How to make portable software?
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How to make portable software that is compatible with PortableApps.com?
Hi Folks,
I've made quite a bit of progress towards a working Game Maker 8.1 PortableApp, however, have one issue:
Game Maker appears to store the license under %APPDIR%/Local/GameMaker8.1. Ideally, I'd like for this to be stored on the USB Key but it is ok for PortableApps to push the directory and key temporarily and remove them.
I've tried several methods, but expert advice would be helpful.
Thanks!
I have finished creating a portable version of Trillian 5.3 that works.
It does have some rough edges though, and I could use some advice from the
pros on here that actually have a clue what they are doing (because I do not).
The obstacle I have is that on a Windows 7 system, a Trillian installation puts stuff in:
\Users\\AppData\Roaming.
I need to know how to force the launcher to create that structure under the Data area (TrillianPortable\Data) on the portable app host.
Hi. I'm having this problem where the theme doesn't load properly and reverts to default when the drive letter changes, but all the other settings are changed properly as the drive letter changes.
First I tried re-installing the theme, but the chrome-webstore thought it was already installed. So I reset the theme to default from settings, and restarted chrome(It didn't seem to do anything otherwise), and re-installed the theme with no problem, but It didn't fix the problem.
The portableapps and portableappsdev SourceForge projects have been upgraded to the new Allura open source system for managing projects. As part of the upgrade, the repositories have changed. The old repositories are now read-only.
Details and info on migrating are here:
https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/community-docs/Repository%20Upgrade%20FAQ/
Development Toolkit (Hg)
Old: http://portableapps.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/portableapps/developm...
New: ssh://YOUR-USERNAME@hg.code.sf.net/p/portableapps/development-toolkit
Estimados
Desde hace un buen rato tengo una consulta... Cómo puedo hacer un progrma portable del tipo PortableApps.com.
Tienen algún VideoTurorial sobre este tema.
Desde ya muchas gracias,
Atte.
RjveraL
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Dear
For a long time I have a question... How I can make a program portable of the type PortableApps.com.
They have a Video turorial on this topic.
From already thank you very much,
Sincerely,
RjveraL
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Just an idea if its possible run portable apps on a android device because there has been rumors that you can use a flashdrives with portable apps and run the apps on it, weird but if this is true I would love to use this feature. Just drop in on my micro SD card.
How can I make a portable app use the same reg key every time it runs. That is, any changes made to the key by the app itself should be discarded when the app is closed.
I cannot use [FileWriteN] because the value in the key is very long. And, the app writes random values to the key so I do not know what to "Find".
The other option would be to first delete the saved reg files in Data\settings every time the app runs, I'm assuming the reg files in Defaultdata will be used then. Is it possible to delete files in Data\settings ?
Hi, I'm quite a fan of this site and everything you can get here. It is really awesome to be able to bring my apps with me wherever I go. But I was wondering if something else could be added. You know about those folder shortcuts on the sidebar? Is it possible to change those to link to other folders, or subfolders the way the Windows Start menu has it? That would be a bit more useful to me, since I'm more organized than some.
THANKS!