How to create an autorun?

Create an autorun.inf in the CD Root Folder containing content similar to this:

[autorun]
open=programa\programa\bin\Debug\programa.exe
icon=Autorun.ico

Explanation:

• "open=" shows Windows which command to execute.
• "icon=" shows Windows which icon will be used to render the media (CD, DVD, or Pen Drive) in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

The first line "[autorun]" is only to identify that it is an autorun file and should be specified in all created autorun.inf files.

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Answering a little more than asked, I'll point out some options you have when using the autorun.inf file :

Key Attributes

• action=texto Optional: auto-run item text, both in the context menu and in the auto-run media window.

• icon=caminho icon path to be used to represent media

  You can reference an icon within an icon, executable, or dll by placing a comma + icon index inside the file:

  app\ConsoleApplication.exe,0

• label=texto media title that appears in Explorer

• open=caminho path to automatic execution

Attributes for adding items to the context menu

• shell=nome_comando_primario indicates which is the primary menu, which appears in bold in the context menu, and will be used in double click

• shell\nome_comando=texto represents the title of the menu_name command_name ... there may be several titles for different_command_name:

  shell\comandoA=Título comando A
  shell\comandoB=Título comando B

• shell\nome_comando\command=caminho path of the executable that should be triggered by clicking the specific command. There should be one for each specified command title:

  shell\comandoA\command=app\ConsoleApplication.exe
  shell\comandoB\command=notepad.exe arquivos/leiame.txt

Map of parts of the Autorun.inf file

Below is a map showing where the texts placed in the Autorun.inf file should appear, as well as the relationship between the properties. I used colors to indicate related elements in various parts.

Completeexample

[autorun]action=ExecutarConsoleApplication.exe(action)open=app\ConsoleApplication.exe%0icon=app\ConsoleApplication.exe,0label=TítulodoCD(label)shell=iniciarshell\iniciar=Lançaraaplicação(shell\iniciar)shell\iniciar\command=app\ConsoleApplication.exe%0shell\leiame=&Leroaqruivoleiame.txt(shell\leiame)shell\leiame\command=notepad.exearquivos/leiame.txt

Application

usingSystem;namespaceConsoleApplication{classProgram{staticvoidMain(string[]args){Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", args));
            Console.WriteLine("Olá mundo!");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

Adding an icon to your app

Go to the properties of your executable project in the Application tab, then just select an icon file:

Reference

Autorun.inf Entries (MSDN)

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