Previously, it was possible to set e.g. D:\START.BAT to autostart but this no longer works. A workaround is to create a bat file on C:\ that switches to D: and launches the file - not ideal.

Isn’t Java Web Start (JWS) supposed to allow web-based distribution of applications? So why would one want to distribute a Java Web Start (JWS) application via CD-ROM? Well, for a number of reasons.