Solved Can I run a .bat on my hard drive when I insert a DVD movie?

[nzdreamer55]

I though that I could just go to the autoplay settings and choose to run a program when a DVD movie is inserted, but alas I can only chose to play it or open it with windows explorer. I did a google search as well as here on sevenforums and it seems to be a pretty hard thing to do. Maybe there is a little third party application I can use?

I have a .bat file on my c drive that I want to run each time I put a DVD movie into my computer DVD drive.

Thanks in advance
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[Jacee]

You can enable 'autoplay' Change AutoPlay settings
Not sure what you're asking

 

[nzdreamer55]

Thanks for the reply Jacee. I'll try to show you what I mean in a picture. Please let me know if this helps clarify the question that I have. Again thanks for the help

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[rustberger]

You could follow this tutorial. Tested. Works on windows 7.
Just sure to "Run as administrator"
How to add custom entries to Windows Vista's AutoPlay | Windows Vista, XP and Windows 7 Tutorials

 

[nzdreamer55]

Thank you rustberger for the idea. I gave it a try, however the application won't let you add a bat file to the autoplay menu. See pictures. Maybe there is a way to change a bat file to an exe file? Thanks for the suggestion.
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[rustberger]

Just type the path for your bat file in the Application box.

 

[nzdreamer55]

Hooray! That was the ticket! Thanks for the advice and help.
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[rustberger]

Good to hear. glad to help.