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

[Len Brown]

:P  Don't hate me because I use Windows.  Hate me because I own shares in
Microsoft!

Actually, I have a passion for Gentoo Linux.  I run OpenSim on Gentoo as
well, but I also do occasional presentations and so forth on Windows
machines and I cater to the foolish masses who know not what dangers they
face when they operate their Windows pcs.  :)

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Karen Palen <karen_palen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> <unkind comment about Windows users switching to Linux goes here> LOL
>
> --- On Wed, 2/24/10, Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Shortcut Creation Drive-Letter Auto-
> Assignment?
> > To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> > Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 11:41 PM
> > I believe I found the solution!
> >
> >      I just read that if you
> > remove the text in the "Start in:" field then the
> > shortcut will
> > dynamically change each time you plug in the drive and
> > click the
> > shortcut - always pointing to the original executable.
> >
> >
> > I removed "C:\opensim" from the Start
> > in field, and so far it appears to work.  Was assigned
> > as
> > F on my desktop and as E: now on my laptop!
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:20 AM,
> > Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
> >
> >       http://www.lenfocenter.com
> >
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> >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
> >
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> >
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> >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
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