Clive Timmons Posted January 26, 2003 Report Posted January 26, 2003 Can anyone please explain how to get slide show to run automatically from cd or is this possible thanks Clive Quote
JRR Posted January 26, 2003 Report Posted January 26, 2003 Clive:Yes it is can be done quite easily.I use an autorun.inf file and Shell.exe fileBUt I think there is an autorun utility at Beechbrook cottagehttp://www.beechbrook.com/pte/If that is not suitable for you, send me an email (click on "e-mail" below and I will send you a sample AUTORUN.inf and Shell.exeJim Quote
starfish Posted January 26, 2003 Report Posted January 26, 2003 Open Notepad and copy this in:[autorun]open=start.exeicon=start.icoSave the file as autorun.txtThen include it along with your other files and the CD will boot automatically.Sharon (Starfish) Quote
starfish Posted January 26, 2003 Report Posted January 26, 2003 Oops...I should have mentioned that the lines...[autorun]open=start.exeicon=start.ico...presuppose that your main P2E .exe start file is named "start." If not, adjust accordingly.Sharon Quote
quietstorm Posted January 27, 2003 Report Posted January 27, 2003 Open Notepad and copy this in:[autorun]open=start.exeicon=start.icoSave the file as autorun.txtThen include it along with your other files and the CD will boot automatically.Sharon (Starfish)Sharon...The file needs to be "autorun.inf" not txtJust trying to help out Bart Quote
starfish Posted January 27, 2003 Report Posted January 27, 2003 Bart,Another oops...you're right. :-)Sharon Quote
boxig Posted January 27, 2003 Report Posted January 27, 2003 Clive For exe to run automatically when inserting CD you need a file named "autorun.inf". The computer checks every few seconds if a CD was inserted and if there is "autorun.inf" file inside the CD.This file is a simple text file but not with TXT extention. The file can be very long with many comands inside, but we usually use the simple one which include only two comands:1. Which exe to open and run2. which icon to show on the explorer.We can use only one comand if we don't care about the icon.Autorun file looks like this:[autorun]open=YourFile.exeicon=YourIcon.icoYou should put "YourFile.exe" and "YourIcon.ico" and "autorun.inf" in the root of the CD, that means, no folder used.If you want to use folders, for example, you want your CD to have a folder named "YourFolder" and inside it to put "YourFile.exe" and "YourIcon.ico" you should remember that you have to make a change in the "autorun.inf". In this case it will look like this:[autorun]open=YourFolder\YourFile.exeicon=YourFolder\YourIcon.icoRemember that "autorun.inf" should always be in the root of the CD and not in a folder.There are few utilities at http://beechbrook.com/pte/"Autorun Maker" will generate "autorun.inf" for you."Autorun Utility" will let you include up to 7 shows in the CD.They both have help.I hope this will help you.Granot Quote
quietstorm Posted January 27, 2003 Report Posted January 27, 2003 Clive..Can you delete your 2nd post about autorun and lets keep it in 1 place? (provided no one has answered it or Igor might can move it)It gets cofusing when there are several topics of the same subject throughout the forum!The root of a CD is the base..the files like autorun.inf is by itself!Not in a directory!It is like what Granot mentioned in the above post!! Bart Quote
HaroldB Posted January 27, 2003 Report Posted January 27, 2003 Just to complicate things a tiny bit, you do not need to put the .ico file on the CD at all. If you have specified to PTE to use an icon, that icon is embedded within the PTE exe, and you can codeicon=xxxxxx.exein your autorun.inf file.Harold Quote
alrobin Posted January 27, 2003 Report Posted January 27, 2003 Harold,Do you even need to do that? What happens if you don't mention ".ico" in the ".inf" file at all?Ciao,Al Quote
HaroldB Posted January 27, 2003 Report Posted January 27, 2003 Al,I have no idea... I never tried that -- too lazy to make a CD to test it .Harold Quote
Clive Timmons Posted January 28, 2003 Author Report Posted January 28, 2003 Got sorted and a big thanks to all out there for your help Clive. Quote
Clive Timmons Posted January 30, 2003 Author Report Posted January 30, 2003 Thank you for your email Don yes once you get good help everything seems easy and I got lots from this forums membership so my Cd's are taking on a new light I have also touched base with a Friend from the past Alan Lyons who has being helping aspiring photographers for years in Dublin through The Photographic Society of Ireland anyone looking for an interesting way to learn about the craft should look them up .Don have you tried the autorun utility freedownload on beechbrook its the an excellent way to introduce your show thanks again for your email and keep on rocking Clive. Quote
sziltner Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 Harold,Do you even need to do that? What happens if you don't mention ".ico" in the ".inf" file at all?Ciao,Al All I ever use is [autorun]Open=go.exeWhere Go.exe is always the name I use for a P2Exe slideshsow.Works fine...forget the .ico stuff, it's not necessary.Steve Quote
Jim Posted February 2, 2003 Report Posted February 2, 2003 I usually don't bother with the .ICO either, since you're creating an Autorun program you'll only get to see your customized icon flash upon your desktop (assuming you've got a shortcut to your CD drive there..) for a second or so before the PTE slideshow kicks in and covers the screen. Adding an icon to a non auto-run PTE show might be a bit better, at least with that you'd get to admire it on your desktop for as long as you like before you manually started the show!Jim. Quote
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