DVD insertion to run batch file

How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Rick Merrill wrote:
How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Please be specific.

From the DVD on any machine (cannot technically be done - since autorun is
often disabled)?
On a specific machine of yours for any and all DVD types?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Rick Merrill wrote:
How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Please be specific.

From the DVD on any machine (cannot technically be done - since autorun is
often disabled)?
On a specific machine of yours for any and all DVD types?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Rick Merrill wrote:
How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Please be specific.

From the DVD on any machine (cannot technically be done - since autorun is
often disabled)?
On a specific machine of yours for any and all DVD types?


I only put dvd's in this DVD drive on a PC, and since
this is a windows xp group I assumed that was clear.

Let's assume I enable autorun - then what?

DVD+RW but I think that is irrelevant.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Rick Merrill wrote:
How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Please be specific.

From the DVD on any machine (cannot technically be done - since autorun is
often disabled)?
On a specific machine of yours for any and all DVD types?


I only put dvd's in this DVD drive on a PC, and since
this is a windows xp group I assumed that was clear.

Let's assume I enable autorun - then what?

DVD+RW but I think that is irrelevant.

Rick Merrill wrote:
How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Please be specific.

From the DVD on any machine (cannot technically be done - since
autorun is often disabled)?
On a specific machine of yours for any and all DVD types?

Rick Merrill wrote:
I only put dvd's in this DVD drive on a PC, and since
this is a windows xp group I assumed that was clear.

Let's assume I enable autorun - then what?

DVD+RW but I think that is irrelevant.

Let me expand on my qeustions...

First - people do not just come here to fix individual problems. It is
plausible you are looking for a solution to a problem you expect to face on
many different machines (Windows XP, sure - maybe). In your case I was
trying to clarify if you wanted to know:

- How to create an autorun.inf and associated file on the actual DVD itself
so that any machine with autorun enabled would take that autorun.inf and do
what it said do (run the file on the DVD).

or

- When you insert a DVD - any DVD, you would like autorun to do something
*specific* for you on your machine - like run a batch script you wrote and
stored on the C drive of your machine.

All I asked for was clairification of what you were asking.

Yes - it is/was not obvious. I cannot read your mind, I cannot see you or
your computer, I do not know your intentions/needs/wants. I am asking these
questions because it is not clear.

You left much to the imagination with your one sentence query.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Rick Merrill wrote:
How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Please be specific.

From the DVD on any machine (cannot technically be done - since
autorun is often disabled)?
On a specific machine of yours for any and all DVD types?

Rick Merrill wrote:
I only put dvd's in this DVD drive on a PC, and since
this is a windows xp group I assumed that was clear.

Let's assume I enable autorun - then what?

DVD+RW but I think that is irrelevant.

Let me expand on my qeustions...

First - people do not just come here to fix individual problems. It is
plausible you are looking for a solution to a problem you expect to face on
many different machines (Windows XP, sure - maybe). In your case I was
trying to clarify if you wanted to know:

- How to create an autorun.inf and associated file on the actual DVD itself
so that any machine with autorun enabled would take that autorun.inf and do
what it said do (run the file on the DVD).

or

- When you insert a DVD - any DVD, you would like autorun to do something
*specific* for you on your machine - like run a batch script you wrote and
stored on the C drive of your machine.

All I asked for was clairification of what you were asking.

Yes - it is/was not obvious. I cannot read your mind, I cannot see you or
your computer, I do not know your intentions/needs/wants. I am asking these
questions because it is not clear.

You left much to the imagination with your one sentence query.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Rick Merrill wrote:
How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Please be specific.

From the DVD on any machine (cannot technically be done - since
autorun is often disabled)?
On a specific machine of yours for any and all DVD types?

Rick Merrill wrote:
I only put dvd's in this DVD drive on a PC, and since
this is a windows xp group I assumed that was clear.

Let's assume I enable autorun - then what?

DVD+RW but I think that is irrelevant.

Let me expand on my qeustions...

First - people do not just come here to fix individual problems. It is
plausible you are looking for a solution to a problem you expect to face on
many different machines (Windows XP, sure - maybe). In your case I was
trying to clarify if you wanted to know:

- How to create an autorun.inf and associated file on the actual DVD itself
so that any machine with autorun enabled would take that autorun.inf and do
what it said do (run the file on the DVD).

or

- When you insert a DVD - any DVD, you would like autorun to do something
*specific* for you on your machine - like run a batch script you wrote and
stored on the C drive of your machine.

All I asked for was clairification of what you were asking.

Yes - it is/was not obvious. I cannot read your mind, I cannot see you or
your computer, I do not know your intentions/needs/wants. I am asking these
questions because it is not clear.

