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Making a portable copy of NVDA that start Automatically (self.Blind)
submitted by illegitimatecommish
Hey all, I was wondering if there was a way to create a portable copy of NVDA on a USB that starts automatically when you plug it into a computer? I have a user that would like to use NDVA, but locating the executable for it without screen reading software on a computer can be tricky. We are using narrator to help out in the mean time, but a portable, automatically starting version of NVDA would be great!
wilcjames 5 points 1y ago
I work on setting up new computers all the time. If I need to use NVDA, I usually plug in the drive and bring it up this way:
1. Press Win+R.
2. Type drive letter, colon, backslash, nvda.exe. I would start with D and work my way up. You will know which drive is the correct one by the error sound, and again with the NVDA sound.
Hope this helps.
1. Press Win+R.
2. Type drive letter, colon, backslash, nvda.exe. I would start with D and work my way up. You will know which drive is the correct one by the error sound, and again with the NVDA sound.
Hope this helps.
retrolental_morose 3 points 1y ago
Windows doesn't allow autorun like it used to. if you start the drive label with a number, though, pressingWin+e will either bring up the recent file list or put you direct into the "this PC" section(which you can get to by typing "this pc" into the addressbar if not). From there, it's a simple enough matter to press the number of your drive's label, then enter, then N for NVDA assuming it's on the root), then n again to choose the NVDA executable and enter a final time.
MostlyBlindGamer 1 points 1y ago
You can use Win+R and type "1:" and Enter to get straight to drive 1, bypassing the uncertainty of the computer's configuration.
retrolental_morose 2 points 1y ago
I can't do that on win10. :(
MostlyBlindGamer 1 points 1y ago
Hm. I assumed your "number instead of letter" tip would work and opened my E drive. Let's take it step by step, to make sure we're on the same page.
1. Press Windows plus R to open the Run dialog;
2. Type the drive letter and a colon - in my case "E:":
3. Hit Enter.
I'm not on the computer anymore to test the number thing, but this works perfectly for the letter drive.
1. Press Windows plus R to open the Run dialog;
2. Type the drive letter and a colon - in my case "E:":
3. Hit Enter.
I'm not on the computer anymore to test the number thing, but this works perfectly for the letter drive.
retrolental_morose 2 points 1y ago
well yes it works for the drive letter because Windows uses letters for drives already. The rationale behind numbering them with labels is that you can't always know which letter is free, so you can't just run e: and assume you're in your drive on an unknown machine. The chances of another drive being labeled numerically is far slimmer.
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