Re: autorun problem on a CD
From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 08/03/04
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:27:39 +0530
Sivilla,
You don't understand the point. Try using 'shellexecute' method only and no need for autorun.exe (and I don't know what your autorun.exe does)
* Shellexecute requires atleast Windows ME. And, it calls the file-association directly.
Revised Note:
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[autorun]
shellexecute=filename.pdf
Assumes *filename.pdf* resides in the drive's root. Else, include the full path for this file. For more help, see section "Autorun.inf Commands" in the MSDN Library.
-- Ramesh, Microsoft MVP Windows XP Shell/User http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp "Sivilla" <Sivilla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9F8D5BE3-EBE8-46FB-A62F-034056790956@microsoft.com... Thank you for your response. I have changed my autorun.inf file to read [autorun] shellexecute=filename.pdf I changed the autorun.exe file to read [autorun] open=autorun.exe I get the following error message: 16 Bit MS-DOS subsystem The NTVDM CPU has encoutnered an illegal instruction CS4100 1P:001b 0p:8e 8f 28 1f 96 It still does not work. I tried to find the file anti.pdf on both my hard drive and on my copy of Adobe Acrobat, but did not find it. I have contaced Adobe to see if they can tell me how to get that file. I have also checked into one of the software programs to see if it would be better to get that than try to fix my problem manually. I need to know if the software will open PDF files, in which I have contacted them to verify. Thank you for your help, if you have any other suggestions, they will be very welcome! -- Sivilla "Ramesh [MVP]" wrote: > My posting here: > http://oldlook.experts-exchange.com:8080/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20973653.html > > -- > Ramesh, Microsoft MVP > Windows XP Shell/User > http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k > > Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table: > http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp > > "Sivilla" <Sivilla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FBBE8795-F940-4935-B4C6-BC2B4DF49E9D@microsoft.com... > I have sent in a couple requests for the same question, because the answers I received did not work or were too vague to answer my question. I reposted the question in hopes that maybe the first time I asked the question it wasn't clear what I was trying to do, I was trying to clarify my problem. I was not aware that you could not ask the question over again if you still were having problems. I am sorry if I have caused any undue problems. But as of this time, I am still having a quandry as to what I need to do, I've exhausted all my ideas and nothing seems to work. > -- > Sivilla > > > "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: > > > Sivilla wrote: > > > I am running Win XP Home addition and Adobe 6.0 Standard. I want to > > > make a CD-ROM with will autorun and boot to a PDF file. I have been > > > trying to get my autorun.inf and autorun.exe file to run the PDF file > > > and have not been successful. Listed below are the files I > > > created...can you tell me where I've gone wrong?? > > > > > > autorun.inf file > > > > > > [autorun] > > > open=autorun\autorun.exe > > > icon=autorun\mainmenu.pdf > > > > > > autorun.exe file > > > [autorun] > > > open=autorun.exe > > > > > > my pdf file is named mainmenu.pdf...all of the files are in the same > > > directory, my objective is to have the CD-ROM automatically run the > > > mainmenu.pdf file. > > > > > > If the process of what I am trying to do is wrong, can you direct me > > > by a step-by-step way to make this work?? > > > > > > Thank you for helping, if you could just tell me what is wrong and > > > what exactly I need to do to make it run, I would be very grateful! > > > > Sivilla > > > > You have posted several questions about autorun for CD's in the last week or > > so, but you have never replied to any of the responses that you have > > received? > > > > Here is one reply from MVP Sharon F, posted a few days ago. > > > > "On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:20:39 -0700, Sivilla wrote: > > > > > How do I make a CD run a PDF "main menu" file automatically? I want the > > > CD to begin running a PDF when it is inserted into the CD drive. When I > > > put the CD into the drive now, it just goes to the 'D' directory, it > > > doesn't run the file I want as the first thing one would see when > > > putting the CD into the drive. Thank you for your help! > > > > When a CD is inserted, Windows looks for an autorun.inf file. If present, > > it executes the commands in that file. You need to add an autorun.inf file > > to the CD that contains the necessary command(s) to launch the PDF file. > > Note that this will not work as expected if an application capable of > > opening PDF files is not installed. > > > > A free tool to create the file is Autorun.inf Editor from Karenware: > > http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptautorun.asp" > > > > > > -- > > Ronnie Vernon > > Microsoft MVP > > Windows Shell/User > > > > Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > http://www.dts-l.org > > http://www.mvps.org
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