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Starting scheduled task by detecting connection of USB device

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Mar 15, 202677814 views
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I know it has been discussed that it is not possible to start an application from an usb drive upon connection due to limitations of autorun (or autoplay??) in Win 7. But it is possible to create a scheduled task having an event type trigger. Surely there must be an event occurring when the drive -…

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The thread Task Scheduler: How to automatically synchronize my USB flash drive? has this answer by a user called monotone, which uses PowerShell together with the Task Scheduler : I had the same question as you, and worked out something with powersh…

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