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[Solved] Autorun.inf won't work

Discussion in 'Multimedia' started by ajdupont, Nov 22, 2001.

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  1. ajdupont

    ajdupont Thread Starter

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    Hi
    I'm having an opportunity with Winzip self extracting files. After I create the self extracting file it works fine. But when I burn it to a cd along with "AUTORUN" I get an error message."Windows cannot access the specified device,path,file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item."
    Its an Autorun.inf file and it won't execute the self extracting file. If I click the self extracting file on the cd after I burn it, it installs like it is suppose to.
    Any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks
    ajdupont
     
    ajdupont, Nov 22, 2001
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  2. eddie5659

    eddie5659 Moderator Malware Specialist

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    Hiya

    Just read this in here:

    http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=4665c46d07976408&rnum=1

    and they only seem to mention self-extracting files:

    Unless someone else can pick up something. I'll keep looking for an answer, though.

    Regards

    eddie
     
    eddie5659, Nov 22, 2001
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  3. ajdupont

    ajdupont Thread Starter

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    Thanks for the reply. Sorry I took so long to respond. Working long hours. I read your link you sent, but it seems it applies only to zipped files. Not specifically to "self extracting zip files". But maybe it applies to both.
    Thanks for the research
     
    ajdupont, Nov 23, 2001
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  4. ajdupont

    ajdupont Thread Starter

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    FYI-I just figured out why "Autorun" would not work with a Winzip Self-Extracting file. The executable file name was 13 characters long. I renamed it to 3 characters and everything worked fine. I think that's an old MS Dos rule. I'm not sure. Some of you probably already know this but I thought it would be good to post it for those who don't.
    Thanks again Eddie5659

    ajdupont
     
    ajdupont, Nov 29, 2001
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  5. eddie5659

    eddie5659 Moderator Malware Specialist

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    Hiya

    Thats good to know it works. Might use it later myself.

    See Ya

    eddie
     
    eddie5659, Nov 29, 2001
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