AutoRun Design

Note: The app is no longer supported, so it is now impossible to purchase the application. Nonetheless, you can still download it from Softpedia and use it with the limitations listed on this page

A useful piece of software that will help users who wish to create and customize their own autorun interfaces for CDs / DVSs. AutoRun Design features an accessible editing interface with a lot of useful functions and it provides the necessary tools to shape and refine the autorun interface to the requirements of average users.

Having a straightforward interface and basic looks, AutoRun Design could be the right choice for users who are passionate and are just making contact into the autorun menu creation field. Providing plenty of tools for inserting various content and defining the characteristics of the autoplay interface, AutoRun Design might be sufficient for the needs of basic users. However, although it offers a good degree of adjustment for the characteristics of the individual objects, it does lack more advanced options in the main menus and advanced users will not be pleased with this aspect.

AutoRun Design features a main window where users can preview the elements of the autorun interface and a side panel where the individual objects can be edited in terms of cursor aspect, sounds, images, hint, transparency, etc. A built-in wizard for the autorun creation is available and users benefit from numerous hints and suggestions presented in it to help them choose the content characteristics that best fit their preferences. Several types of content are supported by the application and users can choose to insert labels, buttons, scrolling text, images, videos and even embedded media players. In an attempt to help users with their workflow, AutoRun Design offers direct access to some common Windows features like Explorer, Notepad, Wordpad or Paint.

Offering a decent set of tools for creating and editing CD / DVD autorun interfaces, this software solution will be welcomed by users who are just making contact with this domain. On the other hand, AutoRun Design could have benefited from improvements to its crude interface and rough, unfinished aspect or more importantly and the lack of more advanced menus. Demanding users will not find it satisfactory and will probably seek for more comprehensive solutions in similar software packages.