{
 "id": "autorun-inf",
 "name": "Autorun.inf",
 "category": "config",
 "identifiers": {
  "mime": [
   "application/x-inf",
   "text/inf"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/331"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q684554"
  ],
  "extensions": [
   "inf"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "5b6175746f72756e5d",
    "notes": "Autorun Configuration File"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Autorun Configuration File",
    "sequences": [
     {
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    ]
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 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "Autorun.inf is the primary instruction file associated with the Autorun function. Autorun.inf itself is a simple text-based configuration file that tells the operating system which executable to start, which icon to use, and which additional menu commands to make available.",
 "tools": [
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   "name": "AutoPlay",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2872478",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "AutoRun",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1324954",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  }
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 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
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   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/331",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/331",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q684554",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684554",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
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  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}