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

John Mieske johnmieske at gmail.com
Thu Feb 25 12:47:52 UTC 2010 

I like MAC myself.. But I love Linux even more..  However when Windows 7
came out I realized it is the first windows I actually can deal with. Its
still bloatware, but its stable as hell. ( Yes for you who are about to
scream and yell at me for using windows, I hated windows until Win7 came
out, but I would never ever run my OpenSims on Windows. Windows was never
meant to be a server I don't care what people think. )

John

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> >
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>> >
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>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > > --
>> >
>> > > - Len W. Brown
>> >
>> > >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >       http://www.lenfocenter.com
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>> > > --
>> >
>> > > - Len W. Brown
>> >
>> > >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >       http://www.lenfocenter.com
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>> > > --
>> >
>> > > - Len W. Brown
>> >
>> > >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >       http://www.lenfocenter.com
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>> > > --
>> >
>> > > - Len W. Brown
>> >
>> > >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >       http://www.lenfocenter.com
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>> > --
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>> >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
>> >
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