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bill_gagliardi
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Need help using the PA Launcher

I've used the Launcher serveral times successfully, but just ran into an issue. I tried using the Launcher manual located at https://portableapps.com/manuals/PortableApps.comLauncher/, but had trouble understanding it (I have issues with comprehending what I read). I'm trying to make a portable version of TeraCopy v2.27 for personal use, but got an error. The end of the error log file is below.

Loading language strings... (macro:!echo:3)
Initialising variables and macros... (macro:!echo:3)
Loading segments... (macro:!echo:3)
warning: !include: could not find: "C:\Portable\PortableApps\TeraCopy Portable\App\AppInfo\Launcher\Custom.nsh" (Segments.nsh:122)
warning: !include: could not find: "C:\Portable\PortableApps\TeraCopy Portable\App\AppInfo\Launcher\Debug.nsh" (Debug.nsh:87)
Specifying program details and setting options... (macro:!echo:3)
Error while loading icon from "C:\Portable\PortableApps\TeraCopy Portable\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico": can't open file
Error in script "C:\Portable\PortableApps\PortableApps.comLauncher\Other\Source\PortableApps.comLauncher.nsi" on line 152 -- aborting creation process

It looks to me like it's looking for custom code. I don't however understand why. I used PortableApps.com_Application_Template_2.3.zip to get the correct directory structure, and "borrowed" the appinfo.ini, appicon_16.png, and the appicon_32.png from another portable app. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'll apologize in advance if I am a little slow to understand.

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For starters, are those

For starters, are those intentional line breaks in your paths between "TeraCopy" and "Portable", or do you actually have spaces in your paths?

While I don't think it will break things, it is generally good practice to not have spaces in your app's root folder.

If you look at each line of the report, the two lines looking for Custom.nsh and Debug.nsh only report warnings - those files are looked for, but it is fine if they are not there. The error is only happening when looking for appicon.ico.

Did you copy over the appicon.ico file as well as appicon_16.png and appicon_32.png?

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Um...

Damn, I missed it completely. I also didn't notice that when I originally used the TeraCopy paf, that I found here in the past, it separated TeraCopy and Portable in the folder name. I would have used the PAF I mentioned above as a guide, but it wasn't in true PAF format. It just dumped all the files in \TeraCopy Portable.

I remove the space mentioned, and created an appicon.ico. Then I re-ran the launcher and it worked. Smile Thank you so much for your help. Peace...

Bill G.
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appicon.ico

As winterblood mentioned, you're missing appicon.ico.

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