rhye

hi, how to open a flash drive using vb6? I mean is that when I click button open will launched the files on my flash drive or inserted flash drive.tnx

mkaras

You will have to provide some more details of just what you mean by "open" the flash drive. Be more specific about the operating scenario that you are wanting to realize. Here are some things to think about:

- Is the program that has the button you intend to click already running when the flash drive is inserted?

- Are you envisioning that the program would be able to detect automatically when the flash drive is or becomes present?

- Have you looked into the "Autorun" feature of Windows?

rhye

flash drive is already inserted and when I run my program it will launch the files of the flash drive.

mkaras

If the content on the flash drive is executable then just have your program use the ShellExecute() method. You can search here or in MSDN to see how to launch an external process with this.

I use this type of thing all the time to start an external program to leverage other programs capabilities to enhance the functionality of mine. Common programs used are Notepad and Excel.

rhye

the one I want to accomplish is when I open my flash drive it loads the .exe file and the same time it opens the drive itself.

unclebill

Being unsure what you mean by ". . .opens the drive itself." I suspect you may mean opening a Windows Explorer window and displaying the contents of the flash drive.

If that's the desired result, add the command line:

explorer [pathname]

to your autorun file.

Supply the appropriate [pathname] to direct Explorer to your flash drive.

rhye

here: [autorun]
icon=welcome.exe
open=welcome.exe
label=Welcome
action=Show Welcome
shell\open\command=welcome.exe

I dont think if this is correct.