Autostart a CD in MS Windows

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richmond,

> Dear xTalk Afficionados,
>   I am sure this one has been addressed before - but could
> not find it via an "autostart" search of the archives.
>
> If I make a stand-alone for MS Windows on a CD - how to I
> set it to autostart when the user pops the CD into their
> CD-drive?
>
> Grateful for help!

Put a simple text file named "autostart.inf" (NO quotes, of course)
in the root directory of the cd

Content (no empty lines!):

[autorun]
open=path_to_standalone.exe


But please remember that win users might have disabled this ANTI- 
feature!

> Richmond Mathewson

Best

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de