Autostarting AVI files in W2K...Help?

[EchoWars]

Well, your file still appears to be the way to go. The

[autorun]open=start /D. mplayer2.exe /fullscreen /play /close myvideo.avi

gives me the familiar old W2k error "access to the specified path, file, or device is denied", and in W9x it just very quickly opens and then immediately closes mplayer2. So...it still looks like your file might be the only way to do what I want...unless you have any more rabbits to pull out of your hat.
The W2k solution is important to me, as the Divx movies I make play work better in W2k. Although playback is 'ever-so-slightly' smoother in W9x, W2k tolerates bad frames with only a slight visual glitch, whereas W9x freezes the video while continuing the sound...requiring you to leave fullscreen and drag the 'slider' forward a notch to skip the bad frame(s).
If you think of another method, I'd try it, but I have a feeling that there might be no way to do it in W2k from the command line.

Thks...

[Easty]

Is there anyway you can use this program to create a macro to do what you require, http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/
Someone posted it in a thread here and I've used it for a few different automated routines!

[EchoWars]

Maybe, but the resulting file is many times the size of the itty-bitty executeable FDS came up with. Size IS a concern, so if a command line can't do it, the 2k executeable will suffice. Thanks