Hello!
I have an application that I'd like to make portable but I have a few questions. This application has a strict licensing security feature that checks system hardware configuration/computer name (and no doubt registry keys), and records this information on their server when it is installed/registered (the same software process). When the application is run, the software checks this hardware/system information and compares it to the server to determine if it is allowed to run on that computer.
1. Can this type of program be made portable and/or is your software designed/allowed to be used on such a program?
2. If so, can the launcher generator still be used to create the file, and how would it work (since the program would need to be registered in the "virtual" hardware configuration of PA)?
I would be happy to provide more specific details about the program via PM!
Looking forward to your thoughts!
Thanks!
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as I understand, you want make a program that is definitely and 100% non portable to other 100% non portable program, so it still runs only on one physical machine, but runs from external media?
Where should be the advantage?
>(since the program would need to be registered in the "virtual" hardware configuration of PA)?<
what do you mean by that? Any kind of virtual machine?
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland
No actually I was hoping to be able to run it from my cloud drive on different computers (Dropbox), but make it believe that it is running from the same location (in terms of hardware and otherwise) using PA. Am I misunderstanding what PA does?
portable Apps sit not any kind of virtual machine.
Programs are simply modified so, that they have any special recources with them and when they need to use some places to store things, like in appdata or some parts of registry, those entries are removed when program closed correctly.
The programs are set up in a way that they mostly can be run from any computer without leaving any personal information behind.
see also : https://portableapps.com/about
If a program is locked to some particular hardware, it can not be run from elsewhere. Then it is not portable.
You can apply to let say VMware company, they might get then permission from the software manufacturer to design specific set up for you to be able to run such program from cloud storage. It will cost you $$$$
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland
Okay thank you!