Adding Win32 application to Windows Autoplay menu (for a specific kind of media)?

Question

How can I add my Windows application (written in C++) to the Windows AutoPlay menu for a specific kind of media?

Answer 1

(Notice: I have never tried to do this)

AutoPlay only recognizes three types of media (pictures, music, video) and I don't think there is any way to add another type. It can recognize many different devices. You can register for events based on media or device type. Partial instructions are here. That link doesn't describe how to actually define the handler though, but that doesn't look too hard. The handlers are defined in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers

There's a bunch in there already that you can use as examples.