Hi! Ruchir, you never fail to impress with your insights. in step 4, you mention to copy to root of disk. how is this to be done. Please enlighten. thanks
arvind bhartiya On 8/25/08, ruchir falodiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello all at accessindia. > > sometimes, we want to automaticly run a software, or load some program > from a CD without doing anything or going anywhere. > the good example could be, running the jaws setup providing speech, or > loading portable version of NVDA. > in normal cases, if we normally write files to a disk, we need to > take sited help on a different computer, for navigating folders of CD > and running the exact file. > however, the actual difference between a normally written disk and an > autorun cd, is just 1 file with 2 lines of instruction. > > the file, which makes this difference, is called autorun.inf > if the basic settings for how windows handle disk haven't be changed, > as soon as you insert the disk, your operating system ( windows ) > checks for this autorun.inf file and executes the instructions with > in. > this, file can be created useing simple note pad file, and needs to be > saved with the name of autorun.inf > note: the name should be autorun.inf, > not autorun.inf.txt > also, this file should be saved on the root of the drive, and not > under any sub folders. > the syntax of autorun can cover a lot of topics, such as creating icon > of the disk, creating different submenus for different tasks, etc > i, however, in this article is just covering a single aspect of > autorun, and that is to automatically open/run a file. > > this, i can explain taking an example of some program/file to > demonstrate the actual syntax. > > suppose i have NVDA's portable version, named nvda_portable > the executable file to load NVDA, is called NVDA.exe located inside > the nvda_portable folder. > note: please configure any file/software/settings before writing to > the disk. after this, no actual changes can be done. > > steps: > 1. open note pad > 2. write these lines to the file > [autorun] > shellexecute=nvda_portable\nvda.exe > 3. save this file with the name of autorun.inf > 4. copy this file to the root of the disk. > 5. copy the nvda_portable folder > 6. write all these files to disk. > > next time, as soon as you insert this disk into any computer having > sound card, the NVDA will automatically load, and will start giving u > the speech output like a screen reader. > > same format can be used for creating autorun of any other file, for > example, the setup of jaws, powerpoint presentations, mp3 files, and > many more. > also, do not put the default drive letter in autorun file such as > shellexecute=e:\jaws_setup.exe, because, different computers have > different drive letters assigned to a CD > you should right, > shellexecute=jaws_setup.exe > or, > shellexecute=softwares\speech\jaws\jaws_setup.exe > the location specifyed inside autorun.inf file should be exact > location of that file on the disk. > also, due to security reasons, autorun may not properly work on all > USB drives.( however, they will surely work in all cd's) > > hopefully, this information could be useful for some of you. > all your suggestions, feedbacks and views are welcome. > email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > thanks, > regards. > ruchir. > > -- > As long as forever, > I will stay by your side, > I'll be your companion, > Your friend and your guide!!! > > Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > Registration is now open! > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
