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I did put an expiration date in the PTE presentation. I don't understand how that affects the autorun.inf file. It's not the PTE file that says it expired, but rather the autorun.inf file. I tried nobeefstu's advice below - it still did not work. While I clicked on the autorun.inf file, I still get the "Sorry, your trial period has expired" error message. Help?

Hello Everyone, I really appreciate all the help and hope I can consolidate and address all the input into this one response. 1) After running a search, I found: a. C:\Windows\Notepad b. C:\WIndows\Prefetch\Notepad.exe-189578DA.pf I did not see a result for Notepad.exe elsewhere. 2) I purchased the full subscription to P2E in May 2004 under version 4.20. I did verify tonight the version I am currently using - which is the full 4.20 version. 3) I ran Norton Anti-Virus last night and did a system restore (as recommended by another member below) - but I still do not see Notepad.exe. 4) With regards to the Autorun.inf file, as stated below by Steve, the 2 .exe commands are irrelevant. The problem lies when I try to open the Autorun.infi file to modify the .exe names (to match up with the presentation names). THe Autorun would not open and states "Sorry but trial period of this presentation has expired". I have created about 6 CDs so far and did not have any issues until this last CD. I apologize if I am confusing anyone - but please understand that this is baffling to me too. Thanks. Kurt

Hi Brian - I'm a new subscriber to Pict-To-Exe (May 2004) and signed up under the 4.20 Version. I have not had this problem until this week. When I ran a search and left mouse clicked the "Autorun.inf" files I still get the following error message: Sorry, but trial period of this presentation has expired. Also, in the Notepad, I went to "Edit" then "Time/Date" - how do I uncheck as you indicated below? Hi Ken - Thank for the advice below. I did run a search for "Notepad.exe" and did not find out. There is a "Notepad" icon though under C:\Windows. Again, I cannot seem to understand why I the Notepad does not come up when I left mouse click it. I am normally computer-saavy, but do not know why I am having so much problems with the Autorun.inf file - why I keep getting the message below. Anyway advice is greatly appreciated!!!! Kurt

Hello Steve, 1) According to PICT-TO-EXE instructions, in order to have the CD start automatically when it is popped into the drive, I am supposed to change the file name in the Autorun.inf for each presentation I develop. So, in the past, I would go to Windows Explorer and then to the appropriate folder where the Autorun.infi located, double click on it. Once opened, I would change the "presentation.exe" name. However, this time I am not able to open it. I even deleted the old Autorun.inf file and created a new one, but still got the same error message "Sorry, the trial period has expired". 2) As for ntoepad, the "notepad.exe" does not exist. There is a notepad.exe "pf" file in a folder called "prefetch". When I try to open Notepad via the Start Menu - the computer does nothing when I left click it. I am running Windows XP. Thanks for the patience and hope I have given more information. Kurt

Fred, To answer your questions: 1) I can run the PTE.exe file without the Autorun.inf file. The problem is that the presentation does not automatically start when I load the CD. 2) I checked the file attributes and it does not show that it is hidden. 3) Below is the text of my Autorun.inf file: [autorun] open=FathersDay2004.exe icon=FathersDay2004.exe BTW - would you know when I cannot load the Notepad directly from Accessories? I can load it via the Start-Run-Notepad, per your earlier instructions. Thanks! Kurt

Fred, The PTE file was created by me. The issue is not the PTE file, but rather the Autorun.inf file itself. I do not know why, but all of a sudden when I double click on the Autorun.inf to change the PTE file name, the error message I get is that the Autorun.inf file's trial period had expired. This is really weird as I have a full subscription to Winsoft. Additionally, when I burned a CD copy of my presentation, I also included the Autorun.inf file. However, when I go to Windows explorer to read the CD drive containing the CD I created, it does not show the Autorun.inf file - only the presentation. How can I fix or modify the Autorun.inf file? I would like to CD to run automatically whenever my client pops the CD into the drive. I hope I have provided more information. Thanks. Kurt

Fred & Steve, Thanks for the advices. I was able to open up Notepad via "Run". I created a new Autorun.inf file & replaced it over the existing one. However, when I try to open the new file in Windows Explorer it said the trial period has expired and the text file would not open. I also created a new CD with the presentation and the autorun file. When I inserted the CD into another computer, the CD does not auto start. ANy more advice as to why this is happening? I have done this numerous times in the past months and never encountered this problem before. Thanks. Kurt

The Notepad is not appearing off-screen. So I don't know what is happening to my computer - why Notepad does not open up. I tried to modify the Autorun.inf file like I have in the past - opened it up in Windows Explorer. BUt this time it would not let me. Any other advice?

Trying to put together a slideshow. When I open the Autorun.inf file to modify the file name, I get a message that says "Sorry, the trial period of your presentation has expired". Does anyone know why and what I can do??? Also, when I tried to open my Notepad to write a new Autorun file, the notepad does not open/appear onto the screen. Anyone know why??? How to fix it???