My Environement:
- 2GB USB Stick
- TrueCrypt encrypted virtual volume (on the stick)
It would be nice, if I could set the data directory for my portable apps to a seperate drive (to an absolute instead of a relative path)
Portability is not a problem, as you can always mount the TrueCrypt partition on the same drive letter (... yes, you will need administrativ rights to do so)
For Example:
I have a mounted TrueCrypt Volume on S:, so the path to the settings for, lets say, thunderbird should be: S:\data\thunderbird\profiles or similar
This way, the settings are all stored in a secure place on the stick. Nobody will have access to this files inside the TrueCrypt Volume file. This is very important, as there are much applications that store passwords (also as plain text) into their settings.
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I had the same thought and came up with the idea to make my Trucrypt volumn set to B: This works well since almost no computers I deal with have a 5 1/4" floppy drive and so the letter B: is always available. Now my apps can point to an absolute path all the time no matter what computer I plug them into. I did the settings by using the command line as B is not shown as an option when using the GUI. Hope this helps!!
My encrypted container is U (USB - get it? - easy to remember) but B is appealing.
Jim
Jim