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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" style="task"
id="files-autorun">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="media#music"/>
<link type="guide" xref="files#removable"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="candidate"/>
<revision version="gnome:42" status="final" date="2022-02-26"/>
<revision version="gnome:46" status="final" date="2024-03-02"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Shobha Tyagi</name>
<email>tyagishobha@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>David King</name>
<email>amigadave@amigadave.com</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Automatically run applications for CDs and DVDs, cameras,
audio players, and other devices and media.</desc>
</info>
<!-- TODO: fix bad UI strings, then update help -->
<title>Open applications for devices or discs</title>
<p>You can have an application automatically start when you plug in a device
or insert a disc or media card. For example, you might want your photo
organizer to start when you plug in a digital camera. You can also turn this
off, so that nothing happens when you plug something in.</p>
<p>To decide which applications should start when you plug in various
devices: </p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Removable Media</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Apps</gui></guiseq> from the
results. This will open the <gui>Apps</gui> panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <gui>Default Apps</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>In the <gui>Removeable Media</gui> section, switch the
<gui>Automatically Launch Apps</gui> switch to on.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Find your desired device or media type, and then choose an application
or action for that media type. See below for a description of the different
types of devices and media.</p>
<p>Instead of starting an application, you can also set it so that the
device will be shown in the file manager, with the <gui>Open folder</gui>
option. When that happens, you will be asked what to do, or nothing will
happen automatically.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>If you do not see the device or media type that you want to change in
the list (such as Blu-ray discs or E-book readers), click <gui>Other
Media</gui> to see a more detailed list of devices. Select the type of
device or media from the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down and the application or
action from the <gui>Action</gui> drop-down.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<p>If you do not want any applications to be opened automatically, whatever
you plug in, switch the <gui>Automatically Launch Apps</gui> switch to off.</p>
</note>
<section id="files-types-of-devices">
<title>Types of devices and media</title>
<terms>
<item>
<title>Audio discs</title>
<p>Choose your favorite music application or CD audio extractor to handle
audio CDs. If you use audio DVDs (DVD-A), select how to open them under
<gui>Other Media</gui>. If you open an audio disc with the file manager,
the tracks will appear as WAV files that you can play in any audio player
application.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Video discs</title>
<p>Choose your favorite video application to handle video DVDs. Use the
<gui>Other Media</gui> button to set an application for Blu-ray, HD DVD,
video CD (VCD), and super video CD (SVCD). If DVDs or other video discs
do not work correctly when you insert them, see <link xref="video-dvd"/>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Blank discs</title>
<p>Use the <gui>Other Media</gui> button to select a disc-writing
application for blank CDs, blank DVDs, blank Blu-ray discs, and blank HD
DVDs.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Cameras and photos</title>
<p>Use the <gui>Photos</gui> drop-down to choose a photo-management
application to run when you plug in your digital camera, or when you insert
a media card from a camera, such as a CF, SD, MMC, or MS card. You can also
simply browse your photos using the file manager.</p>
<p>Under <gui>Other Media</gui>, you can select an application to open
Kodak picture CDs, such as those you might have made in a store. These are
regular data CDs with JPEG images in a folder called
<file>Pictures</file>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Music players</title>
<p>Choose an application to manage the music library on your portable music
player, or manage the files yourself using the file manager.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>E-book readers</title>
<p>Use the <gui>Other Media</gui> button to choose an application to
manage the books on your e-book reader, or manage the files yourself
using the file manager.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Software</title>
<p>Some discs and removable media contain software that is supposed to be
run automatically when the media is inserted. Use the <gui>Software</gui>
option to control what to do when media with autorun software is
inserted. You will always be prompted for a confirmation before software
is run.</p>
<note style="warning">
<p>Never run software from media you don’t trust.</p>
</note>
</item>
</terms>
</section>
</page>
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