how do you know what parameter an app uses to store files in the application data folder? EX: APPNAME.exe -PARAMETER
No i dont have the apps source cause its freeware 
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David,
Welcome to PortableApps.com
It would help to know what the app is so someone could still try to investigate.
Why are you so sure it uses any parameter at all?
Maybe it doesn't use parameters.
Again, knowing what the app is might help,
and again, Welcome to PortableApps.
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
haha im dbdii407
Na na na, come on!
Sorry
I didn't know it was you
When did you change?
I usually browse from home with images turned off so I did not see your Avatar/Icon and in a New Topic/Initial Post your signature doesn't show
Well, Welcome to your new identity
Are you David the second (JR) and your son is the third "III",
or are you the second David Dixon in the group
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
I changed about a week ago...
I asked John in the IRC Chat
My Dad Is Sr. Give Ya Any Clues
Na na na, come on!
I thought a "II" was a "JR" until there was a "III" then, Senior became "I", "Jr" became "II" and Juniors' kid became "III".
I'm so confused,
you need to have a kid soon so it all makes sense
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
Well i'm suppose to be jr. but my parents skipped that part
Sr -->
Jr--> IINa na na, come on!
Now if only we could get you to trim you sig file
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
usually you just experiment with things,
such as if you write a NSIS script somewhere in there before the app launches you would put....
System::Call 'Kernel32::SetEnvironmentVariableA(t, t) i("APPDATA", "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY").r0'and you would just change the "APPDATA" to something such as USERPROFILE or ALLUSERPROFILE it is usually harder to know the exact environment variable with freeware apps and easier for open source, because you can just go through the source.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
U and USERPROFILE just made my day! it worked! your awsome!
Na na na, come on!
messes up other apps.
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No this doesn't. all my portableapps and apps still save their data in there correct folders.
Na na na, come on!
no, it doesnt, it only sets the environment variable for the current app.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
It's setting an env var, that would globally change it.
I don't get how it works
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It tells the current application to use the new value as the environment variable, it does not actually modify the variable
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
Just so you know, if you go to start-->run and type %ALLUSERPROFILE% it takes you to the alluserprofile and if your app stores data in there, then you would substitute this one for "APPDATA"
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)