Finally I managed to change my USB sticks to have a partition that is seen as a CDROM drive on Windows. With the tools from the chipset manufacturer i can copy any ISO to the emulate partition of the USB. I wonder if there is any way to configure the PortableApps like the U3 software. That is, put the core software in the partition of the CD, and install other applications on the normal partition.
Thanls
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Just write a small app that when run copies the PortableApps folder to the Windows user's temp folder and starts the PA menu. And another app to delete the temp folder when the USB stick is removed.
And please post your apps when they are done.
Remember with technology, ANYthing is possible. The question is not IF it's possible it's when do you want it and how much are you willing to spend on it.
Ed
how the hell did you managed to do that?
is it possible for all usb sticks?
I would love to have this
I don't know if you can do it with all USB, but I have done with my 2 USB memory sticks. It's a bit complicated, especially finding the right software for the manufacturer chip.
First of all you have to find the manufacturer of the USB chip and model. This can be done with the program Chipgenius http://www.mydigit.cn/mytool/chipgenius.rar.
Then you have to find the program that lets you change the properties of the USB stick. You can find this soft on the following page )Russian), select the manufacturer http://flashboot.ru/index.php?name=Files, or searched in google.
Finally you will have to fight with each program, because some are difficult and others more simple. You have to be careful because you can damage the USB.
My USB devices are a Kingston 2GB DT (Phison chip) and the other is a Kingston 8GB DT (SkyMedia).
thank you verry much.
The u3 have some small parts of the software on the CD, for few software they keep kind of registration keys there too, nothing really important for the user. It is just practical for them , since autoplay is more functioning on CD then on any other media.
But when you install just the suite on the CD and the rest on the normal 'drive partition', then you will have to copy it to some write enabled position first as advised already.
As for the creation of the fake CD drive, well from my collection of sticks, I managed only one to be compatible with one of the hakcs around.
But try to search for threads in this forum where guy RMBfixed is giving some advise, he is here one of those hardware-hack experts with collection of links etc for the manufacturer specific driver software etc.
Note: all the manipulating software for doing such mods are strictly connected with one particular usb flash controller (not exactly with a stick brand)
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland
The way to do this is not to put PortableApps.com entirely on the read-only cd drive.
You install a simple program on the CD drive and it launches the PortableApps.com Platfrom from the other partition.
Finnaly, I found one of my usb sticks beeing able to do so.
its a verry old one.
now there is only one question: why would i do this?
It allows you to launch the PortableApps.com Platfrom automatically when you plug it in.
I want it only for this purpose. Virus can't infect the autorun.ini from de CD, and portableapps menu can be started automatically. By now I put a XP install .iso and works to install XP. I think the ideal user is to autorun antivirus automatically and a password software...
This piece of software should do exactly what you want it to... it's a bit old, but it lasted through a flash drive crash or two :P.
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which piece of software?
you forget to mention it
http://www.smithtechsoftware.com/projects/applauncher.php
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This batch script search on every letter for a specific file, if this file exist it execute the file.
For %%J In (D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z) Do If Exist "%%J:\psmenu.exe" %%J:\psmenu.exe
In this case, the batch search for psmenu.exe and start psmenu.exe.
One inconvenience for this method, is that a ugly DOS window is opened on the background. To avoid this, you can use the software cmdow to hide the window.
The content of autorun file would be like this:
open=cmdow.exe /RUN /HID test.bat
digitxp, what is the application name?
virus cannot infect autorun.. ok
but the other partition? how can you avoid an infection?
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