AutoPlay: Tips & Tricks

An easy-to-use AutoPlay function from James Greene for your CDs and DVDs

Use the AutoPlay Configuration Utility to create and/or maintain the AUTORUN.INF file!
To use the all new AutoPlay Menu Utility application, use the following settings in AUTORUN.INF:
Document=
Viewer=APMENU.EXE
ForceViewer=1
Use a virtual CD application to test AutoPlay. You can also test the AUTOPLAY function on a floppy diskette by following these steps:
1. Import the file AUTOFLOP.REG (located in the AutoPlay installation folder) into your system registry by double-clicking on the AUTOFLOP.REG file.
2. Windows 9x: Restart Windows
  Windows NT/2000: Log off and logon again
3. Copy the AUTORUN.INF, AUTOPLAY.EXE and your Document and Viewer applications to a blank floppy diskette (using the same folder structure as the CD-R).
4. Open 'My Computer' and right-click on 3.5" Floppy (A:)
5. Select AutoPlay from the pop-up menu
To disable the floppy diskette AutoPlay functionality, import the file NOTOFLOP.REG into your system registry, and re-start your Windows session.
If you want to put AUTOPLAY into a subfolder on the CD, e.g. , then you should have two copies of the Autorun.inf file: 1 must be in the root directory of the disc, and the second in the same folder where AUTOPLAY is stored. The AUTORUN.INF in the root directory should contain the [AUTORUN] section. The AUTORUN.INF in the AutoPlay folder must contain the [AutoPlay Data] section. Also be sure to set the DirFix= value to 1 to ensure that folder names are interpreted correctly.
Be sure to use only path names (no drive letters!) when referring to other folders on the CD. For example, if AUTOPLAY.EXE is in the folder, and the file to be opened is in the folder, then the Document= setting should be set as follows: Document=\DATA\README.TXT
If the Viewer= name contains spaces, enclose the entire name in TWO sets of double-quotes, e.g. Viewer=""C:\Program Files\Plus!\Microsoft Internet\Iexplore.exe""

AutoPlay: Tips & Tricks

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