Microsoft® AutoPlay is a feature of the Microsoft Windows® operating system. AutoPlay automates the procedures for installing and configuring products designed for Windows-based platforms that are distributed on compact discs. When you insert a disc containing AutoPlay into a CD-ROM drive on a computer running Windows, AutoPlay automatically starts an application on the disc that installs, configures, and runs the selected product.
You can use AutoPlay to install and run CD-ROM applications that run in Windows, whether the application is based on the MS-DOS® operating system, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT®. If you want your CD-ROM product to display the Microsoft Windows 95 logo, it must be enabled for AutoPlay.
Note MS-DOS, Windows versions prior to Windows 95, and Windows NT versions 3.51 and earlier do not support AutoPlay. Adding AutoPlay to a compact disc, however, does not hinder or alter user interaction on computers running one of these operating systems.