Win98 CD-ROM path workaround

[xbury.cs at clearstream.com]

Hi Stephen

While W98 dates a long time back, I know I've done this before...

if you build a launching "bat" file...
The batch file will start at its default location
then you cd myfolderinthecd and run stuff from there...

W98 not loading media at the CD's root level sound suspiciously wrong...
But it's always nice to put things together in a folder for copy 
paste/drag
 that folder around...

that's the easy solution...

The not so hard solution is to build a standalone that will look at its 
own path
find the folder and then do your installation... 

That's your best bet with full control in your favorite programming 
language 

Hope that helps
Xavier

On 21.03.2005 14:30:16 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>Folks:
>
>Is there a simple workaround for Win98 breaking
>relative paths on CD-ROMS unless the executable is in
>a subfolder?
>
>To recap: Win98 won't load CD-ROM media if the
>executable is located at the root level. The
>executable and media must be in a subfolder on the CD.
>This workaround is not necessary for OSX, Classic, or
>XP.
>
>Ideally, I'd like to put a shortcut to the executable
>at the root level but Windows hardwires the shortcut
>to the device letter which may be different on
>different machines. Autorun.inf probably won't work
>because it's disabled in XP (as far as I know).
>
>Any help with this would be appreciated.
>
>Steve
>
>
>
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