Desk Drive is a freeware application for Windows that monitors your computer for new removable media that you plug or insert to your computer, such as USB flash drive, CD, DVD and external hard drive, then automatically adds a desktop shortcut icon pointing to your new mounted drive. Meaning that, every time you mounted a new removable media to your computer, a shortcut pointing to the media will appear on your desktop.
Do you really need Desk Drive?
Desk Drive is definitely useful if you have disabled the autoplay feature. For security reason, I have disabled the autoplay feature on my computer. When you have the autoplay enabled, you allow the malware or virus to spread faster to your computer from your infected USB drive. I also found it annoying seeing the autoplay window pops up each time I plug in my USB flash drive or external hard drive into the computer.
But when the autoplay disabled, you have to open My Computer to access the files in your flash drive, CD or DVD. Desk Drive saves you time by allowing you to quickly access your removable media directly from your desktop as soon as you plug the media to the computer. When you remove the media, the desktop shortcut will disappear.
Desk Drive sits quietly in the system tray. You can configure the settings to specify which types of media to monitor. This freeware is designed to work with Windows XP and Vista. It requires Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework to work.
