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This will enable students at Penn State using public labs to run SL, keep up with the frequent updates, etc.

You must save this batch script. A batch script is just a text file, so you can copy this script into any editor and save it as RunSL.bat:

(NOTE: This file is attached to this post as RunSL.txt. You can download it and then you MUST rename it RunSL.bat. Or, you can just copy and paste this script into any word processor that can save files as text files. Make sure you save it as a text file, but name it RunSL.bat)

: This script will launch Second Life.

: When SL is closed, it will delete temp directories that cause PSU Lab problems.

: For this script to work, the folder containing the Second Life application

: (SecondLife) must be in the same directory as this script. 

@ECHO OFF

ECHO Please leave this window open.

ECHO IGNORE ANY "Profile Storage Space" MESSAGES YOU SEE!

ECHO Now launching Second Life...

ECHO. PAUSE CD /d %~dp0 CD SecondLife

START /wait SecondLife.exe

RMDIR /q /s "%APPDATA%\SecondLife"

ECHO.

ECHO Second Life is closing. Now cleaning up your temp files...

ECHO.

PAUSE

CLS

EXIT

Student directions: The batch script named RunSL.bat will launch Second Life when you launch it. When SL is closed, it will delete the SecondLife temp directory that is stored on the C: drive in the Documents and Settings folder. This will keep the PSU labs at UP from forcing the user to manually delete these files, as the user's file storage space quota is exceeded when Second Life runs. Second Life runs fine without these temp files.

For this script to work, the folder containing the Second Life application (SecondLife) must be in the same directory as this script. You cannot change the name of the Second Life folder, or the names of anything inside the Second Life folder.

If you are running this off a Flash drive, install Second Life (download the software from http://secondlife.com) directly onto the Flash drive (~70MB), copy this script onto the Flash drive in the same directory, and run this script to launch Second Life.

The Second Life application is frequently updated, and most of these updates are mandatory. If you launch Second Life and must update it, please follow the directions Second Life provides. Make sure you have enough free space on your Flash drive (~100MB) to perform a successfull update.

Note: these directions are attached to this post as Running Second Life from a Flash Drive.txt . You can download these directions and keep them for reference.