-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Flash drives Part 1 of 3
- From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:50:13 -0400
That covers part 1 of 3. Still need part 2 and part 3.
Also, regarding open= . . . can two or more open= lines be included? If
yes, that would eliminate the need for a bat file.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:03 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Flash drives Part 1 of 3
> See below for replies to actual post.
>
> Peace,
> G
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don101
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:15 AM
> Subject: Autorun.inf
>
> Gman and everybody else that may be interested....
>
> 1. This is the autorun.inf for the portable version of AIRoboform. Can
> you
> help me figure out what purpose the various lines are for? Below is my
> guess as to what it all means and how to use it. I got a lot of help from
> the MSDN website here:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776823.aspx
> (http://tinyurl.com/69mu8y). That link came from WikiPedia at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorun (http://tinyurl.com/sdkfs)
> - - - - - - - - - - - -
> [AutoRun]
> open=PortableRoboForm.exe
> action=Launch RoboForm2Go
> shell\RoboForm2Go=Launch RoboForm2Go
> shell\RoboForm2Go\command=PortableRoboForm.exe
> icon=PortableRoboForm.exe
> label=RoboForm2Go
> - - - - - - - - - - - -
> 2.
> a. [AutoRun] is maybe just a label?
>
> It's a section label that tells the OS to execute everything under it
> including any switches required and, if they are not in the same folder,
> where to find them. It is conceivable that other sections could exist
> within an Autorun.ini file using section labels other than [AutoRun], but
> I
> don't recall ever seeing any.
>
> b. open= identifies what will run/launch when the action displayed in the
> autorun dialog box is selected
>
> Correct. Anything that starts with 'open' will be executed as long as
> the OS doesn't have instructions in place to prevent Autorun commands.
> These lines can include any type of executable such as .exe, .com, .bat,
> etc. type files as well as relative path statements such as
> "open=bootcd\wintools\autorun.exe -s -f".
>
> c. action= specifies the text that will appear as an option in the autorun
> dialog box.
> d. shell\RoboForm2Go= specifies the text in the context menu when the
> drive
> bearing the label RoboForm2Go is right clicked
> e. shell\RoboForm2Go\command= specifies the command to execute when that
> option on the context menu is selected.
> f. icon= tells the system where to find the icon to display for the drive.
> label= specifies the label or name of the drive.
>
> The rest of your descriptions are spot on as well. You have left me
> nothing to add to these, so I added nothing. :O)
>
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