How do I autormatically run a program if I place a cd on the CD ROM? Do I need a software to do that?

Answer 1

There should be an autorun on the disk, if not, click start, my computer, go to the drive the disk is in, right click the drive, click explore, a window will open with the contents of the disk, find the exe file and click on it, that will execute the program.

Answer 2

Commercial CDs should start automatically, If they don't, go to My Computer and right-click the CD drive. Choose properties then click the autoplay tab. You can select specific actions for certain types of files.

If you are asking about making a burned CD into an autoplay disk. You need to make an autorun file on the disk. You can use NOTEPAD to make this file.

It would look something like this:

[autorun]
open=slideshow.exe

"slideshoe.exe" would be the particular program you have on the disk that you'd like to run. You'll need to save this with this name:

autorun.inf

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Make sure AutoRun is enable.
Open Windows Explorer by pressing the Windows + "e" key.
Right-click the CD-ROM and select Properties from the menu.
Select the AutoPlay tab.
Select each item from the pulldown list and for the Action to perform and pick the apporpriate action to enable autorun.
Select OK.