Automatically open application upon device plug-in?

Question

There has been a topic troubling me for a while that I really want to find an answer to.

Companies like Razer, SteelSeries and other vendors are able to manufacture devices like keyboards and mice which will automatically run an application when plugged into a PC - this is usually just an application which prompts the user to install their software and lighting controllers. How is this achieved?

On my journey, I found that it used to be done with an Autorun.inf file; this was disabled after Windows 7 because of virus and malware issues taking advantage of it. The other way I found while scraping forums was a CD-ROM partition with this very same Autorun.inf kind of setup which Windows supposedly would allow an application to automatically start if it was on a CD-ROM partition. While heavily disputed, there were recommendations of U3 USB drives and other custom memory controller flashes which would create a CD-ROM partition with an application to autostart.

How is this actually achieved today?

Answer 1

-Hi, my name is Claudeir, I'm happy to help you!

-I want to apologize that this is just a forum for common consumers with domestic issues, because the scope of your question is more focused on a corporate or advanced environment, I suggest you post your question on the appropriate Microsoft Q&A site, where there are several IT technicians ready to help you:

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Claudeir