Hi, first, many compliments, portable apps are very cool 
I'm trying to distribute a presentation written in html/js on a usb pen.
I'm doing this using firefox portable, and creating an autorun that launch firefox when the usb pen is connected.
On windows xp this autorun creates an entry in the autorun dialog with the text:
"Text written from me in autorun file"
Open with selected program
In windows vista I see:
"Text written from me in autorun file"
Pubblished by RARE IDEAS, LLC
I'm wondering if:
1. In any way I can modify the second line in windows vista (I suppose this is get somewhere in the firefox portable configurations file)
2. is this legal?
I don't want to remove totally this text, but i want that is clear that the presentation is from my company and viewed with firefox portable.
Thank you
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I doubt it as I think that is directly taken from the "published by"-part in the Firefox Portable Launcher.
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It's part of the digital signature; it can't be changed in our distribution. For local use, you could rebuild the launcher and it would then show as "Unknown publisher". (Or provide a wrapping executable which just runs FirefoxPortable.exe.)
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I think it may be wise to reconsider your strategy, since Microsoft is doing everything it can to disable the Autorun capability, except for CD/DVD drives. I suspect most professional IT Systems Managers will also be doing their best to implement similar restrictions given the known security risks.
Questions:
1. If your aim is to simply distribute a company presentation in HTML/js format, why is it necessary to include a portable Web Browser at all. Wouldn't it be better to run the presentation on whatever static Browser the (potential) customer already uses and is familiar with?
2. Are you sure your target audience will have java installed on all their PCs, or will you also have to also provide jPortable? - I'm not sure about the practicalities of redistribution, given that jPortable is an on-line installer and your users may be faced with an initial download before they could run your presentation.
3. If a portable browser is an essential part of your development, why is it necessary to use Firefox? You may need to consider using an alternative natively portable browser without PA.c branding? Hope that's not considered heresy!
There's no real reason to include it as USB autoplay options are going bye bye in less than a month on XP as part of the next patch Tuesday.
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