The app I'm trying to portabilize (Baralga) only requires that the variable "user.home" be overridden. I currently do that with a simple Windows shortcut that executes:
$ javaw -Duser.home=Data -jar baralgaXXX.jar
I have been trying to create a PortableApps launcher but run in to a problem since executing the JAR directly does not allow me to pass the -Duser.home parameter and I can't execute javaw.exe directly because the launcher wants to find it in the App folder. I cannot be the only one to have this issue so I was wondering if somebody could point me to an app or something that would explain the best practice for portablizing Java jars in this way.
Thanks for your time!
Aaron
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Is that variable a Java variable or a system variable? Is user.home the same as Window's %HOMEPATH% or %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% variables?
Open a command prompt and execute the following if you don't know what I mean.
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%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% is the same of %USERPROFILE%, no?
I did the 'set' command at a command prompt and just picked up on the first two I saw alphabetically. Missed that one.
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