steveO1983
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Suppress Disc 2 Autorun

I am building an installer on 3 disks.

Is there any way to remove the autorun feature on discs 2 and 3?
It's causing the installer to stop.

I found this article referring to QueryCancelAutoPlay: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 4(v=vs.85)
Can this code be made to run somehow or is there another way?

I really need some advice on this.
Daniel
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Re: Suppress Disc 2 Autorun

Hello and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,

Thank you for your interest in Advanced Installer.

Can you please tell us if you are using our "CD/DVD Autorun" support or you have manually created autorun files for each of your installation CD/DVD?

All the best,
Daniel
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steveO1983
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Re: Suppress Disc 2 Autorun

Hi,
Thank you for your swift response!

I am not using your auto run feature, but I've included my own autorun file on disc 1.

(I'm creating an update to a 'professional' installer so I was reluctant to change it to an 'Enterprise' one in case it cause any issues).

Steve
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Re: Suppress Disc 2 Autorun

Hi Steve,

Just for testing, can you create a copy of your project and upgrade it to Enterprise so you can access our Autorun feature?

I am not sure what is the problem with your own autorun support, but the one from Advanced Installer should behave correctly.

Best regards,
Bogdan
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steveO1983
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Re: Suppress Disc 2 Autorun

Hi,

I'm now using the Advanced Installer generated AutoRun
I'm afraid Disc 2 is still popping up a window with the 'View these files' option.
If you select to open the files and then click OK on the disc 2 request the installation just hangs.
If you eject and put disc 2 back in, an close(X) the autorun window the installation continues.
Daniel
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Re: Suppress Disc 2 Autorun

Hello,

I've tested your scenario using version 9.4 of Advanced Installer, but I cannot reproduce the behavior. Here's attached a sample, created with version 9.4 of Advanced Installer, which has configured three media volumes in "Media" -> "Advanced Media" tab and use our "CD/DVD Autorun" feature.
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All the best,
Daniel
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