Format
Autorun Configuration File
Summary
- Name
- Autorun Configuration File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/331
- Format type
- Text (Unstructured)
- Description
- Autorun.inf is the primary instruction file associated with the Autorun function. Autorun.inf itself is a simple text-based configuration file that tells the operating system which executable to start, which icon to use, and which additional menu commands to make available.
- File extensions
-
inf - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
Autorun Configuration File
- Description
- ASCII: [autorun]..open= or [autorun]..icon. Open and icon can be upper or lowercase.
- Provenance
- Ongoing DROID research.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
5B6175746F72756E5D{2-4}(4F50454E|6F70656E|49434F4E|69636F6E){0-1}3D- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V49
- Release date
- 5 April 2011
-
Added format
Autorun Configuration File: Outline entry added.
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Added signature
Autorun Configuration File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.