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autorun.inf help needed

BigBoy

BigBoy

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Hi guys am trying to make my mobile phone's memory stick autostart a program when its detected using a Autorun.inf script.

Currently it looks like this
Code: 
[AutoRun]
Icon=pod.ico ,0
Open=setup.cmd

The setup.CMD looks like this
Code: 
@echo off
"c:\program files\MyPhoneExplorer\myphoneexplorer.exe"
exit

But it will not work! The Icon will show but it will not start the batchfile to run the program.

Any ideas?
 
Ethics said:
Why do you need a script to run one executable? why can't you call the executable straight from the autostart file?
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I tried just running the exe called direct from the autorun.inf but it did not function as it is on my hard drive, i thought that originaly this was the problem so tried the setup.cmd script.

MTA99 said:
What happens if you just double click setup.cmd?
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program loads with no problem

J.B said:
shouldnt it be setup.bat ?
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better off being a cmd rather than bat they are essentialy the same thing the bat being the older format DOS batch file and the CMD being a Command script file.
 
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I think i have worked out the problem!

I had installed VMware workstation and that disables autorun to stop it interfearing with the host and guest operating systems, i have since uninstalled VMware but it has not re-enabled autorun.

Have tried using tweakUI to turn it back on but that does not work. Any ideas?
 
Fixed it!! i was right and VMware was the problem
and here is the fix

Open up Regedit and goto

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer

and delete

NoDriveTypeAutoRun

Restart explorer (log off and on) and jobs done :)
 
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