autorun.inf to run on XP?

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Could someone please advise me on the following?
I circulate a CD-ROM of family history and news of distant relations around
a circle of relatives around the world. I had written a file called
autorun.inf which referenced an htm page startup.htm, so that once the
CD-ROM was put into the drive it would open automatically. It works on
Widows 95 and 98 but I just had a report that it does not open automatically
on Windows XP.

How should I re-write the command line please?

Thank you for your attention,

M.M.


This is how autorun.inf is at the moment. There is just this line.

[autorun]
OPEN="START STARTUP.htm"
 
Hi,

No reason it should not work in WinXP, that user likely has some of the
autorun features disabled. They should check their settings on the autoplay
tab of the drive's properties in Windows Explorer.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
MarkMcDonald said:
Could someone please advise me on the following?
I circulate a CD-ROM of family history and news of distant relations around
a circle of relatives around the world. I had written a file called
autorun.inf which referenced an htm page startup.htm, so that once the
CD-ROM was put into the drive it would open automatically. It works on
Widows 95 and 98 but I just had a report that it does not open automatically
on Windows XP.
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As Rick noted it "should" be working. Please note that autorun for
whatever reason fails on lots of PCs, no matter what OS the person is
using. Have you tested it at all on any XP boxes yourself???
 
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