How to use the AutoRun plugin, AutoRun plugin usage info Options

[Abbe]

Hi There,
How can I use the AutoRun plugin in Bart's PE Builder? I have a simple need: I want to be able to insert the cd, boot from it, and automatically start one (1) simple program, located in the root of the Bart PE cd.
I know it's possible with the AutoRun plugin, but is there anybody who can explain how to?

Thanks inadvance,
Abbe

[mbarnes]

you need a file autorun0xyz.cmd containing the commands you require to start the program.
autorun0xyz.cmd needs to be in %Windir%\system32

providing you are using nu2menu.exe as your shell and the autorun plugin is enabled (which it is by default) then autorun...cmd commands will be started with autorun0xyz.cmd coming last in the list of files.

0 can be replaced by numbers or _ - read the autorun help file

you can use a plugin or copy the files to the correct location before building the ISO

regards
Mike Barnes

[Abbe]

Sorry, can't get this to work. After burning the cd, and booting from it, I get the option Startup in the Go-menu, but the only option in that submenu (AutoRun) is greyed out.

What I did was this: I want to run a file called ABBE.EXE. I include this in the root of the cd, using the 'Custom: (include files and folder from this directory)' option. I checked it on the cd, and the file exists.
I created a file called 'autorun0xyz.cmd' containing only the text '\abbe.exe', put it in my c:\windows\system32 folder (from my 'normal' windows machine, not the PE version), and build the iso. But getting the wrong result...

What am I doing wrong?

[Abbe]

Ok, got the stupidity of placing autorun0xyz.cmd in the wrong folder, ofcourse this should be in the folder system32 ON THE CD, but how do I get it there? I could copy it manually into \i386\system32, but how do I create the ISO file than? Cause every time I restart PE Builder to create the iso file, it wipes the folder BARTPE folder (where my \i386\system32 was in....).

[paraglider]

[SourceDisksFiles]
autorunXXXXX.cmd=2,,1

in your plugin inf file copies the cmd file to system32

[paraglider]

Try reading autorun.htm in the autorun plugin directory.

[Abbe]

Thanks, got that working. (Also just build the folder without building ISO, then copying auto0xyz.cmd manually into i386/system32 works fine too). Now it autostarts, indeed, BUT:
- A> the windows my batchfile starts in, is minimized. How can I set this up so that it maximizes?
- B> if I autorun a batchfile, I get strange results. Errorlevels don't match to what they should be, etc. However, when I CTRL-BRK the operation, and restart the batchfile again, it works fine. Any idea howcome?

Thanks inadvance,
Abbe

[paraglider]

Change the entry in autorun_nu2menu.xml to:

<MENU ID="Startup">
<MITEM
TYPE="ITEM"
DISABLED="1">
@Null(@Exec('cmd.exe /c if not [%AutoRun%]==[1] %SystemRoot%\System32\autorun.cmd',1))@Null(@SetEnvVar('AutoRun','1'))AutoRun</MITEM>
</MENU>

i.e. change the final parameter on the exec command. Other options can be found at:

http://www.nu2.nu/nu2menu/funchlp.php#exec