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October 4, 2010 - 1:31pm
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Emka
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Apps for Java Portable Launcher

Hi!
I'm wondering about the information on the Java Portable Launcher. It reads:

Java Portable Launcher does not portablize the settings of all your Java programs within JAR files. Some JAR apps will either store their settings alongside the JAR or provide an option to store the settings portably. Other JAR apps will look to the user.home setting and store data there. The launcher configures these to use your portable device for settings storage.

Does that mean that the launcher cannot portablize all Java apps (first sentence) or that it can portablize all Java apps (last sentence)?
If the first is true, does anyone know or have a selection/database of Java apps that can be portablized?
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October 4, 2010 - 3:00pm
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Depends on the app

The way I read it is this:

It doesn't portabalise all java apps that come in *.jar (first sentence).
It does redirect the user.home variable to your usb drive and so it portabalises all apps that use this variable to store their settings.

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October 5, 2010 - 11:48pm
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Hum,...

...and how do I know that an app can be portablized? I assume I have to test myself. Or does anyone here have some experience with the launcher and some apps?

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October 6, 2010 - 5:20am
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yes

You'll have to find out by yourself. I use Regshot Portable for monitoring what an app does.

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October 17, 2010 - 5:02pm
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I Think You Might Have Read The Quote Wrong

"Java Portable Launcher does not portablize the settings of all your Java programs within JAR files."

It's saying that it doesn't modify the JAR's themselves to become portable. (Note the keyword "within")

"Some JAR apps will either store their settings alongside the JAR or provide an option to store the settings portably. Other JAR apps will look to the user.home setting and store data there."

This is what JAR's normally do.

"The launcher configures these to use your portable device for settings storage."

This is what the PortableApp does, it takes what they would normally do and configures it to go on your portable drive instead of wherever.

At least, that's what this seems to be saying to me.

Do deedy do...what?

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October 24, 2010 - 4:45am
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Oh right, I think I get it

Oh right, I think I get it now. Still, I would be thankful for a database of java based software that works really portably with this launcher.

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