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Careful when creating portable apps> Hidden files may still be stored!Slythfox (Homepage)
- March 21, 2006 - 8:32pm
I've noticed this: some programs that apear to work portably, actually leave behind files in: C:\Documents and Settings\*User Directory*\Application Data (it's a hidden file) and in other places. When developing apps, it would probably be best to make sure your application doesn't do that. Programs that do this: Thankfully it only does this to the folder of the user you are logged in as. »
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These do but...
they can be beaten. For Utorrent, you just need to create a blank file called settings.dat in the application's folder and from then on it will save the settings to the application's folder.
As for Notepad++ you just need to tell not to save history under the settings menu. This will stop it from making anything on the host machine.
As for Inkscape and USBOpera, I don't use these, but maybe someone else can help.
I used these two programs daily on many pcs and have yet to leave traces.
Hopes this helps.
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