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If you have a flash drive which tries to load Lauchpad, it will not work on a public computers such as the stations you use at school or in a public library.  These drives must install software on the computer before they can be used.  However, the company has had so many complaints that they now have published a "removal tools" which allows the flash drive to function.  If you prep the drive on your home computer using the directions below and downloading the removal tool to your home computer, you can make the drive useable on school computers.
  1. If you’ve used the device before, make sure you’ve gotten everything off of the drive you need. You’ll be reformatting it. (The application may have an option that allows you to keep the data - I don’t remember - but better safe than sorry.)
  2. Plug in the drive - the U3 launchpad will load. You can close the U3 tour program and whatever main window pops up if you like, but leave the U3 launchpad icon in the system tray enabled (i.e. don’t exit the launchpad application entirely).
  3. Download SanDisk’s U3 Launchpad Removal Tool (opens in new window) - as the site says, make sure the USB device is plugged in and Launchpad is still running.
  4. Run the tool, and choose the option which completely removes U3 and formats the drive.

These steps must be performed on a HOME computer because Launchpad must load successfully before you can run the removal program.