IF the user has their computer set to autorun, then all you have to do =
is put a file on the CD called "autorun.inf"

In that file (which is merely a text file), put in this:

[autorun]
OPEN=3Dexecutable_to_run.exe
ICON=3Dicon_you_want_the_CD_to_show_in_the_explorer_window.ico

For example, the Office 97 CD has an AUTORUN folder (not necessary, it =
could be anywhere) in which the program they want run is called =
autorun.exe (it could be named anything, of course).  The icon they're =
using is compiled within the program, so it has an odd icon name, but I =
believe that it can just be a path name as well.  This is what the =
Office 97 CD autorun.inf file looks like:

[autorun]
OPEN=3DAUTORUN\AUTORUN.EXE
ICON=3DAUTORUN\AUTORUN.EXE,0


If you have specific questions, write me directly.

Brian A. Sayrs
Owner, Southwind Solutions

-----Original Message-----
From:	Franklin, Douglass [SMTP:Douglass.Franklin(at)ssa.gov]
Sent:	Monday, May 22, 2000 7:28 AM
To:	'hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org'
Subject:	CD Autorun

I'd like to use my client's web site on a CD as a "presentation".  How =
do I
apply the "autoload" feature, so that when the user inserts the CD their
browser is called and makes the client site available offline?

- Doug

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