Usign Run... command to open IE browser and web page on computer

[Steve H]

I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have the IE
icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play fine in
IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H

 

[Steve Easton]

Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the way it handles CD's
In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to launch your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[Steve H]

I guess I was not clear. I already have an autorun on the
CD so it starts automatically. In case autoplay has been
disabled or otherwise will not work, I will direct the
user to click on Window's Start button, then on Run...
then to type D:\start.htm, then the CD page will come up.
However, I believe it is possible to type something more
than D:\start.htm so to open Internet Explorer and not
Netscape. I don't want their selected browser to open if
it is Netscape or Opera because the CD's videos work
correctly in IE.

Do you know the correct syntaxt for this Run command to
open the IE browser and the the html page?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the way it handles CD's
In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to launch your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have the IE
icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play fine in
IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H

.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Why not just tell users to right click on their CD drive, from My Computer or Windows Explorer,
select Open and then click on a specific file.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================

I guess I was not clear. I already have an autorun on the
CD so it starts automatically. In case autoplay has been
disabled or otherwise will not work, I will direct the
user to click on Window's Start button, then on Run...
then to type D:\start.htm, then the CD page will come up.
However, I believe it is possible to type something more
than D:\start.htm so to open Internet Explorer and not
Netscape. I don't want their selected browser to open if
it is Netscape or Opera because the CD's videos work
correctly in IE.

Do you know the correct syntaxt for this Run command to
open the IE browser and the the html page?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the way it handles CD's
In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to launch your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have the IE
icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play fine in
IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H

.

 

[Steve H]

Against the possibility that the user has deleted the My
Computer or Windows Explorer icons from the desktop! (It
has happened.) They would be unlikely to delete the Run...
link.

-----Original Message-----
Why not just tell users to right click on their CD drive,

from My Computer or Windows Explorer,

select Open and then click on a specific file.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp

I guess I was not clear. I already have an autorun on the
CD so it starts automatically. In case autoplay has been
disabled or otherwise will not work, I will direct the
user to click on Window's Start button, then on Run...
then to type D:\start.htm, then the CD page will come up.
However, I believe it is possible to type something more
than D:\start.htm so to open Internet Explorer and not
Netscape. I don't want their selected browser to open if
it is Netscape or Opera because the CD's videos work
correctly in IE.

Do you know the correct syntaxt for this Run command to
open the IE browser and the the html page?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the way

it
handles CD's

In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to

launch
your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

"Steve H" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have the IE
icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play

fine
in

IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H


.

.

 

[Steve Easton]

It would be this:

iexplore D:\start.htm



--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

I guess I was not clear. I already have an autorun on the
CD so it starts automatically. In case autoplay has been
disabled or otherwise will not work, I will direct the
user to click on Window's Start button, then on Run...
then to type D:\start.htm, then the CD page will come up.
However, I believe it is possible to type something more
than D:\start.htm so to open Internet Explorer and not
Netscape. I don't want their selected browser to open if
it is Netscape or Opera because the CD's videos work
correctly in IE.

Do you know the correct syntaxt for this Run command to
open the IE browser and the the html page?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the way it handles CD's
In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to launch your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have the IE
icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play fine in
IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H

.

 

[Steve Easton]

However it won't work if D:\ is not their CD drive.!!

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

I guess I was not clear. I already have an autorun on the
CD so it starts automatically. In case autoplay has been
disabled or otherwise will not work, I will direct the
user to click on Window's Start button, then on Run...
then to type D:\start.htm, then the CD page will come up.
However, I believe it is possible to type something more
than D:\start.htm so to open Internet Explorer and not
Netscape. I don't want their selected browser to open if
it is Netscape or Opera because the CD's videos work
correctly in IE.

Do you know the correct syntaxt for this Run command to
open the IE browser and the the html page?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the way it handles CD's
In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to launch your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have the IE
icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play fine in
IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H

.

 

[Steve H]

I know--current instructions have it as:

Type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive).

I'll try your suggestion across several Windows platforms
and see if it works. I appreciate your reply!

Steve H

-----Original Message-----
However it won't work if D:\ is not their CD drive.!!

