Auto start cd

[SHENDERS20622]

What files can I put on a cd to make it autostart.Thanks for any help.

 

[Atheus]

autorun.ini

e.g.

[autorun]
OPEN=AUTORUN.EXE
ICON=AUTORUN.EXE,0

 

[SHENDERS20622]

I did something wrong.Could you elaborate please.All I get on the cd is notepad and the file I want to run.Gotta still click on both to run.

 

[talyn00]

Originally posted by: SHENDERS20622
I did something wrong.Could you elaborate please.All I get on the cd is notepad and the file I want to run.Gotta still click on both to run.

you place the autorun.ini file onto the root of the CD and when the machine autoplays the cd, it references this file and runs the file indicated in OPEN=

If you're running Windows XP and the cd doesnt contain an autorun.ini, it automatically scans the contents of your disc to determine the contents and recommends several options to you. i.e. if you have mp3s on the disc it recommends Windows Media Player to open it.

 

[SHENDERS20622]

How do I place it in the root of the cd.Do I save the contents of notepad as .ini and put that on cd.Tried it that way and no go

 

[SHENDERS20622]

I did manage to save my website to hdd,purely by luck, by saving it as MHTML file in IE.Now trying to make it auto run on cd.

 

[Slikkster]

The other poster made a mistake, which is why it's not working for you. The text file you need to create is called "autorun.inf", NOT "autorun.ini".

Here's a step-by-step on how to create autorun cd's:

Pay attention to the all the steps, including starting the file with [autorun], and particularly in your case looking at the section having to do with starting a particular html file from an autorun CD:

http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/windows/howtocacdtwar.htm

You did the right thing by saving your website as an mht (web archive). However, keep in mind that if you have any embedded links on your site, you'll probably need to edit them so they run locally --as in offline-- without an internet connection.

For example, if one of your website pages has a hyperlink to some other page on your site, it might be:

http://www.shenders20622.com/contact.html

Well, if you tried to view that locally on a pc without an internet connection, it wouldn't work, even if you had the "contact.html" page on the archive file. You need to change the hyperlink so it points to the CD folder that contact.html is on. Get it?