Re: Device (un)mount applet

[Soren Harward <soren shell cinternet net>]

Auto-mount if fine (especially auto unmount), but auto-run is a pain in
the rear for some people--like me.  I hate putting in a CD only to have
it run what Windows wants it to run, and not what I want it to run.  Make
it EASILY disable-able. In Windows, I had to mess with the Registry to
turn it off.

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|                  Soren Harward                  |
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|Windows 95/98 DOES come with a tool that lets you|
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On Fri, 22 May 1998, Zack Williams wrote:

> Any thoughts on automounting drives? A common feature on both MacOS and Windows is that 
> when you insert a CD into the drive it gets mounted and autoruns a certain file on
> the CD. The autorun idea is very insecure but for some things, like installation CD's,
> it may be a good idea. Also, when you insert Audio CD's into a drive, they autoplay on
> many systems, or they load the CD player app. The downside of all of this is that it 
> usually is done by polling the devices, which is often a waste of CPU resources