When using TB/Properties/Server Settings/Local Directory a specific drive letter is specified for the folder path. For TB on a desktop or laptop this is fine but for PortableApps TB is there a way to specify the PortableApps TB folder path with the system changing the drive letter to match the location of the flash drive PortableApps is on for the machine it is running on. PA is a great app but when the flash drive is plugged into different machines it is not always assigned the same drive letter. It can be E on a basic machine or G, N, O, etc. depending upon the configuration of the host machine. In each case the TB folder would have a different drive letter for its path. I have been away from programming so long that I have not come up with an idea to solve this as yet and would appreciate any help.
For those reading this who are not familiar with PortableApps you can read about it at www.PortableApps.com. I use it constantly for college classes I teach.
Thanks all.
JamesSoCal
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do not bother too much.
If you start the PTB with the launcher and install do not change anything on the structure it will find the local folders by itself if you stuck it into an other computer. The path will then be updated.
Those are the small things why portable apps are not simply a copy of the desktop apps
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland
Couldn't you look at the source of the PA launcher to see how it solves the problem as well. Sources are contained within Thunderbird Portables Other/Source folder.
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