Instructions for Creating Personalized CD's

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There are two options when copying (burning) CD's of your personalized Home Realty Advisor.

1. Create a CD to install Home Realty Advisor on someone's computer. Setup.exe (and optionally autorun.inf) are the only files you really need to create an installation CD. Setup.exe is a self-extracting file that contains all files necessary to install your personalized Home Realty Advisor. These instructions assume that you have installed Home Realty Customizer on to the default file folders. This would be the case unless you specifically changed the destination file folders while installing the software.
   
   • You will find the two files, autorun.inf and setup.exe, on the folder C:\Program Files\Home Realty Customizer\Setup Files. Copy these two files directly onto a CD using My Computer, Windows Explorer or the CD writer software that came with your CD. You should be able to do this by highlighting these files in My Computer, right clicking on your mouse, selecting 'Send To' and selecting CD-RW drive. Make sure you copy these files to the root directory of the CD (i.e. d:\Setup.exe).
     
     NOTE: The autorun.inf file instructs Windows to automatically run setup.exe when the CD is inserted into the drive. The autorun file should work on all Windows operating systems. However, because someone can change this setting on their computer, always include alternate instructions on your CD labels to run d:\setup (where d: represents the CD drive).
     
     
2. Create a CD so that someone can run Home Realty Advisor from the CD itself.
   

• Copy all files under C:\Program Files\Home Realty Customizer\All Files\ to the CD root directory.
  
  The easiest way to do this is by using My Computer or Windows Explorer. Highlight and drag all files directly to the CD. Do not copy the folder 'All Files' itself, just the files located on this folder. The files must be copied to the root of the CD so that the autorun will execute when the CD is inserted into the drive.
  
  NOTE: The autorun.inf file instructs Windows to automatically run hra.html when the CD is inserted into the drive. The autorun file should work on all Windows operating systems. However, because someone can change this setting on their computer, always include alternate instructions on your CD labels to run d:\hra.html (where d: represents the CD drive).

Note: For CD labels, one suggested product is CD Stomper - www.labelcd.com/. The complete kit includes everything you need to create professional looking labels. You can purchase this product on their web site or at any major office supply store. These stores also carry similar products.

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