[Opensim-users] Shortcut Creation Drive-Letter Auto- Assignment?
Len Brown
lenwbrown at gmail.com
Thu Feb 25 14:09:12 UTC 2010
I admit, Win7 has me pretty pleased. It also helped that my favorite laptop
which came with Vista and will NOT run XP at all no matter what I tried,
will install Win7 from a clean setup and detects every single item except
for the motion sensor on the hard drive. That blew my mind - being the
first version of Windows that essentially knows 100% of my hardware without
needing additional drivers. And the one thing that does require a driver is
an integrated part of the hard drive and not the system - so when I upgrade
to a larger hard drive soon then installing Win7 will detect 100% of the
hardware.
For those curious, it's an HP Pavilion 12" netbook I got at Wal-Mart. It
runs OS beautifully but I'm a bit upset it does not include a page up and
page down key. So in order to fly around in OS I have to click the "fly"
shortcut, go into mouse-look and then use the arrow keeps to fly around.
But only if I'm really inclined to run OS on it, which isn't very often.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:47 AM, John Mieske <johnmieske at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > > --
>>> >
>>> > > - Len W. Brown
>>> >
>>> > > lenwbrown at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> >
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>> lenwbrown at gmail.com
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