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Access Gmail Drive through C# .NET

First, let me tell you about Gmail Drive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMail_Drive Now what I want is to store some data in a text file or so, timely to this GMail Drive. I am looking for your help on how to do this. I would appreciate alternatives…
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How to avoid AutoCAD DWG file being renamed and recreated during save?

I edit DWG files on my virtual drive, created with Cloud Filter API. When I edit DWG file using AutoCAD, the file is being renamed and than recreated. Here is the sequence of operations in file system when I save a file in AutoCAD: I tried several…
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Virtual block device backed by multiple files

On Linux (say, Ubuntu/Debian) I would like to create a virtual block device (let's say /dev/mapper/myvbd ) that is backed by a bunch of files on the user's home (say /home/myuser/myvbdfiles/file[1...100] ). If it were a single file I could do it…
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Subst Drive On Startup Cannot Be Found While in Admin Cmd (Windows Cmd)

I have a .bat file in my startup folder that is creating a new drive via the command subst W: D:\WorkDrive When I access a command prompt running as admin I cannot find the specified drive. While if I was to run the same command on a non-admin cmd I…
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Out of space on NTFS disk after a series of same-sized files creation/deletion

I've ran into a really weird problem while working on a large project. I write a bunch of same-size files on a partition (tried both RAM disks and virtual disks created via diskmgmt.msc). When there is not enough free space to fit another file (as…
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Making(programming) virtual drives on windows XP

Ahoy, I'd like to mount a "virtual drive" myself on Windows XP, I guess using the windows API. What I thought about would be like a server interface, meaning explorer.exe would send "queries", like, list directory, or get file through a pipe or…
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PSDrive with SQL authentication fails: "Could not connect to"

Redacted script based on this article: SQL Server Authentication Using a Virtual Drive # Set the SQL Server instance name and database name $SqlServerInstance = 'myServer.MyDomain.local\myInstance' $DriveRoot =…
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JNA library initialize problem in dokany java file system

Currently we are trying to adapte dokany-java (written by @jhult) repository to our project. Our goal is to use dokany virtual drive but the problem is library is not initializing in our project and also repository's example main is not working…
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Rename folder with overwrite deletes the source folder in Cloud Files API

I am creating a virtual file system using Cloud Files API. I am trying to implement rename/move and delete operations for folders. The rename folder with overwrite scenario (when the target folder exists) behavior is confusing. In Windows Explored I…
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Is there a way to unmount a virtual drive in case a foreign process or user tries to access it?

My employers asked me to find a way to make a service that runs when a virtual drive is mounted and checks if either the user or a foreign process tries to access it, in case it does, the service should notify the the software responsible for…
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How to add a virtual driver like CD Emulation in Windows Explorer

I'm not familiar with kernel driver development, so I want to know if there are other easy ways to add a virtual driver like CD Emulation in Windows Explorer.
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How to list files from virtual (subst) disk in groovy?

I love groovy. It is very powerful script, and we use it everywhere. Recently on Jenkins server where we are trying to get some files that resides on the virtual drive, created by subst command. The problem is that it seems that groovy does not…
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How to implement BoxCryptor like Virtual Drive

I am trying to replicate BoxCryptor behaviour for our company needs. What it does : Createas a new network drive X:\ which behaves like a decrypted model of the choosen to encrypt folder. Each file created in this drive is encrypted and stored in…
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List drive created by truecrypt programe

I am writing a program by MFC. I need a list drive is created by truecrypt. But I don't know to detect when a new virtual drive is created by truecrypt? Can you help me?
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Detect when a new virtual drive is created

How can I know what trueCrypt volumes are mounted on a computer? Note I already know what files can be mounted. In other words the only volumes that can be mounted are: C:\Vol1.tc, C:\Vol2.tc and C:\Vol3.tc. How do I know when a volume is…
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