Autorun Creator and Screens Software for Windows

SamLogic CD-Menu Creator
$79 - SamLogic

SamLogic CD-Menu Creator is an easy-to-use tool that creates impressive autoplay/autorun multimedia menu interfaces for CD and DVD. From these menus you can execute installation programs, launch applications, show documents, play movies, show graphics, explore the Internet etc. All kind of document can be opened, for example PDF, Word, PowerPoint etc. Most kind of movies formats are also supported, as MPEG, AVI, WMV, QT etc. A menu can contain buttons, pictures, movies and sound. The Windows AutoRun technology is used so a menu that is placed on a CD or DVD will be opened automatically when the user inserts the disc in the drive. No programming is needed when creating menus in CD-Menu Creator, all work is done in a visual environment. You can design a menu in many ways and you can re-use previous created menus very easy.

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CDMenuPro
$59.95 - Klaus Schwenk Software

CDMenuPro is an easy-to-use CDMenu Creator for making Autorun CD Menu applications. The program comes with a large number of ready-to-use templates and project assistants, which make getting fast professional results child's play. CDMenuPro has been designed to create all the files necessary for autorun, to support a large number of trailers such as AVI, Intro, Sound, Splash Screen and to start your programs or documents reliably from your CD
Creative menu design:Let your imagination run wild. With the help of background images and bitmap action buttons, the menu designer has complete control over how the graphically illustrated user interface will look. Frameless windows without Windows title bars are also incredibly easy to create.

CDMenuPro is easy to use
CDMenuPro uses drag-&-drop to enable you to drag menu objects such as buttons, List boxes, texts, text fields and pop-up menus from the object bar into the Menu Window. Then all you do is link these objects to your documents or programs. Absolutely no programming knowledge is necessary.

Starting documents
Any registered document type (Html, PPT, PPS, XLS, DOC, TXT,...) can be linked to the buttons. Indeed, CDMenuPro is even able to find the right viewer or reader to enable the user to see the file. The Business Edition also comes complete with a starter program for PowerPoint and Pdf files, which searches the target system for these programs and offers to install the PowerPoint viewer or Acrobat Reader should these not be available.

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CD Autostart Creator
$12.5 - Michael Brick

CD Autostart Creator has an easy to use interface and lets you create and distribute CDs with an autostart feature in just seconds. Simply enter the name of the file on CD that shall be executed and the software automatically creates the autostart files: autorun.inf and either a 16-bit exe file (only 3.6k) or a 32-bit exe file (only 17.9k). In addition you can customize version information and use your own 32x32 16-color icon with your CD autostart files.

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CDStartDummy!
$39.95 - ksoft

CDStartDummy! creates autoplay CD-ROMs with the ability to launch any file type you wish ranging from web page presentations to movies. You can include your own splash screen graphic, custom CD icon, sound effects, custom window sizes, and more.

CDStartDummy! is the only autoplay product which allows you to create a presentation using HTML and include powerful action commands to bring your web page to life. You can enhance your web page menu with the ability to copy files to the users PC, display messages, launch programs right from the web page, and more. Results from the CDStartDummy! action commands are so impressive that your CD will not even appear to be a web page.

CDStartDummy! creates compatible CD-ROMs for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.

CDStartDummy! includes the ability to burn your CD-ROMs right from the software. No external CD writing software is required. Also included is the Menu Creator feature which allows you to easily design a front-end menu for your autoplay CD. You can even create time limited and password protected CDs using CD Expiry and Serial Codes. You can also test your autorun presentation to see how your CD will load before even burning a single CD. In addition to all of these features, CDStartDummy! is fast and easy to use!

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Visual ELearning Design Studio
$499 - Atrixware

Rapidly create CD Autorun Menus, Zero-Install Windows Applications, or ELearning front-end menus for packages created with Atrixware Test Pro Developer. Full Graphical Design Environment and code wizards to eliminate the need to write code.

Add visual components such as buttons, hyperlinks, videos, browsers, images, and more. Size and position them where you want, and assign functionality (like what happens when someone CLICKS on a button, or hovers over an image) using the code wizards, or coding by hand using AtrixwarePowerScript.

While the code wizards make it easy to generate the most frequently used functions (like showing messages, open web pages, popping up menus, and over a dozen other things), if you want to write code, the AtrixwarePowerScript language (which uses Visual Basic syntax) is extremely powerful yet easy to use - if you are familiar with VBA for Microsoft Office, AtrixwarePowerScript will seem familiar.

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1st AutoRun Express
$0 - Green Parrots Software

Are you burning CDs with documents, presentations or web pages? Would you like it to run automatically, when inserted into user's PC? Or may be you need to display a menu, to let user choose the desired document? In this case you need to make CD autorunnable. And once you are going to do it, you'll face three problems. First one is that you need to learn some technical stuff like autorun.inf, second is that you can not run documents, but programs only and third is that you can not display a menu to choose what document or program to run!

The answer to these problems is 1st AutoRun Express. This FREE step-by-step wizard allows you to create autorunnable CDs without learning anything and it will run any kind of document under all Windows versions! Just tell where your CD files are located and what document you would like to autorun. Or select several documents and let user choose what document to run. Add optional icon and title and your CD is ready to burn. No need to study autorun.inf. No need for additional programs. No need for design skills or any programming.

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