[Equest-users] equest USB drive icon

[Pasha Korber-Gonzalez]

Nice job Nick!


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Nick Caton <ncaton at smithboucher.com>wrote:

>  I expect I’m not the only one who keeps a thumb drive handy to keep a
> backup/reference of useful energy modeling files.****
>
> ** **
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> I realized today I have many such drives and have trouble keeping track of
> them, so I set aside some time to rename and organize my files.  Along the
> way, I figured out you can assign a custom icon to USB drives and other
> removable/mountable media, so I took a few extra minutes to “lift” the icon
> for eQuest and format it properly for this express purpose:****
>
> ** **
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> ****
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> If you’re interested, ****
>
> **1.       **Copy the attached file “autorun.ico” to the root directory
> of your drive (this is an icon image you can open/review in mspaint)****
>
> **2.       **Create a text file in the same location and rename it to
> “autorun.inf”****
>
> **3.       **Open the blank “autorun.inf” file in notepad or similar,
> paste the following 2 lines, and save:  ****
>
> [autorun]****
>
> icon=autorun.ico****
>
> ** **
>
> This .inf file instructs windows to automatically assign the “autorun.ico”
> to the drive upon mounting removable media.****
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> I would happily share a copy of the autorun.inf file, but am instead
> providing direction to create your own as I anticipate such an attachment
> would cause problems with antivirus software / email filters and the like.
> PSA:  “.inf” files from untrustworthy sources can potentially be used to
> automatically launch viruses and similar, so as a best practice reminder
> please exercise caution as you would with any unfamiliar email attachments
> and do not download “.inf” files from unknown sources.****
>
> ** **
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> Enjoy,****
>
> ** **
>
> ~Nick****
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