[Opensim-users] Shortcut Creation Drive-Letter Auto- Assignment?

[Len Brown]

Provided autorun is not disabled on the target computer, I guess I could
also write an Autorun.inf file to automatically launch the opensim
executable when I plug the thumb drive in...

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, the expression is %SystemDrive% but the shortcut refuses to
> acknowledge it.  Either I may need to just write a simple batch file to
> reach into the opensim directory and start the executable, or (heaven
> forbid) actually navigate into the opensim directory and double-click the
> executable to start it.  :)
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Steve, I saw your post just as I was about to mention I'd seen the
>> expression  %CDROM% before in DOS batch files. But that detected the first
>> CD drive in sequence.  Maybe though I can find an expression for the first
>> unassigned drive letter in sequence DOS expression and see how that works.
>>
>> I'll experiment some and ask my good buddy Google for help too (but only
>> if I have to).  :)
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Steven Westcot <tsudico at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Len,
>>>
>>> Tthe easiest way on Windows might be a batch file that has the following
>>> line in it:
>>>
>>> %CD%\opensim\OpenSim.32BitLaunch.exe
>>>
>>> %CD% is an environment variable for Windows that puts the current
>>> directory path where the variable is located.  It's often used in batch
>>> files and on the command prompt but whether it would work for a shortcut I'm
>>> not sure.
>>>
>>> Steve W.
>>>
>>> This is not really OpenSim specific but kinda...
>>>>
>>>>     I have virtual drives I mount that OpenSim resides on which I use
>>>> for
>>>> local experimentation.  These virtual drives always mount the the same
>>>> specific drive letter.
>>>>
>>>>     But I have a copy of OpenSim on a thumb drive I use on a few
>>>> different
>>>> computers.  As a result, sometimes it mounts as D: and sometimes as E:
>>>> and
>>>> so on.
>>>>
>>>>     I have a shortcut to the OpenSom executable located outside of the
>>>> "opensim" directory on the thumb drive.  The shortcut has the following:
>>>>
>>>> X:\opensim\OpenSim.32BitLaunch.exe
>>>>
>>>>     X, obviously, is whatever drive the thumb drive is currently
>>>> assigned
>>>> to.  But since this thumb drive's letter assignment occasionally
>>>> changes, is
>>>> there something I can replace the above with so that no matter what
>>>> drive
>>>> letter my thumb is assigned, the shortcut will still link to the
>>>> executable
>>>> in the opensim directory?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a bunch!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> - Len W. Brown
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> - Len W. Brown
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>>
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>
> --
> - Len W. Brown
>   lenwbrown at gmail.com
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>



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