Autorun.ini

[wiReZ]

I am sure most of you know of the autorun.ini file that is used to automatically load .exe files.

A while back, my friend (who I have lost contact in with after graduation) had it set up to automatically run an HTML file instead of an .EXE file.

The "coding" was different.

Anyone know it?

[wiReZ]

anyone?? Come on, its been about 3 days since I've posted.

[Sualdam]

It isn't as easy as you'd think.

Go to http://www.duckware.com and get the free download that will allow it.

Autorun.inf (not ini) can only run exe files. This little program is an exe that then runs whatever you tell it to (html, swf, whatever).

[wiReZ]

See, thats where you are wrong. I actually found it.

Inside the autorun.ini all you gotta do is put this code

[autorun]
open=start whateveryouwant.htm

I hate having to get software that is unnecessary.

[Sualdam]

Mmm.

I wasn't going to bother replying, but people deserve to know the details (three of tens of thousands of similar hits from Google):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...oplay_cmds.asp

http://www.startertool.com/en/en_index.html

In particular this one:

http://www.cdmenupro.com/autorun_inf.htm

You will be making a mistake if you try and just edit autorun.inf the way you suggested and expect it to run on all PCs. It won't
[Edited by Sualdam on 06-29-2002 at 09:25 AM]

[wiReZ]

Originally posted by Sualdam
You will be making a mistake if you try and just edit autorun.inf the way you suggested and expect it to run on all PCs. It won't

How will I be making a mistake? I know it works for what I want it to do, and on the platform and computer as well. I have seen it work from others, I just made it work on my recent CD burn, and anyways, it's autorun.ini not .inf.
I bet you the majority of PC's can perform the action, why? because my friend has used it on multiple PC's to show his portfolio and if it didn't work, I don't think he would still be using it.

[Sualdam]

No. The mistake is in telling other people that it works that way.

This forum is for everyone - not just you or me.

It is important to post the right information. Officially, autorun.inf (not 'ini') only runs exe files. From that third link, it would seem that some (most?) people might be able to get non-exe files to run.

The autorun.inf question gets asked regularly.