Call it lazy or what ever, but is there a way I could short cut the apps to the root directory of my USB drive so that no matter what drive letter the drive is named as the shortcut will still be valid? Right now for FireFox I have the short cut as E:/.../.../PortableFireFox.exe, but if I go to another computer with a differe number of drives, it could be named F: or G: and then I have to click 3 more times to get to it; I supose it's more of a 'can it be done' because the few extra clicks aren't realy a bother.
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Look At PStart on this site
It is an awsome program that is kinda like a start menu for anything.
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Otherwise if you have the default file structure (noted in the readme) just pop the PFF.exe on the root of the drive.
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If you use a different file stucture edit the ini file (noted in the readme) and put it next to the PFF.exe
Here is what i do...
Make a New shortcut and point the target to wherever the file is.
For example: F:\portableapps\someapp\someapp.exe
Now that the shortcut is created right-click on it and click on "properties" look for a field with the label "Start in" then all you have to do is type "%root%" (without the quotes) and you'll be able to start anything you want in your root drive! The great thing is you won't have to start an app just so you can start the apps that you want! It should work when you switch drive letters and what not.
Happy apping!
Awesome, thanks guys; works like a charm cyber.
cyberpunksi suggestion did not work for me. My two Win2k machines give different drive letters and shortcuts work on one not the other. Still trying to make this work. Perhaps the suggestion only works on XP?