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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Mace on July 14, 2006, 09:25:21

Title: Computer Programming Help
Post by: Mace on July 14, 2006, 09:25:21

Can anyone tell me how to write an autorun program for CD's etc, you know like the ones that come on installation discs. I quite simply want to put info onto a CD and have an autorun options window pop up with menu choices when the CD (or flash) drive is inserted.

Many Thanks

Title: Computer Programming Help
Post by: strapping young lad on July 14, 2006, 09:37:34

create a file called autorun.inf then in it the path to the executable (this is easier if the file is on the root of the cd)

save it then burn onto cd along with the rest of the data

Title: Computer Programming Help
Post by: Horness on July 14, 2006, 10:00:06

PM'd - A tool to do just the job, inc. the menu and graphics etc.

Horness

Title: Computer Programming Help
Post by: MTyrrell on July 14, 2006, 11:41:48

Open notepad and add the following text, change setup.exe to the executable you want to start.

Code: [Select]

[autorun]
OPEN=setup.exe


Then save the file as autorun.ini in to the root directory of the CD.

Simple as that!

Title: Computer Programming Help
Post by: smo on July 14, 2006, 12:17:51

The really easy way is to tock the "bootable cd" tick box in Nero or whatever software you use, otherwsie do it the manual way as above :)