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

I guess I was not clear. I already have an autorun on the
CD so it starts automatically. In case autoplay has been
disabled or otherwise will not work, I will direct the
user to click on Window's Start button, then on Run...
then to type D:\start.htm, then the CD page will come up.
However, I believe it is possible to type something more
than D:\start.htm so to open Internet Explorer and not
Netscape. I don't want their selected browser to open if
it is Netscape or Opera because the CD's videos work
correctly in IE.

Do you know the correct syntaxt for this Run command to
open the IE browser and the the html page?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the way

it
handles CD's

In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to

launch
your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

"Steve H" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have the IE
icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play

fine
in

IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H


.

.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

What happen if the user is on a MAC or Sun workstation, where the Run command is not available?

The user should know how to open a folder or drive in some fashion. Every CD application I have,
basically provides instruction to users to open the drive, if autostart is off or fails to launch,
then click on a specific file.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================

Against the possibility that the user has deleted the My
Computer or Windows Explorer icons from the desktop! (It
has happened.) They would be unlikely to delete the Run...
link.

-----Original Message-----
Why not just tell users to right click on their CD drive,

from My Computer or Windows Explorer,

select Open and then click on a specific file.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp

I guess I was not clear. I already have an autorun on the
CD so it starts automatically. In case autoplay has been
disabled or otherwise will not work, I will direct the
user to click on Window's Start button, then on Run...
then to type D:\start.htm, then the CD page will come up.
However, I believe it is possible to type something more
than D:\start.htm so to open Internet Explorer and not
Netscape. I don't want their selected browser to open if
it is Netscape or Opera because the CD's videos work
correctly in IE.

Do you know the correct syntaxt for this Run command to
open the IE browser and the the html page?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the way it
handles CD's
In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to launch
your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

message
I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask
the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have the IE
icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play fine
in
IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H


.

.

 

[Steve H]

Thanks, Thomas. I'm going to use for Run...,
iexplore d:\start.htm
in my instructions. I already specify Windows as
necessary, on the CD cover, as well as Internet Explorer
or Netscape as preferred browsers. I think that will do
the job.

-----Original Message-----
What happen if the user is on a MAC or Sun workstation,

where the Run command is not available?

The user should know how to open a folder or drive in

some fashion. Every CD application I have,

basically provides instruction to users to open the

drive, if autostart is off or fails to launch,

then click on a specific file.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp

Against the possibility that the user has deleted the My
Computer or Windows Explorer icons from the desktop! (It
has happened.) They would be unlikely to delete the Run...
link.

-----Original Message-----
Why not just tell users to right click on their CD

drive,
from My Computer or Windows Explorer,

select Open and then click on a specific file.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp

"Steve H" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

I guess I was not clear. I already have an autorun on the
CD so it starts automatically. In case autoplay has been
disabled or otherwise will not work, I will direct the
user to click on Window's Start button, then on Run...
then to type D:\start.htm, then the CD page will come up.
However, I believe it is possible to type something more
than D:\start.htm so to open Internet Explorer and not
Netscape. I don't want their selected browser to open if
it is Netscape or Opera because the CD's videos work
correctly in IE.

Do you know the correct syntaxt for this Run command to
open the IE browser and the the html page?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Do it with an autorun.inf file on the cd.

open notepad and copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=start.htm

Save it as Autorun.inf and place it on the CD


if start.htm is inside a folder then it would be:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=foldername\start.htm


However this may not work in windows XP due to the

way
it

handles CD's
In that case you would use a shellrun.exe file to launch
your web.

http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

"Steve H" <[email protected]>

wrote
in

message
I noticed that my CD correctly opens the computer's
browser in order to play. But in case it does not
autoplay, I wish it to start the computer's Internet
Explorer browser through the Run command. I could ask
the
user to double-click on the Internet Explorer icon and
type D:\start.htm in the address box (if D is the letter
for the CD drive). However, if they do not have

the
IE

icon on their desktop (which could happen if they prefer
Netscape, then this instruction would not work.

So what do I have them type in the Run... box to open IE
and D:\start.htm so IE opens and not their NS browser?

I need to do this because I notice my videos play fine
in
IE, but not in NS 4.75, 6.2, 7.1). (I'm still working on
the problem.)

Thanks for any help!

Steve H


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