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Note: this is only for educational purposes.

Basically I have created a simple autorun.inf file and placed it in my USB Drive with below options:

[AUTORUN]
OPEN=file.bat
SHELLEXECUTE=file.bat
ICON=red.ico
LABEL=My CD-ROM
USEAUTOPLAY=0
SHELL=ReadMe
SHELL\ReadMe=View README File
SHELL\ReadMe\Command=notepad.exe README.TXT

The only options I could see working are ICON and LABEL and nothing else, even though I have added SHELL option, but cant see no option for readme while I right click on the USB drive. nor does the OPEN/SHEELEXECUTE open the file.bat which is placed in the same location as autorun.inf.

is it microsoft that have disabled it for security reasons? or am I missing something?

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  • Is Autorun enabled on the computer? Do other Autorun.inf work?
    – I say Reinstate Monica
    Commented Mar 30, 2019 at 21:30
  • @TwistyImpersonator I believe so, I mean icon and label options work.
    – Mr. Naps
    Commented Mar 31, 2019 at 0:26
  • No, I mean the auto-executing functionality. Have you tried it with an autorun.inf not created by you?
    – I say Reinstate Monica
    Commented Mar 31, 2019 at 3:09
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    "No, I mean the auto-executing functionality. " Its disabled to prevent malware infections, has been since Windows 7 sp1.
    – Moab
    Commented Mar 31, 2019 at 14:03

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Autorun was disabled by default in Windows 7 and remained so in subsequent versions due to the security issues that "feature" presented. In 2011 Microsoft estimated that fully 50% of virus infections took advantage of the autorun function in some way, so such a decision was a no-brainer to them.

This is why autorun is disabled mostly disabled in current versions of Windows.

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