How to Autorun Web pages on a CD

[Tony Murnion]

I'm a newbie and I want to be able to set up a CD to autorun and bring up
internet explorer with a web page.

I found and tried the following in and autorun.inf file on the root of a CD
but it did not work for me.

[autorun]

open=start index.htm


Thanks.

Tony

 

[Steve Easton]

If the index.htm is in a folder.
[Autorun]
shellexecute=webfoldername\index.htm

If the index.htm is in the same location as the autorun.inf file
[Autorun]
shellexecute=index.htm


However, Windows XP balks at this sometimes, so you need a shellexecute executable .exe file to do
it.
Go here:
http://www.cornerhouse.ca/en/products.html
and download and use ShellRun. Bottom of the page.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[Mike Mueller]

On the Win 9x platform, all users were administrators. The
NT-2K-XP platform has non administrators. This has turned
autorun into something that may or may not execute, and it
is due to security reasons.

Autorun is an an inf file, which is classified as an
installation type of program. Non administrators cannot do
installations and therefore it will not run on a standard
user account

Mike


Steve Easton wrote:
: If the index.htm is in a folder.
: [Autorun]
: shellexecute=webfoldername\index.htm
:
: If the index.htm is in the same location as the
: autorun.inf file [Autorun]
: shellexecute=index.htm
:
:
: However, Windows XP balks at this sometimes, so you need
: a shellexecute executable .exe file to do it.
: Go here:
: http://www.cornerhouse.ca/en/products.html
: and download and use ShellRun. Bottom of the page.
:
:
:
: message :: I'm a newbie and I want to be able to set up a CD to
:: autorun and bring up internet explorer with a web page.
::
:: I found and tried the following in and autorun.inf file
:: on the root of a CD but it did not work for me.
::
:: [autorun]
::
:: open=start index.htm
::
::
:: Thanks.
::
:: Tony

 

[Steve Easton]

Correct.

That's the purpose of the shellrun exe I mentioned.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[Mike Mueller]

Steve-
The issue is that the autorun will not launch. If it
does not launch then using shellrun inside of the autorun
will not change a thing.

See the MSKB articles:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;173584
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314855/EN-US/

Mike


: Correct.
:
: That's the purpose of the shellrun exe I mentioned.
:
: --
: Steve Easton
: Microsoft MVP FrontPage
: 95isalive
: This site is best viewed............
: .......................with a computer
:
message
: : > On the Win 9x platform, all users were administrators.
The
: > NT-2K-XP platform has non administrators. This has
turned
: > autorun into something that may or may not execute, and
it
: > is due to security reasons.
: >
: > Autorun is an an inf file, which is classified as an
: > installation type of program. Non administrators cannot
do
: > installations and therefore it will not run on a
standard
: > user account
: >
: > Mike
: >
: >
: > Steve Easton wrote:
: > : If the index.htm is in a folder.
: > : [Autorun]
: > : shellexecute=webfoldername\index.htm
: > :
: > : If the index.htm is in the same location as the
: > : autorun.inf file [Autorun]
: > : shellexecute=index.htm
: > :
: > :
: > : However, Windows XP balks at this sometimes, so you
need
: > : a shellexecute executable .exe file to do it.
: > : Go here:
: > : http://www.cornerhouse.ca/en/products.html
: > : and download and use ShellRun. Bottom of the page.
: > :
: > :
: > :
: > : message : > :: I'm a newbie and I want to be able to set up a CD to
: > :: autorun and bring up internet explorer with a web
page.
: > ::
: > :: I found and tried the following in and autorun.inf
file
: > :: on the root of a CD but it did not work for me.
: > ::
: > :: [autorun]
: > ::
: > :: open=start index.htm
: > ::
: > ::
: > :: Thanks.
: > ::
: > :: Tony
: >
: >
:
:

 

[Tony Murnion]

Steve,

Thank you. That was what I was looking for. I knew there was an issue with
autorun and nonadministrators but at least wanted a way to make it work if I
could using autorun. I'll take a look at the shellrun too.

Tony

If the index.htm is in a folder.
[Autorun]
shellexecute=webfoldername\index.htm

If the index.htm is in the same location as the autorun.inf file
[Autorun]
shellexecute=index.htm


However, Windows XP balks at this sometimes, so you need a shellexecute
executable .exe file to do
it.
Go here:
http://www.cornerhouse.ca/en/products.html
and download and use ShellRun. Bottom of the page.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
.......................with a computer

I'm a newbie and I want to be able to set up a CD to autorun and bring up
internet explorer with a web page.

I found and tried the following in and autorun.inf file on the root of a
CD
but it did not work for me.

[autorun]

open=start index.htm


Thanks.

Tony

 

[corndog]

Is there a way to have the browser open to a specific size with specific
attributes like no toolbars, etc?
Mark

Steve,

Thank you. That was what I was looking for. I knew there was an issue
with autorun and nonadministrators but at least wanted a way to make it
work if I could using autorun. I'll take a look at the shellrun too.

Tony

If the index.htm is in a folder.
[Autorun]
shellexecute=webfoldername\index.htm

If the index.htm is in the same location as the autorun.inf file
[Autorun]
shellexecute=index.htm


However, Windows XP balks at this sometimes, so you need a shellexecute
executable .exe file to do
it.
Go here:
http://www.cornerhouse.ca/en/products.html
and download and use ShellRun. Bottom of the page.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
.......................with a computer

I'm a newbie and I want to be able to set up a CD to autorun and bring
up
internet explorer with a web page.

I found and tried the following in and autorun.inf file on the root of a
CD
but it did not work for me.

[autorun]

open=start index.htm


Thanks.

Tony