How to make a CD-ROM Autorun on a PC?
An Autorun CD is a CD that will automatically start a program when the CD tray closes with the CD inside the tray. Autorun is a good feature for the less computer savvy users. It eliminates the steps for the user to click on “My Computer”, the CD-ROM drive, and then the program to be run. You will be surprised that many causal computer users don’t even know these few simple steps to invoke a program on a CD-ROM. An Autorun CD hides all these “complexities.” It’s quite simple to make a CD autorun on a PC. All you need is to include a file call “autorun.inf” in the root directory of the CD-ROM. You can create the file with a simple text editor such as Notepad. If you use Notepad, make sure to quote your filename when you save the file otherwise Notepad will save the file as “autorun.inf.txt” instead of “autorun.inf”. In its simplest form the file only needs two to three lines. For example: [autorun] open=program_to_be_run.exe icon=icon_to_be_shown.ico You should replace “program_to_be_ru
