I added the Quake 2 demo to my thumb drive by copying the Quake 2 Demo folder onto my thumb drive into the PortableApps folder. Everytime I try and launch the game from the Portable Apps Menu, I receive the following error: "Could'nt load pics/colormap.pcx". The weird thing is if I actually go to the folder and launch the exe this way, it works. I tried creating 2 different exe files (created a batch and converted it to exe) that would then load the Quake 2 exe instead of the Portable Apps Menu actually loading it. This worked once, but when I ejected the thumb drive and stuck it back it, it didn't work anymore. Here are the batch file commands I used when I created the 2 exe files that would then load the Quake 2 exe (the solid lines seperate the two batch files...didn't want to use quatation marks since they might be confusing):
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START quake2.exe
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@echo off
echo Launching Quake 2 Demo
cd .\Quake2\
..\..\PortableApps\Quake2\quake2.exe
REM Tell the user that the game has exited
echo Quake 2 Demo as exited
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Both work perfectly as batch files and exe files, but I receive the following error when trying to launch the "START quake2.exe" exe from the Portable Apps Menu:
"Windos cannot find 'quake2.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search."
I receive the following error when launching the other exe file:
"Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx"
I know my batch files are very crude. I just want to know how to launch the Quake 2 demo from the Portable Apps Menu (figured It would be great to be able to do this for all th future application I add to my thumbdrive like this that have trouble).
PS. Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I don't really know what this should be classified as since it deals with the Portable Apps Menu and another application not really supported for this use.
Its fixed in the beta release! https://portableapps.com/node/8450