Autorun multiple files at once (new in version 3.1)

Open several documents on CD insertion

If you select Open one or more documents automatically option for your autorun project, then you can specify any number of documents, links or folders to open on the Target files page:

Several documents are set to autorun automatically on CD insertion.

If you select Wait for each document... option, then 1st Autorun Express will wait for each document to close, before launching the next one. If you keep this option unchecked, then all documents will be open one by one, without waiting.

If some document will require an additional software to install, then 1st Autorun Express will stop opening documents, and propose to install the additional software.

Open several documents at once with a menu

When you add entries for your autorun menu, you can click Add group button to add a group of documents to open at once.

Add/edit autorun menu entries

Pressing Add group creates a new group menu entry, which can open any number of documents, links or folders:

Editing new group menu entry which contains several documents to autorun.

You can add any number of documents using Add... buttons or by dragging and dropping them into this window.

Several documents are specified for a menu entry to run

Alternatively, you can add additional documents to the existing menu entries. When you edit an existing menu entry, click Add more actions button:

Edit autorun menu: edit document menu entry dialog

Clicking this button, switches a menu entry into the group:

Editing menu entry switched into the group mode.

Now you can add any number of additional documents, links and folders to open by this menu entry.

Clicking this entry in the menu will run all the documents, links and folders specified there. If you select Wait for each document... option, then 1st Autorun Express will wait for each document to close, before launching the next one. If you keep this option unchecked, then all documents will be open one by one, without waiting.

If some document will require an additional software to install, then 1st Autorun Express will stop opening documents, and propose to install the additional software.

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