Question

I need to include an html page (table of contents) on a CD/DVD. I’d like the html page to open automatically when the user puts the CD/DVD in their machine. Is there a way to do this (the MSDN cds do this) either by purchasing software or otherwise?

Answer 1

I used (the free version of) AutoRunPro

I remember when I was confronted with the problem once

[autorun] shellexecute=path\to\htmlfile.html 

just wouldn’t work on most PC’s. I used a program called AutorunPro.EXE, just copied it in the root, and the autorun.inf was :

[Autorun] open=AutoRunPro.exe  [AutorunPro] ; Here are some sample uses for Autorunpro. It keeps processing Them in Run1..RunN         order until it doesnt find one. Run1=index.htm Run2=. 

Moreover, you can open several programs, pages, … with this method in one go.

In either case : test your method beforehand, you don’t actually have to burn a CD/DVD in order to do that : look here