portable usb device and changing drive letter

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portable usb device and changing drive letter

Forum: Open Discussion

Creator: Jan Bessels

Created: 2010-04-26

Updated: 2014-09-01

Jan Bessels - 2010-04-26

I did RTFM and looked in the forum but can't find what I need. Here is my question:

I'm using keepass 2.10 and I've put my kdbx file on a usb stick/drive. I'm using it on multiple computers. Problem is that the drive letter for a drive changes most of the time. I know I can force windows xp sp3 to use a specific drive letter for it but thats not that convenient using it on multiple computers.

Is it possible to setup keepass so that it doesn't use a fixed drive letter like D:\Keepass\mypasswords.kdbx but instead uses the device serial nummer (or some other unique propertie of a usb stick) like %SERIAL=2877-3CA3%\Keepass\mypasswords.kdbx. This is for example possible in syncback Se.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Paul - 2010-04-26

Create a batch file (KP.cmd) and add this command:
%~dp0Keepass\mypasswords.kdbx %~dp0Keepass\mypasswords.kdbx
Note: there are no back slashes at the start of the command, they are automatically added by "%~dp0". "0" is zero.

cheers, Paul

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Alessandro_DS - 2014-09-01

Sorry: edited for error.

Last edit: Alessandro_DS 2014-09-01

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