ImagiPass as a fully portable application

Like any other Windows application, ImagiPass can be installed locally on the hard disk of a family PC. When it is installed on a local hard disk, ImagiPass is permanently available on that system. You can then run ImagiPass on that PC, connect to the Internet and enter passwords.

But at times you might very well find yourself away from home using a host PC not equipped with ImagiPass, and still need to enter passwords. This is why ImagiPass is entirely designed as a fully portable application that can also be installed on a USB flash drive. You can then take the USB key with you wherever you go, plug it into any available PC, and run ImagiPass from the USB key. Note that when you launch ImagiPass from a memory flash drive, no entries are made in the registry or system of the host PC. And when you unplug the USB key, no data are ever left behind by ImagiPass on the host PC.

Currently, there are two types of memory flash drives: ordinary, and U3-smart flash drives.

When you plug an ordinary flash drive into a host PC, it is automatically added as a logical drive to the system. The USB key drive can then be used as any other logical drive from that PC.

U3-smart flash drives have an additional feature: they include a secure hard-coded area that functions very much like a portable operating system with its own Launchpad, menus, and installed applications. Accordingly, U3-smart flash drives are more flexible and user-friendly.

ImagiPass can be installed on both ordinary, and U3-smart flash drives.

How to install ImagiPass on an ordinary flash drive

If ImagiPass is already installed on your PC, go to Step 3.
If ImagiPass is not already installed on your PC, use the standard ImagiPass setup file, and install it locally on your PC.
Create a new folder on the flash drive and name it ImagiPass.
Copy the contents of the ImagiPass folder on your PC (by default, "C:\Program Files\ImagiPass\") to the "ImagiPass" folder created on the USB drive in Step 3.

How to launch ImagiPass from an ordinary flash drive

You can launch ImagiPass from an ordinary USB drive in several different ways:

Basic manual method:
1. Run Windows Explorer (or any preferred alternative file manager).
2. Display the USB logical drive.
3. Open the "ImagiPass" folder on the USB drive.
4. Run "ImagiPass.exe".
Smarter "auto-run" method:
1. Open the Windows NotePad or any other alternative pure text editor. Create a file named "autorun.inf" with the following contents:
  
  [autorun]
  OPEN=ImagiPass\ImagiPass.exe
  ICON=ImagiPass\ImagiPass.exe
  ACTION=ImagiPass
2. Save this "autorun.inf" file to the root of the USB drive.
When this "autorun.inf" file is present on the USB key, and you plug it into a PC, Windows will automatically pop an AutoPlay window up asking you to confirm the launch of ImagiPass. Click "OK" and ImagiPass will appear in the Windows notification area (system tray).
Third-party solutions:

A number of free or paying utilities available on the Web create a GUI and menus to launch applications installed on USB keys. Here are two such freeware utilities:

"PStart" (http://www.pegtop.de), and "Portable Start Menu" (http://www.aignes.com/psmenu.htm).

Note. Before unplugging an ordinary memory flash drive from a PC, it is preferable to shut down ImagiPass first. Right-click the ImagiPass icon in the Windows notification area (system tray), and choose the "Close" command from the popup menu:

How to install ImagiPass on a U3-smart flash drive

Installing ImagiPass on a U3-smart memory flash drive is as easy as ABC. Simply download the U3-smart setup file of ImagiPass from our site, and execute it on your system. Follow onscreen instructions.

How to launch ImagiPass from a U3-smart flash drive

When ImagiPass is installed on a U3-smart USB drive, there is no need to launch or close ImagiPass manually. ImagiPass will be launched and closed automatically by the U3 Launchpad when you plug or unplug the U3-smart USB drive.

For more information on U3 please visit the home site of U3. There you can buy a U3-smart memory flash drive if you'd like to.

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