When I connect an external drive I'd like to run a program which is on it. How could I do that?

When I connect an external drive I'd like to run a program which is on it. How could I do that?
I tried automator, but without success.
Thanks

Interesting question.  Others have provided the direct answer (no, massive security hole), and a little time with a search engine finds various existing discussions of autorun-related topics (eg: here and here and here), and a link to the Do Something When tool, and there is the DeviceListener example in the Xcode kit and to adding a folder action where the volumes are mounted.  See the topics for details.   Haven't tried this stuff, though.

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