Allow the form to open only inside the pen driver

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What I would like to do is identify my pen driver and allow the form to open only if the exe is inside it.

What I have tried:

Dim searcher As ManagementObjectSearcher = New ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_volume")
       Dim drive As Integer
       For Each wmi_USB As ManagementObject In searcher.Get()
           If (wmi_USB("SerialNumber")) = "1820527542" Then
               drive = 1
               Exit For
           End If
       Next
       If Not drive = 1 Then
           MsgBox("Error - The pendriver was not found!", MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "title")
           Me.Close()
       End If

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Posted 16-Feb-18 0:25am

RafaelFranckilin

Updated 1-Mar-18 3:25am

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2018-02-24T10:14:00

I'd suggest to use DriveInfo Class (System.IO)[^]

How to get list of removable drives?

VB.NET

Dim RemoveableDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives().Where(Function(x) x.DriveType=DriveType.Removable).ToList()
For Each d As DriveInfo In RemoveableDrives
    Console.WriteLine(" Drive name: {0} type: {1}", d.Name, d.DriveType)
    If d.IsReady = True Then
        Console.WriteLine("  Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel)
        Console.WriteLine("  File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat)
        Console.WriteLine("  Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", d.AvailableFreeSpace)
        Console.WriteLine("  Total available space: {0, 15} bytes", d.TotalFreeSpace)
        Console.WriteLine("  Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ", d.TotalSize)
    End If
Next

Now, you have to check if drive of Application.StartupPath Property (System.Windows.Forms)[^] is a removable drive.