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

Thu Feb 25 16:30:04 UTC 2010

I like Win2K for that mostly because it is a much simpler OS and there is no hassle with activation.

Most of the XP/Vista/Win 7 advanced features are either security related or user display related, none of which do anything for running single apps.

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, 2:34 AM
> 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.
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> 
> 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.
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> 
> 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!
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> 
> 
> In addition it is very straightforward to encrypt the
> entire VM leaving no traces of cache files etc. around.
> 
> 
> 
> Karen
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> --- On Thu, 2/25/10, Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > From: Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
> 
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Shortcut Creation
> Drive-Letter Auto- Assignment?
> 
> > To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
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> > 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!
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> >
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> > 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
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> > to the foolish masses who know not what dangers they
> face
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> > when they operate their Windows pcs.  :)
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> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:10 AM,
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> > Karen Palen <karen_palen at yahoo.com>
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> > wrote:
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> >
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> > <unkind comment about Windows users switching to
> Linux
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> > goes here> LOL
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> > --- On Wed, 2/24/10, Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
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> > wrote:
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> > > From: Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
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> >
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> > > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Shortcut Creation
> 
> > Drive-Letter Auto- Assignment?
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> >
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> > > To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
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> >
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> > > Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 11:41 PM
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> >
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> > > I believe I found the
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> > solution!
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> > >      I just read that if you
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> > > remove the text in the "Start in:"
> field
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> > then the
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> >
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> > > shortcut will
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> >
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> > > dynamically change each time you plug in the
> drive
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> > and
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> >
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> > > click the
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> >
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> > > shortcut - always pointing to the original
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> > executable.
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> > > I removed "C:\opensim" from the
> Start
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> > > in field, and so far it appears to work.  Was
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> > assigned
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> > > as
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> > > F on my desktop and as E: now on my laptop!
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> > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:20 AM,
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> > > Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
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> > > wrote:
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> > > Provided autorun is not disabled on
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> >
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> > > the target computer, I guess I could also write
> an
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> >
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> > > Autorun.inf file to automatically launch the
> opensim
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> >
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> > > executable when I plug the thumb drive in... 
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> > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:16 AM,
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> > > Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
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> > > wrote:
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > Well, the expression is
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> > > %SystemDrive% but the shortcut refuses to
> acknowledge
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> > it. 
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> >
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> > > Either I may need to just write a simple batch
> file to
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> > reach
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> >
> 
> > > into the opensim directory and start the
> executable,
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> > or
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> >
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> > > (heaven forbid) actually navigate into the
> opensim
> 
> > directory
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> >
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> > > and double-click the executable to start it. 
> :)
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> > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:08 AM,
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> > > Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
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> > > wrote:
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> > > Thanks Steve, I saw your post just as I was about
> to
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> > > mention I'd seen the expression  %CDROM%
> before
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> > in DOS
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> >
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> > > batch files. But that detected the first CD drive
> in
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> >
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> > > sequence.  Maybe though I can find an expression
> for
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> > the
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> >
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> > > first unassigned drive letter in sequence DOS
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> > expression and
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> >
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> > > see how that works.
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> > > I'll experiment some and ask my good buddy
> Google
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> > > help too (but only if I have to).  :)
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> > > On Wed, Feb
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> > > 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Steven Westcot <tsudico at gmail.com>
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> > > wrote:
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> > > Len,
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> > > Tthe easiest way on Windows might be a batch
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> > > file that has the following line in it:
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> > > %CD%\opensim\OpenSim.32BitLaunch.exe
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> > >
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> >
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> > > %CD% is
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> >
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> > > an environment variable for Windows that puts
> the
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> > current
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> >
> 
> > > directory path where the variable is located.
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> >  It's
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> >
> 
> > > often used in batch files and on the command
> prompt
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> > but
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> > > whether it would work for a shortcut I'm not
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> > > sure.
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> > > Steve
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> > > W.
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> > > This is
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> > > not really OpenSim specific but kinda...
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> > >     I have virtual drives I mount that OpenSim
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> > resides on
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> > > which I use for
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> > > local experimentation.  These virtual drives
> always
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> > mount
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> > > the the same
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> >
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> > > specific drive letter.
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> >
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> > >
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> > >     But I have a copy of OpenSim on a thumb
> drive I
> 
> > use
> 
> >
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> > > on a few different
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> >
> 
> > > computers.  As a result, sometimes it mounts as
> D:
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> > and
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> > > sometimes as E: and
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> > > so on.
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> > >     I have a shortcut to the OpenSom
> executable
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> > located
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> >
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> > > outside of the
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> >
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> > > "opensim" directory on the thumb
> drive.
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> >  The
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> >
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> > > shortcut has the following:
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> >
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> > >
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> > > X:\opensim\OpenSim.32BitLaunch.exe
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> > >     X, obviously, is whatever drive the thumb
> drive
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> > is
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> > > currently assigned
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> > >
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> > > to.  But since this thumb drive's letter
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> > assignment
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> >
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> > > occasionally changes, is
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> >
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> > > there something I can replace the above with so
> that
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> > no
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> >
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> > > matter what drive
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> >
> 
> > > letter my thumb is assigned, the shortcut will
> still
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> > link
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> > > to the executable
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> > > in the opensim directory?
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> > > Thanks a bunch!
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> > > --
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> > > - Len W. Brown
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> > > - Len W. Brown
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> > >    lenwbrown at gmail.com
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