Autorun.inf, What is it?

Autorun.inf is the election activity file related with the Autorun use. Autorun.inf itself is a panduriform text-based configuration record that tells the operating grouping which executable to commencement, which painting to use, and which additional listing commands to micturate free. In other text, autorun.inf tells Windows how to collection afford the presentation and address the table of the CD.


The full ordering is initiated when the "disk change notifcation" polling discovers a new circle in the CD or DVD ROM traverse. Then, if the "Auto position notification" attribute is enabled (it is by neglect), Windows checks in the new plow's set directory for the cosmos of an "autorun.inf" file. If saved, Windows then reads and follows the circumstantial instructions this record defines. If no autorun.inf line is saved, then Windows refers to the new plough by its broadcast confine and executes the alternative actions associated with the (information or frequency) thing on the platter.