Disk-based web on Memory Stick

[MrFixit_eh]

I have a disk-based website that lives on a flash memory stick. I would like
to set it up to autorun, like a CD. I've searched 'autorun' on this site,
and searched the MS Knowledge Base. I tried using the MS instructions with
no luck, and I've tried the 3rd Party utilities.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

See http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/ARTICLES/fp_to_cdrom.html

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|I have a disk-based website that lives on a flash memory stick. I would like
| to set it up to autorun, like a CD. I've searched 'autorun' on this site,
| and searched the MS Knowledge Base. I tried using the MS instructions with
| no luck, and I've tried the 3rd Party utilities.

 

[MrFixit_eh]

I had read this article previously, but it deals exclusively with websites
published to CDrom media. Does it also apply to sites published to flash
drives?

Looking at the removable drive in Windows Explorer, their is a folder for
the website, called "FAL". I created a document in NotePad and saved it in
the root of the drive called "autorun.inf". I created a second document in
NotePad called "instructions.txt" which contains simple readme text. The
default page of the website is "/FAL/index.htm"

The text in the autorun.inf document reads as follows: "[autorun]
open=start instructions.txt ". It doesn't work.

I've also tried "[autorun]
open=start . ./FAL/index.htm" That doesn't work

Finally, I downloaded Shellexe to the drive. There is a 14KB folder called
shellexe.zip, which contains a 37KB file called shellexe.exe. I then set
autorun.inf to


"[autorun]
open=start shellexe . ./FAL/index.htm instructions.txt"

Instead, I always get a popup which says, "this device contains more than
one type of content. What do you want Windows to do? And a list of programs.

Steve

 

[MrFixit_eh]

I'm wondering upon further reading, if something like the following steps
would be required to allow autorun with all media types.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q136214/

I'm running Windows XP Home

Steve

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Does your PC Bios support autorun for Flash Drives, etc.

See:
http://www.torosoftware.com/autorun.asp
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/303866/how_to_disable_autorun_usb_flash_drives.html
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[MrFixit_eh]

I installed TweakUI and, yes, autorun is enabled for all drive types.

Steve

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Read the part of the article about setting up autorun.inf

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"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
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|I had read this article previously, but it deals exclusively with websites
| published to CDrom media. Does it also apply to sites published to flash
| drives?
|
| Looking at the removable drive in Windows Explorer, their is a folder for
| the website, called "FAL". I created a document in NotePad and saved it in
| the root of the drive called "autorun.inf". I created a second document in
| NotePad called "instructions.txt" which contains simple readme text. The
| default page of the website is "/FAL/index.htm"
|
| The text in the autorun.inf document reads as follows: "[autorun]
| open=start instructions.txt ". It doesn't work.
|
| I've also tried "[autorun]
| open=start . ./FAL/index.htm" That doesn't work
|
| Finally, I downloaded Shellexe to the drive. There is a 14KB folder called
| shellexe.zip, which contains a 37KB file called shellexe.exe. I then set
| autorun.inf to
|
|
| "[autorun]
| open=start shellexe . ./FAL/index.htm instructions.txt"
|
| Instead, I always get a popup which says, "this device contains more than
| one type of content. What do you want Windows to do? And a list of programs.
|
| Steve
|
|
| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
|
| > See http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/ARTICLES/fp_to_cdrom.html
| >
|
| >

 

[MrFixit_eh]

The article references a document,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...latform/Shell/Shell_basics/Autoplay_works.asp
, but the link is broken. Any idea how to find this document?

The article explains the following syntax:
[autorun]
open=start index.htm

As I mentioned previously, my index page is in the web folder, "FAL". Do I
have to copy the "index.htm" page to the root of the memory stick, or will
the syntax:
[autorun]
open=start .../FAL/index.htm
work?

Thanks,
STeve

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Try http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969327.aspx or http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/autorun.htm

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"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
_____________________________________________


| Read the part of the article about setting up autorun.inf
|
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| _____________________________________________
| SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
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|
|
||I had read this article previously, but it deals exclusively with websites
|| published to CDrom media. Does it also apply to sites published to flash
|| drives?
||
|| Looking at the removable drive in Windows Explorer, their is a folder for
|| the website, called "FAL". I created a document in NotePad and saved it in
|| the root of the drive called "autorun.inf". I created a second document in
|| NotePad called "instructions.txt" which contains simple readme text. The
|| default page of the website is "/FAL/index.htm"
||
|| The text in the autorun.inf document reads as follows: "[autorun]
|| open=start instructions.txt ". It doesn't work.
||
|| I've also tried "[autorun]
|| open=start . ./FAL/index.htm" That doesn't work
||
|| Finally, I downloaded Shellexe to the drive. There is a 14KB folder called
|| shellexe.zip, which contains a 37KB file called shellexe.exe. I then set
|| autorun.inf to
||
||
|| "[autorun]
|| open=start shellexe . ./FAL/index.htm instructions.txt"
||
|| Instead, I always get a popup which says, "this device contains more than
|| one type of content. What do you want Windows to do? And a list of programs.
||
|| Steve
||
||
|| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
||
|| > See http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/ARTICLES/fp_to_cdrom.html
|| >
||
|| >
|
|