On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Fred Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > At 04:09 PM 4/30/2009, mike wrote: > >If someone inserts a USB key, presumably they want to open it? Same with > a > >CD..why put a cd in if there isn't something there you want to do with it? > > Well, what I usually want to do is open a specific file on the flash drive, > often using file, open in some application, rather than double-clicking the > file. And I may not know exactly what I am looking for. What I don't want > the computer to do is index the contents of the flash drive and store the > index on the computer, which is what XP seems to want to do with every > external drive that is plugged in, flash drive, hard drive, etc. I gather > Windows 7 has even more automation? > > I really don't like any automation that I haven't programmed myself. > Default-enabled automation is usually a hook that a hacker can use to my > detriment. >
Simply opening a Windows explorer window to show me what is on the drive is what I want. I can hit run easily enough. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