You left much to the imagination with your one sentence query.


So much for succintness ;-)

# Open Windows Explorer by pressing the Windows + "e" key.
# Right-click the desired CD-ROM and select Properties from the menu.
# Select the AutoPlay tab

How do I connect the autoplay OK to start "copy.bat"? Do I need to
modify the registry to add another choice or what?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Rick Merrill wrote:
How do I get a batch file to start
when a DVD is inserted?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Please be specific.

From the DVD on any machine (cannot technically be done - since
autorun is often disabled)?
On a specific machine of yours for any and all DVD types?

Rick Merrill wrote:
I only put dvd's in this DVD drive on a PC, and since
this is a windows xp group I assumed that was clear.

Let's assume I enable autorun - then what?

DVD+RW but I think that is irrelevant.

Let me expand on my qeustions...

First - people do not just come here to fix individual problems. It is
plausible you are looking for a solution to a problem you expect to face on
many different machines (Windows XP, sure - maybe). In your case I was
trying to clarify if you wanted to know:

- How to create an autorun.inf and associated file on the actual DVD itself
so that any machine with autorun enabled would take that autorun.inf and do
what it said do (run the file on the DVD).

or

- When you insert a DVD - any DVD, you would like autorun to do something
*specific* for you on your machine - like run a batch script you wrote and
stored on the C drive of your machine.

All I asked for was clairification of what you were asking.

Yes - it is/was not obvious. I cannot read your mind, I cannot see you or
your computer, I do not know your intentions/needs/wants. I am asking these
questions because it is not clear.

You left much to the imagination with your one sentence query.


So much for succintness ;-)

# Open Windows Explorer by pressing the Windows + "e" key.
# Right-click the desired CD-ROM and select Properties from the menu.
# Select the AutoPlay tab

How do I connect the autoplay OK to start "copy.bat"? Do I need to
modify the registry to add another choice or what?

"Rick Merrill" wrote in message
...

How do I connect the autoplay OK to start "copy.bat"? Do I need to
modify the registry to add another choice or what?

You need not. AUTORUN.INF is a unique filename, the
only one that Windows executes immediately when found:
so you write in your BATch file whatever you want, then
name it AUTORUN.INF.
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Rick Merrill" wrote in message
...

How do I connect the autoplay OK to start "copy.bat"? Do I need to
modify the registry to add another choice or what?

You need not. AUTORUN.INF is a unique filename, the
only one that Windows executes immediately when found:
so you write in your BATch file whatever you want, then
name it AUTORUN.INF.
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Don Phillipson wrote:
"Rick Merrill" wrote in message
...

How do I connect the autoplay OK to start "copy.bat"? Do I need to
modify the registry to add another choice or what?

You need not. AUTORUN.INF is a unique filename, the
only one that Windows executes immediately when found:
so you write in your BATch file whatever you want, then
name it AUTORUN.INF.

THAT I can understand! Where do I put it?


See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715
THAT is over my head!


Thank you.

Don Phillipson wrote:
"Rick Merrill" wrote in message
...

How do I connect the autoplay OK to start "copy.bat"? Do I need to
modify the registry to add another choice or what?

You need not. AUTORUN.INF is a unique filename, the
only one that Windows executes immediately when found:
so you write in your BATch file whatever you want, then
name it AUTORUN.INF.

THAT I can understand! Where do I put it?


See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715
THAT is over my head!


Thank you.

Rick Merrill wrote:
Don Phillipson wrote:
"Rick Merrill" wrote in message
...

How do I connect the autoplay OK to start "copy.bat"? Do I need
to modify the registry to add another choice or what?

You need not. AUTORUN.INF is a unique filename, the
only one that Windows executes immediately when found:
so you write in your BATch file whatever you want, then
name it AUTORUN.INF.

THAT I can understand! Where do I put it?


See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715
THAT is over my head!

Thank you.

If you want to run something from a CD/DVD - you'll need an autorun.inf.

http://www.google.com/search?q=how+t...an+autorun.inf

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Rick Merrill wrote:
Don Phillipson wrote:
"Rick Merrill" wrote in message
...

How do I connect the autoplay OK to start "copy.bat"? Do I need
to modify the registry to add another choice or what?

You need not. AUTORUN.INF is a unique filename, the
only one that Windows executes immediately when found:
so you write in your BATch file whatever you want, then
name it AUTORUN.INF.

THAT I can understand! Where do I put it?


See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715
THAT is over my head!

Thank you.

If you want to run something from a CD/DVD - you'll need an autorun.inf.

http://www.google.com/search?q=how+t...an+autorun.inf

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html