Shoutbox

Hi,

For example I want to put 6 programs on a CD/DVD

A
B
C
D
E
F

I put setup.exe in each one.

A/setup.exe
B/setup.exe
C/setup.exe
D/setup.exe
E/setup.exe
F/setup.exe

What I want is to have a Autorun.exe (something like that) that when I open that it displays a MENUs that has buttion that you click called

InstallA which opens A/Setup.exe

InstallB which opens B/Setup.exe

InstallC which opens C/Setup.exe

InstallD which opens D/Setup.exe

InstallE which opens E/Setup.exe

InstallF which opens F/Setup.exe

Is there a program that does this?

I have seen stuff like those and I woiuld like to make one of these for my mom to make it really simple for her because shes n00b at PC's

thanks

u could make a small vb app with buttons that direct to the setup file and that would be launched with autorun file.

made one like that a while ago, i can help yea if u need.

It might be easier to use a program that can create an installer? I really know nothing about them but I did a google seach for create simple installer and it came up with a few hits, including some freeware ones - might be worth checking out?

OR

Perhaps an html page - simple and effective

if u get one online, make sur that it'll will keep the install dir dynamic and not static else u might get problems in the long run and a good free installer is NSIS by nullsoft (u know, the ones that made Winamp ).

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Originally posted by multimillion2k

Perhaps an html page - simple and effective

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Easiest Thing To Do!!

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Originally posted by lp15

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Originally posted by multimillion2k

Perhaps an html page - simple and effective

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Easiest Thing To Do!!

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Can u get an html page to load via an autorun file ? (if so i didn't know that - i thought only .exe file could be launched)

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Originally posted by DragonX
Can u get an html page to load via an autorun file ? (if so i didn't know that - i thought only .exe file could be launched)

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Good question, I am not sure, but I think it is possble, and if it is, it is the best to do.

You can run anything from the autorun, including html files, they will launch in the default browser.

Problem:

Internet Explorer's wonderful "security" features will give you a few thousand warnings, they start before you even choose a program.

Firefox will insist on "downloading" the file, it will popup the warnings, and then add the file into the download manager, and then need to be launched from there with more warnings.

Opera gives an option to just open the file, but it is actually first copied to the computer, then run from there.

Check out Autorun Maestro.

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Originally posted by rav0
You can run anything from the autorun, including html files, they will launch in the default browser.

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AH, well we learn something new everyday

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Originally posted by rav0
Problem:

Internet Explorer's wonderful "security" features will give you a few thousand warnings, they start before you even choose a program.

Firefox will insist on "downloading" the file, it will popup the warnings, and then add the file into the download manager, and then need to be launched from there with more warnings.

Opera gives an option to just open the file, but it is actually first copied to the computer, then run from there.

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How about trying javascript:launchApp()? would that make things any easier? (it wouldn't if you know nothing about javascript)