Making an SFX File

If you didn't read the other pages do that now!

Here's how to make a self extracting file that will send the files to the correct folders on the recipient's machine and create shortcuts.

First create a folder in "My Documents" and save your presentation there, add the video(s) to the folder and insert. Make sure they play on your machine! Create a shortcut on the desktop.

On the desktop create two new folders, name one "My Documents" and the other "Desktop"

Now drag the shortcut into the folder named Desktop and the folder with the video(s) and ppt into the folder named "My Documents" (NB the folders that you have made NOT the "real" My Documents.

Ctrl click and select both folders and right click > "Add to archive" in the WinRar menu. Change the name to whatever you wish and choose "Create SFX archive"

Choose the comment tab and paste this text into the "enter manually box" - don't miss out the last "}"

;The comment below contains SFX script commands

Path=C:/Documents and Settings/%username%/
SavePath
Title=PowerPoint Video Extraction-see www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
Text
{
Please do NOT alter the extraction path. There will be a shortcut to the enclosed presentation on your desktop.

Thanks
}

To test delete the shortcut and folder from "My Documents" and run the SFX file You can download our example here.

You should be aware by now that a folder in "My Documents" is not the shortest of paths but it is unlikely to cause problems.

You might also want to look at Plays For Certain Media for software and an excellent tutorial from Austin Myers

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Don't have WinRar get it here:

That's it. Don't forget you should zip this file if it's being Emailed many Email programs will reject .exe files!