CD-DVD Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.23, by Dr. Herong Yang
.INF File Name Extension - AUTORUN.INF Files
This section describes what is .inf file name extension and AUTORUN.INF file.
.inf is the file name extension for the autorun file, AUTORUN.INF, on CD or DVD discs.
AUTORUN.INF provides instructions to the Autorun function, telling the operating system which executable to start, which icon to use, and which additional menu commands to make available.
AUTORUN.INF files are text files. You can open them and read them with a text editor. Here is an example of a simple AUTORUN.INF file from a movie DVD disc:
[autorun] open = dvd-rom.exe
Here is another sample of AUTORUN.INF:
[autorun] open=foo.exe bar ;ShellExecute=index.html icon=foobar.ico shell\configure=&Configure... shell\configure\command=setup.exe shell\install=&Install... shell\install\command=setup.exe Shell\Option1=Text1 Shell\Option1\Command=option1.exe Shell\Option2=Text2 Shell\Option2\Command=option2.bat label=My backup data
See other chapters for more information on AUTORUN.INF file, see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776823.aspx.
Table of Contents
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Format
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Players
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Rip Music
MP3, MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, Encoding Format
DVD (Digital Video Disc) Standard Format
TOC (Table Of Contents) on CDs
IsoBuster - A Nice CD GUI Tool
vStrip - Rip and Manipulate DVD VOB Files
mpgtx - Manipulating MPEG Files
►CD/DVD - File Name Extension and Format Types
.MP3 File Name Extension - MP3 Files
.WAV File Name Extension - WAV Files
.WMA File Name Extension - Windows Media Audio Files
.ISO File Name Extension - ISO Files
.DAT File Name Extension - VCD Media Files
►.INF File Name Extension - AUTORUN.INF Files
.IFO File Name Extension - DVD Information Files
.VOB File Name Extension - DVD Video Object Files
.AVI File Name Extension - Audio Video Interleave Files