Creating an autorun file

elawhomey10 · 30 Jul 2017

I can't figure out how to set up an autorun file. Does the file have to reside on the CD or DVD itself? Can it be on a thumb drive?

Brink · 30 Jul 2017

Hello elawhomey10, :)

You will still be able to use an autorun.inf file on a CD/DVD or USB flash drive to specify a label or icon for the device. Using an autorun.inf file to run a file on the device when the device is connected is no longer supported though for security reasons.

Autorun.inf Files - Completely Block - Windows 7 Help Forums

Drive Icon - Change - Windows 7 Help Forums

Drive - Rename - Windows 7 Help Forums

I hope this helps some.

elawhomey10 · 30 Jul 2017

Thanks, Brink. I don't understand. Do I need to put the autorun file on a thumb drive? Or does it have to be on the CD or DVD itself?

Thanks in advance.

Ernie Law

Brink · 30 Jul 2017

You can place the autorun.inf file in the root directory of either USB/CD/DVD you prefer.

The tutorial links I posted above can help give more details though.

elawhomey10 · 31 Jul 2017

Thanks. I have an example of an autorun file

[autorun]
open=setup.exe
icon.ico

I don't know what the open file should say or the icon statement either. I looked hard for the answer but couldn't find it.

Thanks for your help.

Brink · 31 Jul 2017

You wouldn't be able to use the open=setup.exe code anymore since it will no longer work.

You could use this below for the icon though. The .ico file would need to be on the USB/CD/DVD along with the autorun.inf file.

Code:

[autorun]
icon="icon.ico"

elawhomey10 · 31 Jul 2017

I put the autorun.inf file on a flash drive and tried to play a music CD.

I tried:

[autorun]
icon="icon.ico"

But it didn't work, so I tried:

[autorun]
icon="Thumb_Drive.ico"

I do appreciate your help.

cornemuse · 31 Jul 2017

Good info here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...=vs.85%29.aspx

You can do some nifty things with autorun.inf!

-c-