an USB-Flash drive

when inserting an USB-Flash drive, Windows normally opens the Autoplay dialog that offers to browse the drive or if there are multimedia files it offers to choose an app to open them. We developed a ...
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Autolaunch exe on USB in windows XP SP3

I want to autolaunch my application on USB as soon as I plug it into a PC running on windows XP SP3. I have made an autorun.inf (having below written code) and also tried to lauch setup using a batch ...
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Register a device specific autoplay handler

I am currently writing an app specific to the iPhone and I want to register my application in the Windows 7 AutoPlay popup for only the iPhone from what I understand from the Windows shell development ...
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Adding application to Windows 7 list of autoplay handlers

I am developing a lightweight WPF application that will take multimedia files from either the local file system or removable media devices and upload them to Amazon S3 cloud storage. One of the ...
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Can Windows be set up to automatically launch an application when an HID-compliant USB device is plugged in?

I have a custom HID-compliant USB device. I would like to set up Windows to launch an application when this device is plugged in. Is this possible through a configuration setting? Or do I need to ...
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How can I autorun my app based on a file's existence instead of autorun.inf on SD Card?

I have a device that creates a file called ADxxxxxx.BIN on an SD Card (where "xxxxxx" is a unique number). I'd like to be able to insert this SD Card into a USB card reader (connected to a ...
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How to reliable check if AutoPlay is enabled in Windows 7?

I have an application that handles WM_DEVICECHANGE, and is interested in DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL. When a new device is inserted, it needs to know if the AutoPlay dialog will pop-up. In order to find out, I ...
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Can I disable window autoplay function programatically with C#/.NET?

Does anybody know a way to deactivate the autoplay function of windows using c#/.NET?
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Can autoplay and WIA be programatically reset to the default of "Ask me?"?

I have code that ads both Autoplay and WIA handlers for reading images files from memory cards and digital cameras, respectively, and it works fine. However, I'd like to reset the Autoplay and WIA ...
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Programmatically suppressing AutoPlay for mass storage devices

I need to suppress autoplay for the mass storage devices. This needs to be achieved programatically through a service/deamon running in the background. I know it can be done by an application which ...
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