Cd-ROM Menu maker

[Franky]

Hi i'm looking for a good program to make a menus for my software cds. I need it to autorun and have links to click to install the different programs.

Has anyone used one before or know or any good ones???

[Bucknaked]

I think you create the menu's in a HTML document like a web page. Set up your images, then assign your links to the programs from each of the images. I think its best to arrange them into individual folders. Now I'm not sure about Autorun, but I think thats how they make the menu's. I would use a program like dreamweaver.

[Kapn_Kiwi]

I'll get back to you tomorrow, but I think I have an autorun making program on CD somewhere by the other machine.

[Quasi]

I use to simply use the autorun file from an existing software CD, which opened up the HTML menu as stated above, by Bucknaked.

I used to use a nice freeware program called visual autorun, its pretty foolproof and does a pretty neat job. Its probably worth checking out.
http://www.digitope.com/vautorun/
it doesn't appear to be freeware anymore but maybe the demo will do what you want.. or maybe you could buy/crack it ;)

[BlueRaven]

Cracking is nasty and illegal and no-one should ever do it :P

[seano14]

for a foolproof autorun setup download this zip file i put on some free webspace


autorun.zip

it contains 3 files

autorun.inf
cd.ico
search.exe

you have to edit the autorun.inf. below is what the inf file contains

---------
[autorun]

OPEN=search.exe index.html
ICON=cd.ico
---------


simply change index.html to the file name you want it to automatically run, or however if the menu is a html file, just make sure it's called index.html

then burn those 3 files onto the cd along with your index.html menu and other files

[Franky]

thanks for the help fellas :sm_headba