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(Windows 98 only)

If You prefer shortcuts without arrows on your desktop, Download SHRTCT.zip, unzip and rightclick Shortcut.INF, choose 'INSTALL' from drop-down menu. Then restart your computer.
You can Uninstall 'Shortcut Arrow' later from the 'Control Panel' menu.

How to Test Autorun.inf Files

When a CD is inserted into the CD-ROM drive, the operating system checks for a file named Autorun.inf in the root directory of the CD. This file contains a pointer to an executable file named Autorun.exe.The following Autorun.inf file was taken from the Windows 95 CD:

   [autorun]
   OPEN=AUTORUN\AUTORUN.EXE
   ICON=AUTORUN\WIN95CD.ICO

The OPEN= entry indicates the location of the Autorun.exe file, and the ICON= entry indicates the icon used to represent the CD-ROM drive in the Windows Explorer.
In Windows 95, whenever a CD-ROM disc is inserted, the shell immediately checks to see if the CD-ROM disc has a PC filesystem. If it does, Windows 95 looks for a file named Autorun.inf. If the file exists, Windows 95 follows the instructions contained in the file.
However, by changing a setting in the Windows 95 registry, you can have the Shell use AutoPlay on any media, including shared network drives and floppy disks.
The registry key that needs to be modified is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer\"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"

This key, which is of type REG_BINARY, consists of four bytes. The first byte is a bitmask defining which drive types should be AutoRun. The other three bytes should be set to zero (0).
The bits in the bitmask correspond to these constants:

Type              Bit
DRIVE_UNKNOWN       0
DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR   1
DRIVE_REMOVABLE     2
DRIVE_FIXED         3
DRIVE_REMOTE        4
DRIVE_CDROM         5
DRIVE_RAMDISK       6

Setting a bit in the bitmask prevents you from using AutoPlay with the corresponding drive type. By default, the value in the registry is 0x95. Bits 0, 2, 4 and 7 are therefore set, which means that drive types DRIVE_UNKNOWN, DRIVE_REMOVEABLE, and DRIVE_REMOTE don't use AutoPlay information. (Bit 7 is set to cover future device types.) Altering this registry value thus allows you to test Autorun.inf files from a floppy disk (DRIVE_REMOVEABLE), network drive (DRIVE_REMOTE), and so on. For example, to be able to test AutoPlay from a floppy disk, set the value of the first byte to 0x91 to enable AutoPlay for floppy disks.
NOTE: Most floppy disk drive controllers do not currently recognize when a floppy disk has been inserted. To test AutoPlay on a floppy disk, first alter the registry setting so that bit DRIVE_REMOVEABLE is not set, start the Windows Explorer, insert the floppy disk, and press the F5 key to refresh the display.
To test the Autorun.inf file on a given disk, using the right mouse button, click the icon for the drive in the Windows Explorer. The effects of the Autorun.inf file should be visible in the context menu.
Download AutorunTest.zip to make make available FD Autorun.