Auto open itunes on plugging in ext. drive...

Howdy,
I have all my music files stored on an external usb2 drive. I would like itunes to automatically open when the usb drive mounts, is this possible? I don't know any applescript but I sure can copy and paste if anybody knows the code needed to achieve this...
Thanks in advance!
T

I think this pref pane should do what you are looking for
http://www.azarhi.com/Projects/DSW/index.php

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