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How to autorun an MSI file on CD?

I have this autorun.inf in the root of my cd along with MySetup.msi, doesn't
start my install though, any ideas? Do I need to write a program to kick
off setup.exe?

[AutoRun]
open=MySetup.ms i

Thanks in advance!

Derrick
Nov 16 '05 #1
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Derrick,
I have this autorun.inf in the root of my cd along with MySetup.msi, doesn't
start my install though, any ideas? Do I need to write a program to kick
off setup.exe?


You can use the shellexecute entry instead of open. It doesn't work on
older versions of Windows though.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...oplay_cmds.asp

Mattias

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