I want to make this program portable - http://justgestures.com/download/. If i extract the setup file with 7zip the program can be started from JustGestures.exe and it is working fine, but the problem is that it saves the settings in C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local, i am using Windows 7 x32.
What can i do to change the path for the settings folder? Do i have to edit JustGestures.exe and if yes how to do it?
These are the files from the extracted setup file:
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/2686/1nh1.jpg
Thanks!
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If you are lucky JustGestures will have a command line parameter you can pass it that will change where it saves its data - this is the simplest possible way to do what you are wanting to do. Usually the easiest way to tell is to run
AppName.exe -hfrom a command prompt, although there is a strong chance that an option exists but is not documented in the command line help.Otherwise we don't modify executables and can't really help with that. The way we make our apps portable is that we create a wrapper executable (usually referred to as the launcher) that handles anything necessary to make an app portable.
There is a bit of a learning curve involved at first, but if you are interested in doing it the PortableApps way there are a lot of resources here on the site (primarily under the Development section) and a lot of helpful developers around as well.
Just note that while we are happy to help you with making freeware portable for your own use, if you were to post it here you would need permission from the creator of JustGestures. Your other option is to actually make a request in the Request Apps sub-forum, but you more than likely will not see any results from that as many developers won't go to the effort for an app that requires .NET (we currently don't consider .NET apps for official release, although this is due to change some time in the future).
I don't think the program has any command line parameters. When i type justgestures.exe -h it just starts the program.
I tried to use PortableApps.com launcher to make the program in portable format and i succed to create a portable launcher but when i start the launcher i get this error:
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9635/l26j.jpg
It seems that it can't find some JustGesturePortable.ini file, but i don't know what this file must contain. In the folder structure template i downloaded there is no sample of that kind of file. I downloaded the template from here: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/portableapps/PortableApps.com_Applicati...
Also, from the log that it shows after the creation it shows that it can find these two files: Custom.nsh, Debug.nsh - and these two files were not in the template also.
This is the whole log: http://pastebin.com/Yurcd6Vv
And this is my appinfo.ini file: http://pastebin.com/rrn4bPSA
This is my folder structure:
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3794/u56r.jpg
I will appreciate any help!
I fixed the error that i was getting. I created this line in JustGesturePortable.ini and now it is working:
ProgramExecutable=Just Gestures\JustGestures.exe
But how to change the location of the folder where the program saves the settings. I created a folder JustGestureSettings in Data folder and i create this line in JustGesturePortable.ini, but it is not working:
config=C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Just Gestures=E:\PortableApps\JustGesturePortable\Data\JustGestureSettings
How to make the program save settings in the new location? I really need help with this!
What does JG do that your browser (possibly with an add on) can't do?
I'm more of a shout at the screen than gesture person myself
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JustGestures works not only on a browser but on all Windows programs.
It saves me lot of time. For example, if i want to close a window instead of pointing to the red square in the right corner i just make Down-Right gesture. If i want to delete a file just select the file and make Left gesture.