Sherpya XPE USB

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Once you have a working bootable usb device using the instructions on Toms Hardware Guide.
Download the Sherpya XPE plugin and add it to your project.
Download my PEUSB plugin and add it to your project.

Modify the Nu2Menu plugin.
Delete the nu2go.bmp
This will change the BartPE Go button to the standard Nu2Go button.
Change <MITEM TYPE="POPUP" DISABLED="@SetMenuPos( 'L','B' )0" MENUID="Programs">Programs</MITEM>
To <MITEM TYPE="POPUP" DISABLED="@SetMenuPos( 'L','T' )0" MENUID="Programs">Programs</MITEM>
This will move the Nu2Menu menu button to the top and out of the way of the Sherpya Start Menu.

You will need to add some folders to your usb device for your apps and utilities.
The shortcuts in your start menu will point to these folders.
Use the following directory structure.

PEUSB
+--Favorites
+--Documents
+--Programs
      +--%ProgramName% (i.e. IrfanView) IrfanView Plugin

When creating or modifying your application plugins use my IrfanView plugin as a template.
The section you are interested in is...
[Software.AddReg]
0x2, "Sherpya\XPEinit\Programs", "IrfanView\IrfanView", "%PEUSBD%\PEUSB\Programs\irfanview\i_view32.exe"
0x2, "Sherpya\XPEinit\Programs", "IrfanView\IrfanView Thumbnails", "%PEUSBD%\PEUSB\Programs\irfanview\i_view32.exe|/thumbs"
The IrfanView\IrfanView Thumbnails is the 'FolderName\LinkName' for your startmenu.
The %PEUSBD%\PEUSB\Programs\irfanview\i_view32.exe|/thumbs is the link path to the executable.
The %PEUSB% is a place holder for the drive letter, this is what allows the shortcuts to be recreated with the current drive letter of your usb drive.
 

Once you have your project built and running on your usb drive, look for the refresh and rebuild icons.
You will need to double click on "Refresh", then "Rebuild". This will create the start menu shortcuts to point to the applications on your usb drive.
(Remember the drive letter may have changed, this will recreate the shortcuts with the correct drive letter.)