[dba-Tech] Creating an auto start CD

Hi Jim,
You can do some of this with the text file Autorun.inf on the root of the
CD:
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[autorun]
'Display my icon which must be in root of CD
ICON = MY.ico

'Display readme.txt when user right clicks on CD drive and choose "readme"
shell\readme\command=notepad README.TXT
shell\readme=Read &me

'Open myapp when CD is inserted
open=MyApp.exe
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To do much more you need a shell program. I have been using ShellRun for a
number of years now. It works great. IIRC there is a free version and a
version you must purchase. The nice part of using ShellRun is that it can
check for the existence of programs - like adobe reader, etc. and prompt to
install them if needed.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/index.html 

HTH
John B.


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hale, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 1:25 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Creating an auto start CD

I want to place a catalog (it is in HTML  or can be a PDF file) on a CD and
auto open it when the CD is inserted. How is the best way to do this? What
if I want a simple menu to pop up offering a catalog to open or an order
form? Does anyone know of as simple program that can do this? TIA

Jim Hale


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