This may sound stupid or not even possible but, is there a way to make your portable apps start automatically without the autrun menu. Our school on some of the computers has blocked that autorun startup menu. I have to take a long and complicated way around to get to my files. Is there a way to bypass autorun and still startup.
thanks in advance
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When I hit that one I just use the run box..
Click the MS START on the toolbar, click on RUN... type in the drive letter and StartPortableApps.exe then hit ENTER.
E:\StartPortableApps.exe
PortableApps Menu should start up. That's basically what the autorun file is doing.
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We don't get access to that in our school, they've blocked out everthing except insternet and office.
Been a bit sense I was in school, can you access the task manager?
--Ctrl-Shift-Esc--
--Ctrl-Alt-Delete--
Or right click the task bar?
If so, on the application panel at the bottom will be a button to start a new task, same as the run command.
If not, then their is none without doing a reboot and using a key.
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If they've blocked/disabled autorun, then nothing can autorun.
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it doesn't show up. is there a way to get a nomal jump drive to do what u3 does?
If autorun is disabled on a PC (all autorun), U3 won't autorun either.
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oh well, i guess i can't. one nore question though. how could i set up my basic flash drive to work like u3, but just run PAM?
with the uninstaller from their website.
But back things up before you do.
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i don't have u3.
Didn't read the rest of the post carefully enough.
Only if you have U3, you can replace the U3 Launchpad with the PortableAppsMenu and keep the autorun mechanism.
But if autorun is disabled, you cant do anything but use good ol' explorer to start your stuff.
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thanks
shuve in your drive and surf for the .exe file and manualy start it up. if auto run is blocked then the only other way is manual start.
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If you can get to the internet, browse from the IE address bar to your drive letter? or if you can get into word file, open and then browse to the desired file, right click on it and open (this will execute it not open it in word).
As long as they've not restricted access to the local disks there are ways round getting access - but autorun would seem a no-no.
If you've got a home drive on the network (and access to the local drives) why not write a batch file or vbs script that you double click and then starts the executable required? That wouldn't seem to far off an auto-run....
When I was in school I had a whole slew of things to get past their crappy security, however I have not been in HS for a long long time. This is how I use to do it.
Open notepad
Type E:\startportableapps.exe (if e: isn't the drive, replace with what it is)
now, goto File->Save As
Change the file type to all files then type this file name: runme.cmd or runme.bat
Save it to the desktop
Double click the new icon and it should boot up
OR
open NOTEPAD.exe
select the thumb drive from the drive selection combo box
change file type to all files
right click 'startportableapps.exe' and choose "Open"
OR
goto Start Menu->Help
Search for DOS Prompt
Go through the results until you find a hyperlink for Command prompt.
Click the hyperlink (doesn't take long to find)
Now that your in DOS, type E: then press enter (if e: is not the drive in which your portable device is located, then change it accordingly)
now type: startportableapps.exe
OR
in internet explorer or firefox (whichever they may use), type: file:///E:/ in the Address bar and press enter
Find startportableapps.exe and single click it
These were a few of my tricks, hope they help.
-lucian
-lucian