How can I make a CD autorun?

[Willie]

Hi. I am burning some cd's for a college presentation
that I have made, basically containing my entire website
for this project. How can I make the cd autorun, when a
person puts it into their cdrom? I want it to open the
first webpage...but all of the files will be on the cdrom,
that it needs to open, rather than having to be connected
to the internet.

Thanks. (ps...you can take a look at the website, too:
http://comp.uark.edu/~wdillah )

 

[RJK]

Even if you configure your cd-r to Autorun, some people may have switched
that option off, on their PC, so when they insert it it won't Autorun
anyway!

Surely a good approach would be to enclose a simple set of instructions on
how to manually start IE and "open" / "browse" through to wherever you've
got your index.htm page stored on the disc.

regards, Richard

 

[Edward]

Another way, Willie, is to insert the CD. Open it in Explorer and drag a
shortcut to 'index' - or whatever - onto the desktop. Change its icon to
something interesting and presto! Anyone clicking the icon with the CD in
place will launch the swebite. Otherwise just a message will say no can do!

Hope this helps,

Ed

 

[Norm]

Willie, just google "autorun cd" and you'll probably find something you can
use.

 

[purplehaz]

Usually you just create a text document called autorun.inf and point it to
the file you want to auto launch. Usually this needs to be an .exe file, so,
html files won't directly work. You will need a helper app that will write
and .exe and autorun.inf for you to launch the first web page. Search google
or download.com form cd autorun software.