Is it possible to set up the individual portable apps so that all of the settings for all the apps are stored in PortableApps\Data?
I have looked for what needs to be done for each portable app but cannot find the information. If someone can point me to this I would appreciate it.
Thank you.
- Rob
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You'll need to use an .ini file for each of the apps to pull this off. There's plenty of info on the subject in the readme files.
...and why on earth did you name this thread "backing up settings"? It has nothing to with backing anything up.
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The ReadMe states "All must be a subdirectory (or multiple subdirectories) of the directory containing FirefoxPortable.exe."
That implies it cannot be in PortableApps\Data at the root level but must instead be in subdirectories of the directory containing FirefoxPortable.exe.
This is related to backup as one can just backup the PortableApps\Data directory without having to go into subdirectories of each app; this is done in the suite.
- Rob
Put FirefoxPortable.exe and FirefoxPortable.ini etc. into a directory. Now make a Data subdirectory under that directory that you want to use for all your apps. Since everything is relative to *Portable.exe, you can put in the INI (using FFP as an example):
Now do the same for all your other apps, following the INI templates in *PortableSource (if all the settings aren't set, the INI won't work, so it's best to start from the template).
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That worked sort of...
I had to drop the Other folder into the directory PortableApps. Now what happens if another app has an Other folder? Drop the contents of the Other folder into the main Other folder?
Also the help.html will not be unique.
Uggg!
Any suggestions of what to do with the Other folder and the help.html?
Thanks for your time.
- Rob
If I'm reading this correctly, you want to put all of your data into a directory so that you can just back up the folder and it's done?
That's not an easy task since the apps want the data in their own directories.
It might be better achieved to have a folders.txt file which lists which directories should be backed up:
\PortableThunderbird\Data
\PortableFirefox\Data
\My Documents
Then have a script parse the file and back up those folders. Kixtart is a great free scripting language and could do this type of stuff with ease.
None of the Portable Apps even require the Other folder to exist. That folder just contains the source code for the launcher and a readme telling you where to get the source for whatever app you're using (Firefox, Thundebird, etc.). If you want to keep it, you can just drop all the contents of the Other folders into one folder. There won't be any name clashes, seeing as how each app names the folders differently. PortableThunderbirdCode, PortableFirefoxCode, etc.
You also don't need help.html.
In all the apps I use, I've deleted both Other and help.html and they still work just fine.
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