Portable App Development

I have created a PortableApps.com Format launcher for Game Maker 8.
It can be downloaded here http://www.box.net/shared/7hiqcx9kry
Please note that this package does not include the atuall Game Maker 8 files.
To use this with game Maker 8, follow these steps.
1) Us the above PortableApps.com Installer
2) Download and install Game Maker 8
3) Go to the directory where you installed it, highlight all the files by click&drag
4) Right-click>>copy those files, then go to the following folder and right-click>>paste once you are there

I know the installer subtracts the deleted App folder in its space calculation and refuses to run if there isnt enough space available. However, today I updated my Turborisk on my 1 gb drive and it said:

Space required: 27.0 MB
Space available: 18.2 MB

It installed correctly after I hit Install but it still looked weird to me. Internally, the numbers must add up as it didnt gave me a "not enough space on drive"-warning. Maybe there is something one could do to display the numbers correctly?

Currently the PortableApps.com Launcher uses the Data\settings directory for two things; the AppNamePortableSettings.ini file and any registry files.

In the current situation, a [DirectoriesMove] line should not be used to move the settings directory because [RegistryKeys] is parsed later, and registry files are in Data\settings, so if you move it they aren't there and no settings will be loaded.

There are two ways of fixing this:

I'm been wondering this for a while, is there a reason why we don't use Symbolic Links for our launchers?

It would help a lot in terms of speed when using the rename + copy, copy again + rename method most of our launchers use.

Instead of copying once, and copying again, create a symbolic link and remove it.

Hi!

First I'd like to say Thanks for the Excellent work you all have done!

(I don't know if this is the right place to ask or if it has already been asked. I searched quite a bit.)

I'd like to "suggest" that instead of reading all the directories for apps at launch time, could a "list" of apps be loaded from a manifest type of file?
This file would contain all the same information that the launcher scans for upon startup.

When things get stale you could update it by selecting Update App List from the Manage Apps menu. Just like Update Icons.

I was thinking of getting one of the following netbooks from Maplins I know its got a low hardware spec the attraction is the 30 hours internet per month.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=394361

Whats the odds of running Portable Apps from a USB flash drive or SD card on Wince version 6.0.
Thanks in advance

I'm working on Process Hacker right now; it's going pretty well, except for a driver that is leaving traces in the Registry. I could use a [ServiceN] section to handle this, but support for handling services & drivers is currently disabled in PAL.
Is there a way I can re-enable that support so I can get Process Hacker Portable fully portable?

Thanks!

computerfreaker

P. S. In case it might help, here's the entire [ServiceN] section:

Hi all,

I am trying to portabilize software with Chris Morgan's PortableApps.com Launcher 2.0 and so far have been successful with three apps which do not need any registry entries but only need to move around files. The launcher is really great and it was a breeze to make software portable so far.

Hi,

i have installed Freemind on my pc and copy on my PortablesApps's USB key.

It's a free mind mapping software which i work with everyday.

This application run ok on my key. Is it possible to add this application ?

Frremind page

For normally installed applications in Windows 7, if you middle-click on the task-bar icon of the application, you get a new instance of that application. I miss that functionality for PortableApps.com apps, especially for Firefox Portable. Is this difficult to do? I wouldn't mind adding a few lines of code on my own if adding this feature leaves data on the computer or something. But I need to know how to do it, if it's possible.

thanks

PS: I read on lifehacker that you can disable the splash screens, how much does taht improve load times, if at all?