CD-ROM command

[earl82]

Hey does any one know what the command is to run an .exe file on the CD-ROM no matter what the drive letter is. I can't figure it out.

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks and GOD Bless.

[shanet]

If the script is on the drive, you would just run from the current directory, however if not, i do not believe it is possible, sorry.

[whim]

Give something like this a try

; let's say your executable is in {CDROM-drive}\myfolder\myexe.exe
$myexe = "\myfolder\myexe.exe"
$drives = DriveGetDrive("CDROM")
If $drives = "" Then 
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "no CD/DVD drives found !")
Else    
   $found = False
   For $i = 1 To $drives[0]
    Local $fp = $drives[$i] & $myexe
    If FileExists($fp) Then
            Run($fp)
            $found = True
            ExitLoop
    EndIf
   Next
   If Not $found Then MsgBox(0, "Error", $myexe & " not found on any of your " & $drives[0] & " CD/DVD drives")
 EndIf

Note: not tested - don't have an optical drive available

hope that helps,

whim

Edited January 12, 2011 by whim

[earl82]

Give something like this a try

; let's say your executable is in {CDROM-drive}\myfolder\myexe.exe
$myexe = "\myfolder\myexe.exe"
$drives = DriveGetDrive("CDROM")
If $drives = "" Then 
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "no CD/DVD drives found !")
Else    
   $found = False
   For $i = 1 To $drives[0]
    Local $fp = $drives[$i] & $myexe
    If FileExists($fp) Then
            Run($fp)
            $found = True
            ExitLoop
    EndIf
   Next
   If Not $found Then MsgBox(0, "Error", $myexe & " not found on any of your " & $drives[0] & " CD/DVD drives")
 EndIf

Note: not tested - don't have an optical drive available

hope that helps,

whim

Thanks I will give this a try when I get home.

[GEOSoft]

When doing things like this always make sure to include a few checks along the way so you can at least make the script exit gracefully.

Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1)
Local $aDrives = DriveGetDrive("cdrom")
If NOT @Error Then
    For $Drive in $aDrives
        If IsNumber($Drive) OR DriveStatus($Drive) <> "ready" Then ContinueLoop
        If NOT FileExists($Drive & "\setup.exe") Then ContinueLoop
        ShellExecute($Drive & "\setup.exe")
    Next
EndIf

[niceguy75]

I am new to Autoit though I have registered few months back but I am more concered about customizing OS' acutally I am looking for a script which first look for the removable drive if found it runs a "myexe.exe" which is in "myfolder" and if the removable drived is not found it go on to search for CDROM and run the same exe in the same folder without giving any msg and without showing any window or so.

I have done this so far:

$var = DriveGetDrive( "CDROM" )
If not @error Then
For $i = 1 to $var[0]
Run($var[$i] & "myfolder\myexe.exe")
Next
EndIf

Please someone help me out.

Edited March 6, 2011 by niceguy75

[Shaarad]

I am new to Autoit though I have registered few months back but I am more concered about customizing OS' acutally I am looking for a script which first look for the removable drive if found it runs a "myexe.exe" which is in "myfolder" and if the removable drived is not found it go on to search for CDROM and run the same exe in the same folder without giving any msg and without showing any window or so.

I have done this so far:

$var = DriveGetDrive( "CDROM" )
If not @error Then
For $i = 1 to $var[0]
Run($var[$i] & "myfolder\myexe.exe")
Next
EndIf

Please someone help me out.

I do not find any problem, the script should run....by the way which os are you using, friend ??

[GEOSoft]

Are you sure that DriveGetDrive( "CDROM" ) is correct?. Try with DriveGetDrive("Removable")