Standalone exe autorun not working

Question

I exported my project as a standalone exe and checked the
options to generate autorun for cd and the full screen option.
After burning the CD, when I put the CD in, nothing happens. If I
try to click on the cd rom drive, it asks me what program should
Windows use to open it.
I have full control over this pc, so permissions aren't an
issue.
Here is the content of the autorun.inf file:
[autorun]
open=file.exe
icon=file.exe,0
Does anyone know what's going on?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi all
mja2006, my question to you would be to ask if your project
is truly exporting a file named "file.exe"? Or is it something
different, such as "How to create a file.exe"?
For Hollie_Batesville and others, autorun has its own little
idiosyncrasies. So I would check the following items:
1. Avoid using long file names. Personally, I stick to the
old DOS 8.3 file naming convention. This means using 8 characters
for the File Name and 3 characters for the file extension. As
Captivate is creating the extension for you (.EXE) that part is
taken care of. So all you really have to worry about is the initial
part.
I've had it happen to me where I have a project I exported
using a name such as:
Captivate Bonus Files.exe
Autorun failed
But when I modified it to say:
CapBonus.exe
Autorun mysteriously began working
2. Avoid using spaces in your file names. For example, My
Project.exe should probably be exported instead as either
MyProject.exe or possibly My_Project.exe. Again, note that even
that one exceeds my recommendation for the 8.3 format, so I would
probably even amend that further to something like MyProj.exe or
something along those lines.
Hopefully these suggestions help... Rick