Computer Related > Autoplay Miscellaneous
Thread Author: smokie Replies: 2

 Autoplay - smokie
been messing around with a slide show and I've now created it into an .exe that I want to put on DVD, and run automatically when the DVD is inserted.

I'm going to research on t'internet but a quick Google indicates millions of hits. Does anyone have any recommendations of where to start?
 Autoplay - rtj70
How autoplay worked on Windows originally was to have an AutoRun.inf file containing the action etc you wanted to happen on insertion of the media.

msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/cc144200(v=vs.85).aspx

But be aware that many people will have this turned off because it was an easy way for viruses to spread.

If you look at a typical disk that autoruns you'll probably figure out what you need quite quickly.
 Autoplay - smokie
Yeah, should've looked a bit harder before posting here, it's dead easy - as you say, just needed an autorun.inf in the root folder pointing at the .exe, as follows:

[autorun]
open=2012.exe

Still get that screen asking whether you want to ruin it, on Windows 7 at least. I don't think I can bypass that, it's a system dependent thing.
Last edited by: smokie on Thu 22 Nov 12 at 21:57
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