I'd like to see added either under the Help link or where you add a picture in the upper right corner a way to add a Lost\Found ownership tag with name\address etc.
That way as soon as PortableApps you can see who the dive belongs to.
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A far better option is to include this info in a text file in the root of your device for now. The ability to do a lost/found info in the Platform is coming, though. Even then, it's still recommended you have it as a text file, too.
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already did a txt file and set to read only.
tried to get it to open\run using the autorun.inf where it would open the txt file prior or along with starting PortableApps but no luck, haven't done any basic type stuff in 10 or 12 years so could not figure how to do it.
but glad to hear its coming to PortableApps.
thxs
rider
The thing to keep in mind is that most people won't let something on a drive they find autorun. So a text file named "owner.txt" or "if_found.txt" is FAR more useful.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
When my drive is plugged into an unfamiliar computer (and autorun is permitted) it shows a message that it has been lost and would like to be returned to me. But then I am running geek.menu, which is not supported, and which may contain beetles. Or bugs, or something.
My point is that even if autorun is enabled, when they plug it in Windows will ask them 'Do you want to autorun geek.menu?'. Anyone even mildly technically savvy will say no (it could have a virus, delete your files or who knows what). Or if they're a Mac user (1 in 10 chance nowadays), they have no way to run it anyway.
So the message in the menu (any menu) is pretty useless most of the time. You should have a text file in the root of the drive with your owner info as people will be much, much more likely to find it there.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!