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Possibility to Autorun PortableAppsMenu

Submitted by ranova on March 23, 2007 - 3:01pm

I discovered this site:
http://www.mcgrewsecurity.com/research/hackingU3/
which was tested on the sandisk u3
When you uninstall u3 and use the reinstall program, it grabs an ISO file and "burns" it as another partition so windows recognizes it as a CDROM.
This is the .iso it downloads:
http://u3.sandisk.com/download/apps/lpinstaller/isofiles/cruzer-autorun.iso

You can download that iso and use isobuster and extract the files, and this is what you get:
AUTORUN.INF
LAUNCHU3.EXE
LAUNCHPAD.ZIP

Thanks you are such a life saver

Submitted by sassiepelican on March 23, 2007 - 2:57pm

I'm an online college student and currently my laptop is in the repair shop. Processor is being replaced.

I love using Firefox and have been missing it. I heard of the Portable version and tried and I'm hooked. I have even downloaded some other programs to make my online learning more efficient till I get my laptop back.

I just wanted to say Thank You.

Even when I get my laptop back, I'm keep this portable apps just in case I even need them.

Alternative menu for PortableApps

Submitted by pmoore on March 23, 2007 - 12:36pm

I like the PortableApps suite, but I find the standard menu a bit limited. In particular, things I'd like to be able to do:

  • select which shortcuts appear (I know, this is due in the next version)
  • change the icon and/or description
  • choose the order of the menu items
  • include arguments to commands (for example, to run Java programs or scripts using a JRE/interpreter on the drive)
  • create submenus (Games, Office, Internet, etc...)

Changing File description in executable

Submitted by mohnkern on March 23, 2007 - 9:55am

I've created a directory underneath PortableApps, and installed a program there. The program appears in my menu, but just an icon, no description. The reason: There's no "Description" in the file attributes. Is there a way I can change the file discription attribute in a file? (File Properties brings it up, but won't let me change it.

Lyric Finder

Submitted by ozbodd on March 23, 2007 - 6:23am

I stumbled accross a standalone lyric tool that detected songs playing in Winamp and found the lyrics. But I can't find it now. Anyone know of a small no fuss program like that?

Thanks for the help

Perhaps this is a dumb question

Submitted by bobby57c on March 22, 2007 - 6:17pm

but I'm going to ask it anyway. I bought a 2mb Sandisk USB loaded with U3. The software choices they offer are a bit limited. If I Uninstall the U3 software and just start over by downloading the portable apps suite, will it have the same functionality or does it need a U3 type interface to run?

I haven't used one of these before.

Thanks.

Flash Drive Security

Submitted by wcameron on March 22, 2007 - 3:03pm

Please don't yell at me - I did search before posting this.

I've read the posts and it seems that all encryption software requires admin priviledges so I just wanted to find out what others are doing for creating a minimum level of security. If we can't encrypt - then what can we do? Please don't list only free solutions. I don't care if I have to pay for something if it will work.

I have several questions:

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