Also, you said, if you put yourself at risk, not others. If
a machine becomes infected, it may cause problems for others,
not just you. It may be part of a botnet and take part in
denial of service attacks, shutting down web sites. It may be
used by malware to mail spam, thus exposing people to phishing
and other kinds of fraud. The malware may try to spread itself
to other machines on your network.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] auto run file
The whole point of having NVDA on a thumb drive is to run it
on other machines where it isn't installed. Why would you want
to run it on your own machine from a thumb drive in the first
place? I don't know anything about disabling this feature but
it sounds to me as though if you do, you open yourself up to
malicious software if you use a thumb drive from someone else.
I see no reason to take risks just to make running something
easier.
And you can run it very easily on your own machine without
lowering security. Create a short cut to the exe file on the
thumb drive. Then assign a short cut command such as control
alt d or control alt a or whatever such combination you like.
That is so fast and convenient that there isn't any remotely
justifiable reason to needlessly lower security for convenience.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] auto run file
Yes. But there are ways, and there are ways. And as long as
you run it on your own computer and put yourself at risk and
not others, then it will still work just as long as you know
what you're doing. Cheers!
On 3/22/2019 11:32 AM, Gene wrote:
Windows doesn't run autorun files automatically any longer
from thumb drives as a security measure against malicious code
running. You can run Narrator, run NVDA, then close Narrator.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] auto run file
Hi Keryn. Here is a sample of an Autorun.inf file.
Copy the below code:
[autorun]
;Open=NVDA.exe
ShellExecute=NVDA.exe
UseAutoPlay=1
Save the autorun.inf file onto the root of your USB drive.
Cheers!
On 3/22/2019 8:36 AM, Kerryn
Gunness via Groups.Io wrote:
hi guys
is it possible to create an auto run file to place on a
flash drive, so that the portable copy of NVDA will launch
as soon as the flash drive is placed into the USB port?
if so how can it be done?
thanks
kerryn