autorun.inf not working

Question

I have to make a USB that starts automatically a program when plugged in the computer.
I've tried using the autorun.inf file but it didn't worked: the computer read only the Icon and the Label keys but not Open or ShellExecute.
Is there an alternative way to do it?

Answer 1

If you don't have administrative privileges over the device(s) then there is no guarantee for that to work. System admins have long taken the autoplay feature as a considerable threat to the system they maintain, and mostly (if they knew the risks) would have it set disabled. Some even go as far as to unhook the USB cable off the board.

But if the feature was disabled in a soft way (through configuration) you can alter the setting from Settings app → Devices → Autoplay (Windows 10) and adjust the settings as necessary.