Hi, i just wanted to create an autorun.inf-File for a selfassemblied cd.
Windows doesn't let me name a file autorun.inf. As soon as i want to
rename a file to that, or save a notepad-file with that name i get an
"Access denied" errormessage.

Is that behaviour a security-fix or modifieable thru the registry?

regards,

--
thomas

"Thomas Neumayer" <duhonkN0atSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, i just wanted to create an autorun.inf-File for a selfassemblied cd.
> Windows doesn't let me name a file autorun.inf. As soon as i want to
> rename a file to that, or save a notepad-file with that name i get an
> "Access denied" errormessage.
>
> Is that behaviour a security-fix or modifieable thru the registry?
>
> regards,
>
> --
> thomas

That's probably because the file already exists and is possibly hidden.

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:21:04 +0100, Pegasus <I.can@fly.com> wrote:

>
> "Thomas Neumayer" <duhonkN0atSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> newsp.s1got9b4fa17ol@izmmpc540.izm-m.fhg.de...
>> Hi, i just wanted to create an autorun.inf-File for a selfassemblied cd.
>> Windows doesn't let me name a file autorun.inf. As soon as i want to
>> rename a file to that, or save a notepad-file with that name i get an
>> "Access denied" errormessage.
>>
>> Is that behaviour a security-fix or modifieable thru the registry?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> --
>> thomas
>
> That's probably because the file already exists and is possibly hidden.
>
>

no way, or do you think every newly created folder contains a
'autorun.inf' and every combination of *.pif files that you can think of?

regards,

--
thomas

"Thomas Neumayer" <duhonkN0atSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
newsp.s1gt4kfjfa17ol@izmmpc540.izm-m.fhg.de...
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:21:04 +0100, Pegasus <I.can@fly.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Thomas Neumayer" <duhonkN0atSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> > newsp.s1got9b4fa17ol@izmmpc540.izm-m.fhg.de...
> >> Hi, i just wanted to create an autorun.inf-File for a selfassemblied
cd.
> >> Windows doesn't let me name a file autorun.inf. As soon as i want to
> >> rename a file to that, or save a notepad-file with that name i get an
> >> "Access denied" errormessage.
> >>
> >> Is that behaviour a security-fix or modifieable thru the registry?
> >>
> >> regards,
> >>
> >> --
> >> thomas
> >
> > That's probably because the file already exists and is possibly hidden.
> >
> >
>
> no way, or do you think every newly created folder contains a
> 'autorun.inf' and every combination of *.pif files that you can think of?
>
> regards,
>
> --
> thomas

No, it does not, but then one must never make any assumptions
when trouble-shooting. In your case I would open a Command
Prompt and run the following commands:

cd /d "d:\SomeFolder" (enter correct drive & folder!)
attrib *.inf
attrib *.pif
echo. > autorun.inf
echo. > test.pif
echo. > test.txt

The results should be interesting.