Automatic start of install CD

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In the good old days, it was done via the autorun.inf file, with an entry of
RUN=setup.exe

It does not seem to work any longer under Vista

How to ensure, that my setup starts when the CD is put into the PC?

Edvard Korsbæk

PS: I am going by cycle to Berlin next week - no particular haste is
needed....

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Edvard,

autorun.inf works fine under Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Have fun in Berlin :)

Friedrich

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Well, more often than not My CD's won't start on new machines.
Last was a brand new Dell Latitude.
Nothing was installed - Just run the intro.
Even that machine won't autorun CD's
But, as i understand it, the way to make autorun is still autorun.inf?

Edvard

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Edvard,

> Well, more often than not My CD's won't start on new machines.
> Last was a brand new Dell Latitude.
> Nothing was installed - Just run the intro.
> Even that machine won't autorun CD's
> But, as i understand it, the way to make autorun is still autorun.inf?

Yes, autorun.inf works on all modern Windows OS versions (including Vista
and 2008). But I assume, AutoRun is disabled on that machine(s).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\CDRom should not be 0

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In addition to that flag, you might also check this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/136214/EN-US/ and this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155217/en-us and this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330135/en-us

Sounds as if some CD-burning software may twiddle some bits.

On my 64-bit Vista machine, that NoDriveTypeAutorun is set to 255 (all bits
set) in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer

Jane Fleming