Autorun.ini

[ruready2]

I am trying to create an auto play disc for a set-up file. In order to do so the disc must have an autorun.ini file. The problem is that the disc will not auto play unless I include a special character as shown in the image below circled in red. I have no idea how to create those characters. I used an existing cd to copy that autorun file then replaced the file name for the file I wanted to use. I have even tried an automated autorun.ini file creator without success.

By the way, the characters I refer to are not the letter O nor a zero even though they do resemble such in the image. They are actually vertically rectangular.



Thanks in advance!

 

[jdillman1502]

Hold your Alt key and presss 0141 on your number pad (do not use the numbers above the letters), then let go of the Alt key.

 

[ruready2]

Thanks for the reply. The combination works just as you stated. Do you have any idea why I am having to use that symbol in order for the autorun to work? No post I have been able to find anywhere on the web has included instructions to use the symbol to make the disc autoplay.

 

[jdillman1502]

Unfortunately, I have no idea why that symbol is needed.

 

[pjamme]

If you want to try another method, I have been using AutoRunPro for years and this simple autorun.inf:
[Autorun]
open=AutoRunPro.exe /s
[AutorunPro]
Run1=index.htm

to make a DVD containing all My Utilities. The autorun opens a Word htm file that is full of Hyperlinks.

 

[ruready2]

If you want to try another method, I have been using AutoRunPro for years and this simple autorun.inf:
[Autorun]
open=AutoRunPro.exe /s
[AutorunPro]
Run1=index.htm

to make a DVD containing all My Utilities. The autorun opens a Word htm file that is full of Hyperlinks.

Thanks for the reply. That's just the problem. Unless I include the symbols the disc will not autoplay. I have tried numerous text formats without success but, the minute I include the symbols the disc autoplay works fine. I am unable to locate anything on the web about this. I have searched and searched.