Astronaut Client on a USB drive

A USB flashdrive is meant to be moved from one computer to the next, so environment variables will not be constant. To install the Astronaut CPRS client package and use it successfully from a USB flash drive, you will have to use the method for installing to a protected environment (i.e. edit all connection shortcuts to use values instead of environment variables).

Install Astronaut clients to the USB drive

In the example below, I will use a USB drive on F:

• Create an Astronaut folder on your USB drive (e.g. F:/Astronaut/).
• Run the Astronaut_clients installer. (Currently, this works best if the Astronaut_clients.x.x.x.x.exe installer program is located on (and run from) the hard drive, not the USB drive.)

• Astronaut VistA Host Name or IP Address (use default if unsure): 192.168.0.73

Note: Use the URL or IP address of your own VistA server (or virtual machine containing the VistA server)

• Choose Install Location: Destination Folder: F:/Astronaut/VistA

Note: Use the drive letter of your USB drive, of course.

• Choose Start Menu Folder: Select the Start Menu folder... : AstronautUSB

Note: It is important to use a separate folder name (such as AstronautUSB) for the shortcut folder to distinguish it from the folder used for the Astronaut clients installed on the hard drive (because the shortcuts will all be different). Later these USB drive-oriented shortcuts will be copied to the USB drive itself.

Move shortcuts to USB Drive

The Astronaut client installer creates shortcuts in 3 different locations:

• In a global Start menu folder (C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/AstronautUSB/ in Windows 7, for example)
• In a local Start menu folder (C:/Users/yourWindowsusername/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/AstronautUSB/ in Windows 7, for example)
• On the local desktop (C:/Users/yourWindowsusername/Desktop/ in Windows 7, for example)

Copy (or move) the shortcuts from these 3 locations into the F:/Astronaut/ folder on your USB drive. (Personally, I only copy the shortcuts from the global Start menu folder.)