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SantoshV
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Doubt about some code

I saw this code somewhere
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CommandLineArguments=-appdatapath"%PAL:DataDir%"

So does the program assume Pal:DataDir to be applicationdata of the computer..

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No

%PAL:DataDir% is the AppnamePortable/Data/.
Its the data folder inside the main app folder.
PAL stands for PortableApps.com Launcher.

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Correct me here.. for example

Correct me here..
for example let me take opera browser.. It writes its settings to %appdata%.. So when creating a launcher of t app,i put the mentioned above code.. So now does opera write settings to %PAL:DataDir% instead of %appdata% when t launcher is executed????

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Config

Opera has a configuration option to write to a specific directory. Some apps do not. Those that do sometimes it is a config file (Opera), sometimes a commandline switch (VLC), sometimes an environment variable (FileZilla).

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yes

Thats what opera does because it has , as John already said, a commandline switch to change the folder it puts its configuration files in.

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Pls tel me about the other

Pls tel me about the other two.config and environmental variables... How do i find out if they are this type or other.. Using regshot or something else..

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You need to read the docs for the app, the FAQs for the app or the code for the app itself. Or ask the original app developers/publishers. You can't figure it out through use, regshot, etc.

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Now i understood a bit.. So

Now i understood a bit.. So if an app uses its settings from a config file use config/Commandline..

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