How to make an html page open automatically on a CD/DVD

Question

I need to include an html page (table of contents) on a CD/DVD. I\'d like the html page to open automatically when the user puts the CD/DVD in their machine. Is there a wa

Answer 1

You can create simple executable yourself. In Visual Studio in example.

Not sure it can be call one-liner but it is not far from it :-)

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "windows.h"
#include "Shellapi.h"

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    ::ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "path\to\htmlfile.html", 0, 0, SW_NORMAL);
    return 0;
}

To avoid hard-coding you can try passing path as a parameter in command line.

autorun file must be added to the CD. File can look like this.

[autorun]
icon=\MySexyIcon.ico
label=MySuperCD
open=YourExecutable.exe

Please bear in mind that it will not work on iOS though.