Autorun Please Help!

Hello, I recently got given a new TDK USB flash drive, the drive has encryption software on it called Flash Lock what flash lock does is divides the drive up in to two partitions, one locked and one unlocked so when I plug the drive into a computer I get access to the locked partition I can then open the flash lock programme (located inside the locked partition) type my password and when done the Flash Lock programme opens up the unlocked partition.

What I have been trying to do is create an auto run file that automatically executes the Flash Lock programme I have managed to get it working on my Windows Vista laptop nicely but it does not work on any Windows XP computer.

Here are the codes:

Locked Partition:

[autorun]

open=FlashLock_v2.30.exe

label=George's Flash Drive - Locked

icon=FlashLock_v2.30_Icon.ico

Unlocked Partition:

[autorun]

open=FlashLock_v2.30.exe

label=George's Flash Drive - Unlocked

icon=FlashLock_v2.30_Icon.ico

And these are the Auto Play windows that I get:

Vista:

Locked:

Unlocked:

(for some reason the flash lock programme has not shown up in this window)

Locked:

Unlocked:

Can you please help me to get auto play working on Windows XP. Thank you for taking your time to read this long post!

please help autorun

asked Sep 19 '10 at 07:31

George
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2 Answers:

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It could be an issue with XP drivers, since I'm sure the drive is newer than XP. That's what the blank application symbol stands for on XP. Since it does it on multiple XP machines, it's bound to be a driver issue.

Another thing, does this encryption program install on the available PC that you plug it into, or run straight off the drive? That would make a big difference, especially with XP.

Are all these copies of XP all the way up-to-date?

PS. When in Vista and you're trying to open the unlocked partition, the reason I think the program selector is not showing up is, it can detect what program it needs to run in order open the partition. Since it's unlocked, it knows it doesn't need anything special. You can always close that out and use the properties, right?

answered Sep 19 '10 at 15:59

djmoore711
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edited Sep 19 '10 at 16:03

Thank you for your comment, its good to know what is going wrong. Do you know of any way to fix this driver issue? The encryption programme runs straight off the the drive and these copies of XP are fully up to date also The program selector seems to show up when I restart my Vista machine but only shows once will not show again until I restart.

(Sep 19 '10 at 16:24) George

All I can suggest is, back up all of your data from both partitions of the drive and update the firmware to the drive.

I found the update to the drive

(Sep 22 '10 at 04:34) djmoore711

This is strange. You might want to play around with the autorun settings. Here's an article on how to access them. http://www.winbookcorp.com/_technote/WBTA20000846.htm

answered Sep 19 '10 at 11:36

DanielHep
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I don't think that the problem is to do with my computers settings as the problem happens on every XP computer. Thanks anyway.

(Sep 19 '10 at 14:49) George

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