After using the latest PortableAppsCreater to package DVDSlideshowGUI the final
product DVDslideshowGUIPortable.exe (my naming) fails with the following error:
Windows cannot find "I:\DVDSlideshowGUI\I:\DVDSlideshowGUI\DVDslideshowGUI.exe".
Packaging other programs give the same type of error.
I suppose that step "Shortcutinformation" is the cause of this problem.
Here are 2 fields:
1. Get location of program to run:
I entered "I:\DVDSlideshowGUI\DVDslideshowGUI.exe" because I could NOT enter a path, but had to enter a file.
2. Get the location for the launcher:
Again I could NOT enter a path but had to enter a file WITH path (entering DVDPortable.exe resulted in I:DVDPortable.exe)
Here I could not get rid of path information so I surmise this is the source of the final error.
I suppose that this is the analysis of the bug, unless I made a mistake somewhere (if so could you point out what I did wrong, please?).
Respectfully yours..........Eke (EkevanBatenburg2009@live.com)
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The supported method for creating portable apps is the PortableApps.com Launcher in the Development section of the site.
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I don't understand. PortableApps.com Launcher only launchers applications that is already in the correct format. The launcher cannot do what portable apps creator can, which is creating portable apps from any executable file.
The Portable Apps Creator package did a very imperfect job of attempting to automate portablization of apps. Nearly every app you try to package would be broken and not fully portable in multiple ways. Plus, it was made using AutoIT, so it had issues with false positives in multiple antivirus engines. In the end, you wind up with a very broken app.
The best way to really make sure you have a fully portable app is to use the PortableApps.com Launcher. You use RegShot Portable to determine what settings a given app uses. And then fill in the appropriate information into the app's launcher INI file to not only move that information to/from the local PC's registry or hard drive, but to adjust all the paths in those files so everything works as you move around.
The PortableApps.com Launcher can portablize FAR better and far more applications than Portable Apps Creator could.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!