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

Thu Feb 25 09:34:05 UTC 2010

Right on!

A combination of TrueCrypt and VMWare 7.0.1 running Windows XP Pro is my
standard play platform.  Encrypted and self-contained, deleting it and
replacing it is a sweet way to dork around with things and not worry about
hosing my computers.

Plus it's nice for me to run the virtual system on a Windows, Mac or Linux
host at will too.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Karen Palen <karen_palen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think we are all in that boat.
>
> I run my business accounting software under Win 2K in a virtual machine
> mostly because Quickbooks won't run under wine and I can't get GNUcash to
> access my bank!.
>
> I was gratified to find out that a VM with different host and virtual OSes
> is one of the most secure environments there are these days. It makes
> building a root kit or a virus an enormously complicated task!
>
> In addition it is very straightforward to encrypt the entire VM leaving no
> traces of cache files etc. around.
>
> Karen
>
> --- On Thu, 2/25/10, 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: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 12:22 AM
> > :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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> > > --
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> > > - Len W. Brown
> >
> > >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
> >
> > >
> >
> > >       http://www.lenfocenter.com
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> > > --
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> > > - Len W. Brown
> >
> > >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
> >
> > >
> >
> > >       http://www.lenfocenter.com
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> > > --
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> > > - Len W. Brown
> >
> > >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
> >
> > >
> >
> > >       http://www.lenfocenter.com
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  lenwbrown at gmail.com
     http://www.lenfocenter.com
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