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<link type="guide" xref="files#removable"/>
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<desc>Automatically run applications for CDs and DVDs, cameras,
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audio players, and other devices and media.</desc>
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<title>Open applications for devices or discs</title>
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<cite date="2011-09-29">shaunm</cite>
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<p>For 3.4, this is merged into System Info. Make sure to update in six months.</p>
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<p>You can have an application automatically start when you plug in a device
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<p>You can have an application automatically fucking start when you plug in a device
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or insert a disc or media card. For example, you might want your photo organizer
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to start when you plug in a digital camera. You can also turn this off, so that
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nothing happens when you plug something in.</p>
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<p>To decide which applications should start when you plug in various devices:</p>
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<p>To decide which applications should start when you plug in various devices:
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Open <gui>Removable Media</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.
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<item><p>Select <guiseq><gui>Details</gui><gui>Removable Media</gui></guiseq>.
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<p>Choose an application or action for the desired device or media type. See
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below for a description of the different types of devices and media.</p>
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<p>Find your desired device or media type, and then choose an application
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or action for that media type. See below for a description of the different
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types of devices and media.</p>
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<p>Instead of starting an application, you can also set it so that the device
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will be shown in the file manager (<gui>Open folder</gui>), you will be asked
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will be shown in the file manager. When that happens, you will be asked
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what to do, or nothing will happen automatically.</p>
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<p>If you don't want any applications to be opened automatically, whatever you plug in, select <gui>Never prompt or start programs on media insertion</gui> at the bottom of the Removable Media window.</p>
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<p>If you don't want any applications to be opened automatically, whatever you
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plug in, select <gui>Never prompt or start programs on media insertion</gui> at
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the bottom of the Removable Media window.</p>
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<section id="files-types-of-devices">
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<title>Types of devices and media</title>
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<title>Types of devices and media</title>
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<title>Audio discs</title>
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<p>Choose your favorite music application or CD audio extractor to handle
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<p>Choose your favorite video application to handle video DVDs. Use the
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<gui>Other Media</gui> button to set an application for Blu-ray, HD DVD,
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video CD (VCD), and super video CD (SVCD). If DVDs or other video discs
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do not work correctly when you insert them, see <link xref="video-dvd"/>.</p>
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do not work correctly when you insert them, see <link xref="video-dvd"/>.
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<title>Blank discs</title>
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<p>Use the <gui>Other Media</gui> button to select a disc-writing application
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for blank CDs, blank DVDs, blank Blu-ray discs, and blank HD DVDs.</p>
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<p>Use the <gui>Other Media</gui> button to select a disc-writing
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application for blank CDs, blank DVDs, blank Blu-ray discs, and blank HD
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<title>Cameras and photos</title>
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<p>Use the <gui>Photos</gui> drop-down to choose a photo-management application
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to run when you plug in your digital camera, or when you insert a media card
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from a camera, such as a CF, SD, MMC, or MS card. You can also simply browse
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your photos using the file manager.</p>
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<p>Use the <gui>Photos</gui> drop-down to choose a photo-management
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application to run when you plug in your digital camera, or when you insert
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a media card from a camera, such as a CF, SD, MMC, or MS card. You can also
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simply browse your photos using the file manager.</p>
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<p>Under <gui>Other Media</gui>, you can select an application to open Kodak
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picture CDs, such as those you might have made in a store. These are regular
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data CDs with JPEG images in a folder called <file>PICTURES</file>.</p>
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