Autorun a CD from Process.Start

Question

What is the closest way to emulate autorunning a CD (or other media, I guess) using Process.Start and ProcessStartInfo?

I've tried obvious things like:

// Just opens the folder
Process.Start("F:");

// Ditto
Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("F:") {UseShellExecute = true});

// Throws System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: No application is associated with the specified file for this operation
Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("F:") {UseShellExecute = true, Verb = "autorun"});

I can obviously parse the autorun.inf file to work out the executable involved, but I'm just wondering if there's a simpler way to do it.

Answer 1

[Check if the file exists]

Process.Start(@"F:\autorun.inf");

EDIT: Sorry, autorun seems to be an Explorer feature. You will have to parse the file yourself.

Const DVD_DRIVE As String = "E:\"

If IO.File.Exists(DVD_DRIVE & "autorun.inf") Then
 Dim textreader As New IO.StreamReader(DVD_DRIVE & "autorun.inf")
 Dim sLine As String = ""

 sLine = textreader.ReadLine()
 Do While Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(sLine)
  If sLine.StartsWith("open=") Then
   Dim applicationstring As String
   Dim autorunapp As New Process()
   Dim startinfo As ProcessStartInfo

   applicationstring = sLine.Substring(5)

   startinfo = New ProcessStartInfo(DVD_DRIVE & applicationstring)

   startinfo.WorkingDirectory = DVD_DRIVE
   autorunapp.StartInfo = startinfo
   autorunapp.Start()

   Exit Do
  End If

  sLine = textreader.ReadLine()
 Loop

 textreader.Close()
End If