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Posted by whizkide [send private reply] at February 09, 2002, 03:31:00 PM
how do i write a self executable program
Posted by CodeRed [send private reply] at February 09, 2002, 05:20:15 PM
You don't. There is no such thing. Any programs that start up automatically with windows are either defined in the registry, in windows startup folder, or started using autoexec.bat
Posted by buzgub [send private reply] at February 09, 2002, 09:28:39 PM
If what you're really asking is how to get a program to run automatically when you put a CD into your drive, you need a file called autorun.inf in the root directory of the CD. I'm not sure of the exact syntax, but it's a plain text file. You can read the file used by any other disc (most games should have a file you can examine). Bear in mind that this is all windows-specific, so it'll be useless under other operating systems.
Posted by RedX [send private reply] at February 10, 2002, 01:35:16 PM
An autorun-file:
----------------- [autorun] OPEN=AUTORUN.EXE ICON=OPFOR.ICO Change "autorun.exe" to the name of you executable and "opfor.ico" to the icon-file to use. name the file autorun.inf and place it in the root-dir of the CD. That should do the trick. RedX
Posted by sphinX [send private reply] at February 11, 2002, 11:56:00 PM
and make sure the exe name is all one word, windows won't run anything else even if it's enclosed in quotation marks. (at least not in my experience)
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