Autorun Game

[21UP]

Hi all
hope this is correct section.
I have d/loaded a game and want to put it on cd to autorun.
As it is now i have to open it and click on exe to run,i want to be able to give it to grandson so he can put it in PC and just play it.

He wont know how to fiddle about with it hes only 7.
anybody help please cheers Peter

[BigBoo]

was it a cd image. or one of those installers with the crap music?

[21UP]

Hi Bigboo
thanks for replying it was an (exe) Harry Potter
i try not to get owt else am not right sure how to do cue and bin even though i have read up on them,
will give em a try once i know how to get em to autorun.
cheers Peter

[BigBoo]

im thinking of a way. i know that these often have a complicated install method.


in future, it would probably be better to get bins & cues or isos as these are fairly sraight forward to play and they really arent complicated if you have a cd writer

[21UP]

Hi Bigboo
thanks mate i will give them a try i have alcohol and nero express cdmage installed.
So i will try you make it sound easy.
Suppose it is the second time just dont want a load of coasters like when i d/loaded a film.
thanks very much for your effort
Peter B)

[Benno]

If you want the game to autorun and have them like original cds you need to download cd images, with rips you always have some work to get them to run.

Just look for files with a bin/iso extension ther are more different image files but these are the most common ones

[21UP]

Thanks Benna
ill remember that cheers Peter

[Evil Gemini]

Or you could create an autorun.ini file

[AutoRun]
open=game.exe

Open notepad and paste that in then save then rename as autorun.ini

then burn it with the rest of the contents from the disk and then when the cd is inserted,it will run the exe

(replace game.exe with the propper name of exe that starts the game)

[21UP]

Hi evil gemini
tried what benno said now i have a coaster looked at your reply,reads okay but i know it sounds thick but if i copy and paste what you have written into notepad and save then open and change to filename.
Then i will have to alter what i have just pasted in .
please try again thanks Peter
sorry for being blank it gets easier as time goes on

[Samurai]

Ok...

1. Right Click > New > Text Document

2. Copy

[AutoRun]
open=game.exe

3. Paste In Text Document replacing the word 'game' with the main program you would otherwise have to double click to play, for example 'rct2.exe'.

4. Now save document as 'autorun'

5. Move text document into a folder.

6. Click on Tools > Folder Options

7. Select View

8. Untick 'Hide extensions for known file types'. Apply settings.

9. You'll see 'autorun.txt' is there.

10. Right click > Rename > autorun.ini

11. Repeat Steps 6-8 but this time retick the box and apply settings.

12. Move 'autorun' into the main game folder.

13. Burn

14. Enjoy!