CDStarter

CDStarter is a simple-to-use application that lets you create standard menus for CDs. It can be handled even by less experienced users.

This is a portable piece of kit, so installing CDStarter is not necessary. It means that you can store it on a USB flash drive, external drive or similar storage unit, and run it on any computer system.

Alternatively, you can simply drop all the program files on the hard drive and run the Configuration Editor file. More importantly, the Windows Registry does not receive new updates and no files are left behind on the hard drive after program removal.

CDStarter provides a menu example with buttons. You can access the Configuration Editor and start making your own tweaks. You may write information to be shown in the welcome screen, such as the title, introductory message, actual message, sound and font, together with the license agreement.

Editing general parameters involves the timeout, column height, a splash Bitmap, delay and border, About section with an icon and title, background, color and style of the menu. Each button has its own title, font name and icon, triggers a specific sound and opens a custom file when accessed. Plus, you can insert other language packs aside from English. Once the project is done, you can save its properties to an Initialization file (INI), test the menu or prepare the entire directory for a CD burning session.

CDStarter requires a very low amount of CPU and system memory, has a good response time and is backed by user documentation. Although the app has not been updated for a long while, we have not experienced any stability issues. CDStarter addresses users of any skill level who wants to seamlessly create simple menus for CDs.