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I have created an auto run CD and it will not run on auto is there something i can type into the start menu, run, that will make the cd run.

Hi,

Thank you for your enquiry.

Please first ensure that you have enabled the option to Create autorun.inf file during the publish process and that you have burned the resulting autorun.inf file to the CD with the published executable.

If in doubt, simply create a blank folder on your Desktop and republish your project to this folder (again ensuring that the Create autorun.inf file option is enabled in the publish options). Once published, please minimise all open windows to display the Desktop and double-click on the folder you created. You should now see your publication executable, the autorun.inf file and any other resource or DLL files which are necessary for the publication to run successfully.

Now simply launch your preferred CD burning application and burn the entire contents of the publication folder to a recordable CD, then test the resulting disc.

If the problem persists, please ensure that the filename of your published executable contains no special characters, such as apostrophes, hyphens or full-stops as this have been known to affect autorun functionality. To rename the published executable, simply right-click on the file, select Rename, then make the required changes. Once the executable has been renamed, you will need to edit the autorun.inf file to point towards the new executable. To do this, simply right-click on the autorun.inf and select Edit to open the file into Notepad. You should now see something similar to the following:



where publication.exe was the original filename of your executable. Simply edit all instances of the old filename to match the new executable, then save the changes and close Notepad.

Now burn the contents of the publication directory to a recordable CD and test.

If the problem is still present, I suspect that your current Windows installation is encountering problems with autorun functionality (and you will probably experience the same problem with any autorunning CD-ROM). If you are using Windows XP, you could use Microsoft's free Autorun Repair Wizard to troubleshoot and repair this problem and this is available from the following location:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... utoFix.exe

I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries.

Kind regards,

You didn't mention what version of OPUS you are using.

In earlier versions, if the name of your PUB was two words, it messed up the autorun. The newer versions automatically put an underscore (_) between titles with two words (Example: My Pub becomes My_Pub).

In the Organizer, look at the first line, and see if it's two words. Add an underscore if it is, then delete the Auto.inf file in your Pub file, and re-Publish with "Add Auto.inf" checked as Robin directed.