QuickLaunchPE Plugin, QuickLaunch-Bar for BartPE Options

[fuwi]

QuickLaunchPE is an easy configurable QuickLaunch-Bar for BartPE-Shells, which do not support desktop icons, e.g. nu2menu

Features:
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- max 16 buttons (flat or 3-D style, conf. in QuickLaunch.ini)
- auto arranging
- max. icon size = 32x32
- single or double click launching
- ctrl-alt-q brings the QuickLaunch-Bar to forground, if it is behind an app-window
- automatic rebuild after screen-resolution changes
- supported systemvariables: %SystemDrive%, %SystemRoot%, %Temp% and %Tmp%

more details here
download the plugin from my website (all files included)

Example: nu2menu Desktop with QuickLaunchPE:


fuwi

This post has been edited by fuwi: Jul 28 2009, 09:21 AM

[Ed_P]

Interesting.

Is the Bar's background set to blue? Not everyone keeps the default BartPE background. If it was transparent it could go over any background.

[fuwi]

@Ed_P

Any background can be used. The Bar's background is captured from the BartPE background.
This is the default setting in QuickLaunchPE.ini (BackgroundColor=auto). Alternatively you can set it to a fixed color.

CODE

; General Settings:
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; BackgroundColor=d4d0c8
BackgroundColor=auto
; ButtonStyle=3d
ButtonStyle=flat
...
...

Here some other examples with other backgrounds:


This is with 3-D style buttons (conf. in QuickLaunch.ini):


fuwi

This post has been edited by fuwi: Jul 29 2009, 02:38 AM

[jack_steel]

Nice plugin and easy to set up! I have troubles launching TrueCrypt from QuickLaunch Bar. I added to TrueCrypts Inf file

CODE

[SetValue]
"QuickLaunchPE.ini", "TrueCrypt", "Executable", "%SystemDrive%\Programs\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe"

but when I click on the Icon, TrueCrypt is telling me "Error: TrueCrypt driver not found. Please copy the files 'truecrypt.sys' and truecrypt-x64.sys' to the directory where the main TrueCrypt application (TrueCrypt.exe) is located".

If I start TrueCrypt from the shell menu it is working well, and after started it one time from there, I can start it from QuickLaunch Bar, too. Any ideas how to fix it? I tried already to submit the working directory in the SetValue section, too.

Another question: Is it possible to start QuickLaunch Bar automatically?

This post has been edited by jack_steel: Nov 1 2009, 05:03 PM

[fuwi]

@jack_steel

There is a autostart for the QuickLaunch bar in the plugin: autorun_QuickLaunchPE.cmd
but this works only in nu2menu with the autorun plugin.
If you are using XPE, there ist a xpe_autorun plugin here: http://smithii.com/files/plugins/xpe_autorun.zip
(or use xpe's own mechanism for autostarting QuickLaunchPE.exe)

An other hint: make shure that the QuickLaunchPE plugin is processed first in your PEBuilder: rename the foldername to '!!QuickLaunchPE'

For your TrueCrypt problem i have no solution at the moment, i must first reproduce the problem in my build.

fuwi

[jack_steel]

For your TrueCrypt problem i have no solution at the moment, i must first reproduce the problem in my build.

I used this TrueCrypt Plugin. Thank you for investigating!

Cheers from Austria
Jack

[fuwi]

@jack_steel

added this to TrueCrypts inf file, then it works:

[SetValue]
"QuickLaunchPE.ini", "TrueCrypt", "Executable", "%SystemDrive%\Programs\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.cmd"
"QuickLaunchPE.ini", "TrueCrypt", "Icon", "%SystemDrive%\Programs\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe"

fuwi

[jack_steel]

Thanks a lot!

This post has been edited by jack_steel: Nov 2 2009, 04:49 AM

[fuwi]

@jack_steel

a recommendation for the TrueCrypt plugin:

replace the original file association:

[Software.AddReg]
0x1, "Classes\.tc","","TrueCryptVolume"
0x0, "Classes\TrueCryptVolume\DefaultIcon"
0x2, "Classes\TrueCryptVolume\Shell\open\command","",""%SystemDrive%\Programs\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe" /v "%1""
0x2, "Classes\TrueCryptVolume\DefaultIcon","","%SystemDrive%\Programs\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe,1"
0x1, "Classes\TrueCryptVolume","","TrueCrypt Volume"

with this syntax:

[Software.AddReg]
0x1, "Classes\.tc","","TrueCryptVolume"
0x2, "Classes\TrueCryptVolume\DefaultIcon","","%SystemDrive%\Programs\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe,1"
0x2, "Classes\TrueCryptVolume\Shell\open\command","","%SystemDrive%\Programs\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe /v" """%1"""

otherwise you cannot open TrueCrypt containers (.tc) with doubleclick, if they have blanks in the filename (e.g 'my secret infos.tc')

fuwi

[jack_steel]

Thank you for your fast help! Everything worked, I had the Startup Plugin disabled now autorun is working well.

[Overburn]

Thank you for your plugin fuwi. Mainly I use XPE on all my DVDs, but I still use Nu2Menu on some of my basic CDs and this plugin is great.

[fuwi]

New version 1.7 of QuickLaunchPE

* up to 9 independent QuickLaunch Bar's with max. 16 Buttons per Bar
* QuickLaunchPE can be installed as shell (for spezialized BartPE-Projects with limited functionality, e.g. Diskimaging Backup & Restore CD's/USB-Sticks etc)

if QuickLaunchPE is the shell, an internal Startup group process the standard AutoRun*.cmd files
of your PEBuilder plugins (works like the autorun plugin in PEBuilder - please disable the autorun plugin)
supported are AutoRun1*.cmd, AutoRun2*.cmd, AutoRun_*.cmd, AutoRun9*.cmd an AutoRun0*.cmd in System32

more infos in readme.txt and plugin inf-file

Nov-27-2009: Update to v1.7.1 (some small bugs fixed)

Download the new version from my website

fuwi

This post has been edited by fuwi: Nov 27 2009, 05:38 AM

[fuwi]

Dec-17-2009: Update to v1.7.5 (some small bugs fixed)

Download the new version from my website

fuwi