[Virtualacorn-list] VRPC on a USB drive

[T.O.M.S.]

At 01:06 on 27 Aug, Jeremy Nicoll - ml virtualacorn jn.ml.vac.83 at 
wingsandbeaks.org.uk said:

 (answers in reverse order):

> Does the USB drive get the same drive letter every time it's
> connected?

Unfortunately, not necessarily. The plug-in drive will pick up the 
next-available drive letter. So if (say) another object such as a USB 
memory stick has previously been plugged in, that will have claimed 
the next letter (say E:). Then when the USB hard disc drive is plugged 
in, it should in theory claim the following letter F:, and so on.

This *may* have knock-on effect on shortcuts (see below), so if 
possible it's best to plug in the hard drive before anything else.


> How do you try to start VRPC?

Having plugged in the hard drive with the copy VirtualRPC installation 
on it (or a DVD, or an SD card, or a memory stick, or whatever), open 
the VirtualAcorn\VirtualRPC-xxx folder, find the VirtualRPC.exe file 
icon (the standard 4-cogs job for -Adjust or -AdjustSA) and 
double-click on it to start up VirtualRPC.


> Via a shortcut?  Does the
> shortcut point at the old program location or the new one?

The *existing* shortcut on the desktop will point towards the default 
VirtualRPC installation on the computer's primary (internal) hard disc 
drive.

However, if you want to start up VirtualRPC on the plug-in hard disc 
drive, using a shortcut, simply right-click over the VirtualRPC.exe 
file icon as above, select <Create Shortcut> and, when the <Shortcut 
to VirtualRPC-xxx> shortcut icon appears, drag it onto the desktop.

Then to avoid confusing the 2 shortcuts, rename it to read something 
like <VirtualRPC on USB Drive> or whatever.


Health warning... Note that, if the USB drive letter changes (see 
explanation above), the *shortcut* will be pointing to the 'wrong' 
drive letter, so it won't work. However, the VirtualRPC.exe file icon 
in the VirtualRPC.xxx folder will still work.


HTH, regards to all
Mike Nicholl
pp T.O.M.S.
toms at ndirect.co.uk