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Hodges
That is right: here is the situation: the computer is in Town Hall and
the power is off to the monitor (so I can't see the mouse).
Doesn't really clarify your set-up or problem much, at least to me, sorry!
Can you run a remote desktop session to the computer, or use one of the
several free VNC apps? If you can't see the mouse, how do you know you'llbe
doing the following correctly, which you described earlier:
[# Open Windows Explorer by pressing the Windows + "e" key.]
# Right-click the desired CD-ROM and select Properties from the menu.
# Select the AutoPlay tab
So I need
a keyboard shortcut that would launch the batch file. I say this now
becuase it looks like no auto-x function can do it, So I'll have to do
something.
That's easy: create the batch file as others have described, then create a
shortcut to it somewhere on your Desktop or in your Start Menu. On this
shortcut, right-click > Properties, click in "Shortcut key", press a key
combination (eg Ctrl+Alt+c) and OK back out. Ctrl+Alt+c should fire it off.
Sorry, I don't know what you mean by an "auto-x function".
NB: if you delete this shortcut, clear the "Shortcut key" field and press
Apply first. Otherwise, Windows can have a habit of holding on to that key
combination, playing havoc with future shortcuts you may want to create.
He could also use psexecute (available for free from Sysinternals
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx) to
launch the batch file from a remote machine.