A few years ago I volunteered to teach an introduction to computers class to an ambitious group of parents ready to make a career shift to office jobs. I had little time available to prepare the training schedule and coursework and even less time to gather materials. This simple HTA combined with an autorun.ini on a disk creates a quick, easy to edit, easy to use, indexed, resource menu.
cdmenu.hta
<head>
<title>Disk Menu</title>
<hta:application applicationname="Disk Menu" scroll="yes" singleinstance="yes"
maximizebutton="yes" minimizebutton="yes" selection="no">
<style>
a{
color: white;
}
</style>
</head>
<script language="VBScript">
'******************************************************************************
'* Disk Menu HTA
'*
'* Modified: 02:27 PM 2006/09/26 -Jamie Bilinski
'******************************************************************************
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
window.resizeTo 600,480
Set WshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Sub go(file)
WshShell.Run "autorun.exe "&file,0,FALSE
End Sub
<body style="font: 10 pt arial; color: white; >
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0,
StartColorStr='#221133', EndColorStr='#668866')"
<p style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">
<img src="top.jpg" style="border-right: gray outset; /></p>
border-top: gray outset; border-left: gray outset; border-bottom: gray outset"
<h1 style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">
Section 1: Introduction to Computers</h1>
<hr />
<table border="0" width="100%" style="vertical-align: top">
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top">
<h4>
Guides and Training</h4>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Guides and Training/Windows Basics.pps")'>
PowerPoint - Windows
Basics</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Guides and Training/JamaniPart1.pdf")'>
PDF - Jamani's Guide Part 1</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Guides and Training/What is Hardware.doc")'>
Document - What is Hardware</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Guides and Training/Size and Speed.doc")'>
Document - Electronic Size & Speed</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Guides and Training/10_things_pc_maintenance.pdf")'>
PDF - PC maintenance</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Guides and Training/home_computer_security.pdf")'>
PDF - Home Computer Security</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Guides and Training/10_ways_protect_electrical.pdf")'>
PDF - How to Protect Electrical Equipment</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Guides and Training/Computer Terms Glossary.doc")'>
Document - Computer Terms Glossary</a></span>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top">
<h4>
Applications</h4>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/Windows Defender/WindowsDefender.msi")'>
Install - Windows Defender</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/Spybot S&D/spybotsd14.exe")'>
Install - Spybot Search & Destroy</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/Adobe Acrobat Reader/AdbeRdr708_DLM_en_US.exe")'>
Install - Acrobat Reader</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/Word Viewer/wdviewer.exe")'>
Install - Word Viewer</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/PowerPoint Viewer/ppviewer.exe")'>
Install - PowerPoint Viewer</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/Excel Viewer/xlviewer.exe")'>
Install - Excel Viewer</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/AVG AntiVirus/avg71free_405a791.exe")'>
Install - AVG Antivirus</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/Clam AntiVirus/clamwin-0.88.4-setup.exe")'>
Install - ClamWin Antivirus</a></span>
<br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: hand;">
<a onclick='go("/Applications/KKTT/kktt.exe")'>
Install - Typing Tutor</a></span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top" colspan="2">
<h4>
Internet Resources</h4>
<DL><p>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/Tutorials/">
Free Online Tutorials at GCF Global Learning®</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/Tutorials/Details.aspx?Tutorial=Computer+Basics&tutorialID=13" >
GCF® Tutorial Computer Basics</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/Tutorials/Details.aspx?Tutorial=Windows+XP&tutorialID=23" >
GCF® Tutorial Windows XP</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/" >
Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn-412-create_folders_windowsXP.htm" >
Learnthat.com - Create and Use a Folder (Windows XP Series) - Free Computers and Software Tutorials</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.learnthat.com/business/category-31">
Learnthat.com - Free Interviewing Tutorials and Free Business Courses</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn-137-get_rid_spyware.htm" >
Learnthat.com - Get Rid of Spyware - Free Computers and Software Tutorials</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/windowsxp/backupfiles/" >
Learnthat.com - How to Backup Your Files in Windows XP - Learn Windows XP for Free!</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn-147-windows_keyboard_shortcuts.htm" >
Learnthat.com - List of Windows Keyboard Shortcuts - Free Computers and Software Tutorials</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn-151-understanding_windows_folders.htm">
Learnthat.com - Understanding Windows Folders - Free Computers and Software Tutorials</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx">Microsoft Help and Support</A>
</DL><p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
v6.9.26
</body>
Here's an archive of the actual files on disk:
*this is not fully working source, I've removed all documents and binaries to avoid possible violation of reproduction/distribution rights.
