Auto-Play: Tips & Tricks

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

Auto-Play Tips and Tricks

Use the Auto-Play Configuration Utility to create and/or maintain the AUTORUN.INF file!
To use the Auto-Play Menu Utility application, use the following settings in AUTORUN.INF:
Document=
Viewer=APMENU.EXE
ForceViewer=1
Use a virtual CD application to test Auto-Play. There are many freeware and shareware virtual CD tools available on-line.
If you want to put Auto-Play into a subfolder on the media, you should use the Auto-Play Configuration Utility to create AUTO-PLAY.DAT, then store the DAT file in the folder and update the OPEN= and SHELLEXECUTE= entries in the AUTORUN.INF to include --dat "folder\AUTO-PLAY.DAT". (AUTORUN.INF must always be stored in the root folder!)
Be sure to use only path names (no drive letters!) when referring to other folders on the media. For example, if AUTO-PLAY.EXE is in a folder named AUTO-PLAY, and the file to be opened is in the folder DATA, 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\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe""