Data and mixed discs may contain autorun feature. When such a disc is inserted to a drive a program can be automatically run if autorun feature is enabled in Windows.

Select from main menu Disc – Autorun to add autorun to a data or mixed disc. A dialog will appear with following options:

Run

Enable autorun – click to add autorun information to this CD.

Run program – select from the list in main window an executable program that will be automatically run.

Open file – you can also select a file (e.g. HTML page, text document etc.) that will be opened.

Explore folder – a folder will be opened after insertion of this disc.

CD icon

Enable disc icon – disc can have an icon visible e.g. in My computer.

Use icon - click button to select an ICO file. Standard dimensions of an icon are 32 x 32 pixels or 16 x 16 pixels. You can download free icons fro internet or create own ones using free SnIco Edit. You can also convert images to icons using IrfanView.

Use system icon - click button to select an icon that is available in Windows.

Extract from a file – executable files, some dlls and other files can contain embedded icons. Click button to open a file and select an icon from the list below.

AbleBurn will soon support easy creation of graphical autorun programs.

See also: data CD, mixed CD.