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traveler has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a need to always have a USB thumb drive assigned the same drive letter under Win32. For example, when the drive is inserted, it is assigned the letter U: (or some other) regardless of other drives attached at that instant. The script needs to be a service as it needs to work even if no user is logged in (especially if no user is logged in). I know scripts written with ActiveState can be installed as services, but looking at their docs and those from other sources, I cannot figure out where to start. Can someone give me some hints about where to start? (I am more a *nix programmer than a Win32 programmer which is why I am lost.)

Thanks!