Let's add hacks to glue hacks together:
In case rosvboxmgmt is started with its current directory not being the directory where it is along with hackssign_client.exe, then autoassign fails finding the hackssign client executable and thus, fails assigning drive letter.
This is what happens when you starts rosvboxmgmt on boot with shell.
So, when using autoassign, first look for the location of rosvboxmgmt and set our current directory there.
This fixes rosvboxmgmt autoassign not working on boot.
CORE-10032
ROSAPPS-303
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Introduce another automagic thing. Instead of creating shortlinks once shared folders have been enumerated, just assign them a drive letter!
See it in action: https://twitter.com/HeisSpiter/status/685229912748371968
Choose the one you prefer for 0.4.0 :-)
CORE-10032
ROSAPPS-303
svn path=/trunk/; revision=70536
Add a new feature to the tool:
Let it auto start VBox Shared folders and to browse all the available shares in order to create shell links on desktop.
The purpose is to workaround the missing network shares discovery feature in ReactOS while keeping the VBox shared folders usage 'user-friendly'.
It has been designed specifically for the coming 0.4.0 release: just put it on autostart for the default user. If there are shares (even new ones), it will create links, if there are no shares, no guest additions, no VBox, it will just exit.
See it in action: https://twitter.com/HeisSpiter/status/684506579555741696
CORE-10032
ROSAPPS-303
svn path=/trunk/; revision=70500
Stack hacks!
Let's introduce hackssign. This application (and its associated driver) are here to allow
users to assign drive letter to their VMware/VBox shared folders.
It relies on two components: a client to communicate the instructions and a driver to execute such instructions.
Do not execute this application nor its driver outside ReactOS. There are barely no security checks nor sanety checks.
You could do substantial damages.
So, let's go back to shared folders state in ReactOS nowadays...
VMware
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Configure your shared folders
Install VMware Tools
Reboot
From here, you can access your share from cmd or explorer with UNC path (for instance: \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\ReactOS)
Go to C:\ReactOS\bin (or whatever, depending on your setup)
Execute hackssign assign z ReactOS vmware (for instance)
z is the letter you want to give, and ReactOS is the name of your share (you gave it in VMware configuration)
You're done, you can access your share with the Z drive letter
VirtualBox
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Configure your shared folders
Install VBox Guest Additions
Reboot
Go to C:\ReactOS\bin (or whatever, depending on your setup)
Execute rosvboxmgmt start
From here, you can access your share from cmd or explorer with UNC path (for instance: \\vboxsvr\ReactOS)
Execute hackssign assign z ReactOS virtualbox (for instance)
z is the letter you want to give, and ReactOS is the name of your share (you gave it in VMware configuration)
You're done, you can access your share with the Z drive letter
Note that you can delete an assignement by performing a hackssign delete z (or whatever drive you want to remove).
In such case, the share remains available with its UNC path.
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Add the "rosvboxmgmt" tool.
It's purpose is to allow to interact with the VBoxSF driver as we don't have working MPR yet.
In order to have UNC path available, all you need to do so far is rosvboxmgmt start. All the rest isn't mandatory.
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