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NirSoft LaunchersSubmitted by prapper on November 5, 2009 - 8:23am
Application: NirSoft Online Installers: These are online installers that will download additional files during setup. Download BlueScreenView Portable 1.15 Development Test 1 [596KB download / 352KB installed] Download ChromeCacheView Portable 1.21 Development Test 1 [596KB download / 289KB installed] Download CleanAfterMe Portable 1.36 Development Test 1 [597KB download / 328KB installed] Download CurrPorts Portable 1.76 Development Test 1 [596KB download / 352KB installed]
Download DevManView Portable 1.0 Development Test 1 [603KB download / 286KB installed] Download FavoritesView Portable 1.25 Development Test 1 [592KB download / 336KB installed] Download InstalledCodec Portable 1.10 Development Test 1 [593KB download / 324KB installed] Download IPNetInfo Portable 1.19 Development Test 1 [592KB download / 336KB installed] Download LiveContactsView Portable 1.06 Development Test 1 [600KB download / 372KB installed] Download MozillaCacheView Portable 1.26 Development Test 1 [593KB download / 297KB installed] Download MozillaCookiesView Portable 1.27 Development Test 1 [595KB download / 280KB installed] Download MyEventViewer Portable 1.25 Development Test 1 [592KB download / 328KB installed] Download MyUninstaller Portable 1.55 Development Test 1 [595KB download / 283KB installed] Download OpenedFilesView Portable 1.46 Development Test 1 [605KB download / 299KB installed] Download PasswordFox Portable 1.15 Development Test 1 [601KB download / 340KB installed] Download RecentFilesView Portable 1.10 Development Test 1 [592KB download / 320KB installed] Download RegFromApp Portable 1.20 Development Test 1 [593KB download / 324KB installed] Download RegScanner Portable 1.80 Development Test 1 [594KB download / 336KB installed] Download ShellExView Portable 1.45 Development Test 1 [592KB download / 348KB installed] Download USBDeview Portable 1.46 Development Test 1 [592KB download / 356KB installed]
Download WirelessKeyView Portable 1.28 Development Test 1 [594KB download / 336KB installed] NirLauncher: Release Notes:
2009-11-12: Added
2009-11-05: Initial release
Notes: If you have Firefox Portable installed in the default location (X:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable) FavoritesView, PasswordFox and NirLauncher are configured to find it on first run. Although these installers all have version numbers, they should be good for future updates. Just run the installer again to get the latest release. Tested with: Acknowledgments: ( categories: )
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I like it
These are really useful. You might want to check out the Nirsoft Launcher. It provides a GUI and nearly all the utilities in one package.
Yeah, I've been looking at
Yeah, I've been looking at that. I prefer them as separate apps, I have to say, but it does have it's advantages (easier to run with command line options, instead of editing an INI, for one). From what I can see though, he's planning on integrating the Sysinternals stuff into it. Even ignoring the EULAs, some of those things are definitely not portable, especially by this site's standards. The only thing it won't do is the drive switching (which the ones above will) but not many of them need it.
Thanks for testing BTW, some more coming soon
From what I've read and using
From what I've read and using it, the user has to manually add the Sysinternals stuff. The launcher is just set up to integrate them. This is a user option, so it wouldn't be forced upon the user and then there wouldn't be a problem with portability. I think it might be beneficial to take a look at the launcher and see how much work it would actually be.
The NirSoft launcher is easy
The NirSoft launcher is easy to put into the PA.c Format. As everything is in same directory, it's just a mass move of the CFG files back out to Data\settings. There's just the question of which of those files to do the 'adjust drives' on. Are you familiar enough with them to list them out? Is the official launcher something you'd prefer in PAF?
Unfortunately I haven't
Unfortunately I haven't looked into the cfg files. Maybe that's something I could help you out with. I think the official launcher would be a great thing.
There is one thing I did that might be nice to have but could be hard to implement. I put each program in its own folder and adjusted the ini for the launcher. All the cfg files remain in the folder where the program is located. This just may be my OCD, but I find the folder structure easier to work with.
Neutral
The config files have the same root name as the utility, they have a .cfg extension, and they live in the same directory as the utility.
If there isn't one, the program starts fine, uses default settings and then creates the config file upon quitting. A user can return any of the programs to default by deleting the .cfg before running the program again.
After looking at several, they appear to be drive and directory neutral (they don't mention anything either way).
There might be some that don't fit this pattern. He does say (and I've seen) that some older ones use the registry. Evidently, just like any other programmer, he has developed the way he does things, and as he turns his attention to a particular utility, it gets updated with all the latest routines. So some of them might still be back in the horse-and-buggy days instead of the automobile.
neutron1132 (at) usa (dot) com
Configs
If you've got all the programs configured and pointing to where they should, you could just search the CFG files for text containing ":\". SearchMyFiles is great for this
Not impossible with some (a lot!) of post install code but, as the directory structure of the app changed between beta 1 and 2, perhaps it'll change again so it might be better to wait until it looks settled before attempting to manipulate it. If at all.
I'm with you on that one
(I mean that I am a fellow sufferer!)
Did I not read that he'd left those out of the Launcher for that reason?
Age limit
Yes, he says he has an age limit for his automatic program to gather up the individual utilities to make the package.
He was explaining why some utilities don't appear in the package.
neutron1132 (at) usa (dot) com
Right, I forgot he had an
Right, I forgot he had an updater in there too. I haven't tried that yet. That would probably mean no messing with the directory structure then.
Added some more
See release notes.
NirLauncher 1.01
Uploaded the NirSoft Launcher. The only apps that have drive switching are the two above that need it (FavoritesView and PasswordFox) and, as with the standalones, they're configured to find your Firefox Portable if it's in the default directory.
If you find any others, post them here and I'll update it.
Latest Nirsoft Updates not installed
I checked the Nirsoft Nirblog dated 11/15/09 and it listed 9 "Utilities updates in the last week". I checked 3 of them ShellExView, USBDeview and MyUninstaller after installing NirLauncher today, and all were the older versions. I did not check the other 6 utilities but I do not believe they were updated as well.
M Weisberg
NirLauncher Updates
I hadn't looked into the NirSoft Launcher update process but, in trying to answer your question, I just gave it a go.
Am I just missing something here? How on earth does it do this? Or was I dreaming?
I'm guessing that if you just installed NirLauncher Portable and it downloaded the ZIP file, if the updated versions are not in there, then there's nothing I can do here. It's up to him to put the updates in the download.
If you run the standalone installers again, they'll download the latest ones. I know MyUninstaller isn't here yet. I'll upload the latest NirSoft updates next week. They're sitting here ready to go.
Yet More
See release notes.