What language or method would I use to listen to the event when a removeable drive is plugged into the PC?
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I guess any language that can work with the Windows API should do. Basically, you listen to the windows message WM_DEVICECHANGE. This alone will let you listen to system-wide messages.
For more specific scenarios look at the API function RegisterDeviceNotification(). Needless to day, C/C++ would be straightforward for this task.
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Is your program going to be running as a windows service and waiting? or is putting a startup script on the removable drive an option in this case?
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Windows XP doesn't allow autorun's for removable devices. – atomicharri Oct 02 '08 at 07:57
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It does. My pendrive has autorun on it and works like a charm (I'm using PortableApps). – Biri Oct 02 '08 at 08:02
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Really? It comes up with an 'autorun' dialog which allows you to select the action, but doesn't actually have any automatic file executions – atomicharri Oct 02 '08 at 15:11
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This article on codeproject.com is in C++, and has a solution using the shell change notify register function.
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