Thumb Drive Shortcuts

[Daolas]

Because I'm always bouncing from computer to computer, I've taken to using Mozilla's Firefox and Thunderbird from a USB Thumb drive. I have a number of other applications stored on the same drive. It's made life easier.

I have created subdirectories with all the apps and have Shortcuts to each in the Root, where they're nice and easy to find. One issue though is that due to different numbers of drives on different compters, I often have to dig around through the Subs to find the .exe file I need. Is there anyway to create a shortcut that works no matter if my Thumb drive is the E: or F: drive?


Thanks, Litsters rule

Dao

 

[Ezzy]

It is possible to store selfloaders that you can put on your thumb drive, I would think that a selfloader would be the way to go.

 

[Revel_Less]

From the fact that you are using jargo such as "Root" and various alternate browsers, I am guessing you use a Unix system. But you also use letters for drives.

If you are using a Unix, there isn't really an effective shortcut (from my experience). Most Unix Systems require you to mount new hardware manually.

Windows XP though opens a small dialogue bubble thing when it detects new hardware.

If you are using a Max system, I can't help you.

Humble Programmer
-RL

 

[Daolas]

From the fact that you are using jargo such as "Root" and various alternate browsers, I am guessing you use a Unix system. But you also use letters for drives.

If you are using a Unix, there isn't really an effective shortcut (from my experience). Most Unix Systems require you to mount new hardware manually.

Windows XP though opens a small dialogue bubble thing when it detects new hardware.

If you are using a Max system, I can't help you.

Humble Programmer
-RL

I'm using XP pro. I do get that cute little bubble, but it really doesn't help.

I have looked at a couple of so called autoloader apps, but they're just not doing the trick.

Dao

 

[TxRad]

You need a windows batch file program and just set up a series of start ups for drives D: to say M:....

Whatever drive you come up on, use the batch file to access your programs.... or to bring up a desktop for that drive....

 

[Weird Harold]

I have created subdirectories with all the apps and have Shortcuts to each in the Root, where they're nice and easy to find.

Your shortcuts are probably using absolute paths.

Edit each shortcut and remove the drive designations.

"C:\program1\program1/exe" will only work if the program is on drive C:

"\program1\program1.exe" will work as long as the shortcut is called from the correct drive.

An alternative is to create a shortcut to each program for each possible drive designation and name them "Program1-F," "Program1-G," etc.