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    Question auto play CDs?

    please, can any one tell me how to make a file such as a word document file autorun from the CD when it is inserted into a CD ROM drive. i want to burn a CD and i want a word doc to autorun when the CD is inserted in the CD ROM drive.
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    I've seen lots programs which do that , I'll check it out for ya .

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    You don't need a program, search for autorun.inf and you'll see it's simply a thing with an icon and a shellexec (but can have a lot more).
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    Yeah that platipus is right as usual. If you go to the msdn page and look it up you will find all the info you need....

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    Didn't want people call me "duck" or "platypus" but I guess it's stuck so oh well
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    Originally posted by Sastraxi
    Didn't want people call me "duck" or "platypus" but I guess it's stuck so oh well

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    And look someone looked it up at the MSDN page for you.....

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    That's the page I was referring to in my post, I think I've posted it before! Yeah... I should've searched: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ht=autorun.inf
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    You didn't refer to it in this thread....but I did, but maybe you did in before I was born...good old plati***........

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