AutoRun for Windows7

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hey guys,

i am making a game and have made a simple installer for it, but i want an autorun type of thing. if i have the installer on a usb, am i able to put in something so that when i insert the usb, it will start up the installer automatically?

thanks!

Posted 19-Feb-13 20:58pm

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Mike Meinz · Answer 1 · 2013-02-20T03:15:00

Solution 1

In the root of the USB, put a file named AUTORUN.INF that contains the following two lines:

[autorun]
OPEN=SETUP.EXE

Note: On some PCs, administrators have disabled the capability to do AutoRun.

Posted 20-Feb-13 3:15am

Mike Meinz

Updated 20-Feb-13 3:16am

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