Most of us have today a USB flash drive (sometimes also referred to as a USB stick or USB memory stick) that we use when we want to store data temporary. They are small and lightweight and are very practical when you want to move files from one computer to another. Before we often burned the data to a CD or DVD, but using USB flash drives are faster and they are easier to handle and they can store more data. And they are so small that you very easy can store them in your pocket.
USB flash drives are often used when data is moved between home and office. They are also very often used when data is moved inside an office, for example when moving data to/from a computer that is not connected to a network. They are also practical if you want to start small special programs that don't need installation and is not normally located in a computer.
Nowadays some companies have also started to distribute software, documents, movies and music via USB flash drives. One reason is that they are very fast - they are faster than CDs or DVDs. Programs that are placed on a USB drive are started immediately and large documents are shown very quickly. But when placing programs, documents etc on a USB flash drive, the same problem that was common with a CD or a DVD also occurs here. How can the end-user quickly find the program or document he/she wants to open?
With CD's and DVD's the AutoRun technology in Windows was used to start a particular program or open a particular document automatically. But is this possible also with a USB flash drive?
USB flash drive / USB stick
