Autorun for CD doesn't autorun

[juliewales]

Hi there

For the first time I have added one of my projects to a CD and I chose the autorun function.

This indeed created an autorun file.  I placed both the autorun file and the Captivate .exe file onto a disc, however when disc is inserted it doesn't autorun.

Have I missed a step?  BTW I use Captivate 6.

Cheers

Julie

[Varun Kalra]

Hi there,

Can you please tell have you placed the folder which contains 'autorun.inf' and '.exe file' or have you placed these two files in the root location of the CD (without any folder).

Thanks.

[juliewales]

I have placed both the exe file and autorun file in the root location with any folders

Cheers

Julie

[Varun Kalra]

Hi Julie,

Which utility have you used to burn the contents to the CD?

Have you created a Data CD or the Autorun at the time of creating CD.

Have you tried that CD on a different system?

Thanks.

[juliewales]

Hi Varun

I created the Autorun by clicking on the option within Captivate when publishing. 

A colleague then right clicked on both files and chose send to CD/DVD.

Cheers

Julie

[Captiv8r]

Hi Julie

To begin with, autorun is "iffy" at best. There are just so many factors that come into play.

But from past experience a few versions back, here are a few things that I would double check:

* What works best is to use EXE format. If you are using HTML/SWF things likely will fail.

* Ensure the EXE file name has no spaces. Use CamelCase or Under_Scores to accomplish that

* Ensure the EXE file name adheres to the older DOS 8.3 format. SomeFile.EXE and not SomeWonderfulAndBeautifulFile.EXE

Hopefully this helps... Rick

[juliewales]

Hi Rick

I renamed the exe file to something more manageable and without spaces and republished with autorun selected but it still hasn't made any difference.

any other ideas?

Cheers

Julie

[Captiv8r · Accepted solution]

Hi Julie

Unfortunately it would seem you have hit one of the other issues I alluded to initially when I admonished it was "iffy".

IT staff often disable autorun and more and more operating systems are just having it turned off because it's a huge security risk. Sorry, but those are the breaks.

Likely the next best thing you can do is to structure the CD... Hmmm, in typing the term "CD" it occurs to ask this. This *IS* a standard CD-ROM, right? Because it only works for CDs (when it works). DVDs have a totally different structure and if you used DVD it won't work. But I digress.

Anyhoo, your likely next best move is a ReadMe.TXT file or something that provides simple instructions to the user on opening the file browser and what file to double-click to launch things.

Cheers... Rick