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autorun.inf + link to execute setup.exe --- revisited
Subject:autorun.inf + link to execute setup.exe --- revisited From:Mark Dempsey <dempseys3 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWRL <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:24:42 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
I've received a couple of helpful replies about my
request to autorun and open an HTML file with a link
that runs setup.exe without a confirmation dialog, but
neither quite does the job.
One says "link to a .bat [etc.] file that refers to
setup.exe to avoid the open/run dialog when you click
on a link to setup.exe."
This is not true. Test it yourself, and you'll see
(could my result be related to me running NT, not Win
9X?)...So I still need to know how (javascipt, asq?)
to click a link and have a setup.exe file run without
confirmation.
More important, I'd like to have autorun.inf open an
HTML file (*not* an *.exe). One helpful poster showed
me how to run Acrobat (an *.exe) and open a pdf, but I
don't have the luxury of shipping an installed
application (Acrobat or a browser for HTML), so I'd
just like to open the HTML directly. I thought
Microsoft's autorun.inf shellexecute command would do
that, but can't confirm this.
I am also aware there are some shareware programs that
open specified files with their registered
applications, but would prefer to avoid them.
Thanks again for the attempted help...Please try
again!
TTFN,
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-- Regards,
-- Mark Dempsey
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