My request is, at best, more of a modification of the existing menu. Basically, I wish to utilize the directories of my cellphone-formatted SD Card with the PortableApps Menu. If I could get a version that allowed me to change the directory links [e.g., Documents, Music, Pictures, etc.] to a custom folder location, that would be great!
Here's the typical layout [at least for Verizon]
Root
-media
-my_Flix [Videos]
-my_music [Music]
-my_pix [Pictures]
-My_sounds
Would this be too much trouble?
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In an upcoming release, you'll be able to customize the locations and names of these directories in the PA.c Menu. These will be used by Platform-aware apps as well.
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in a phone? What operating system has such phone? Or is it a kind of virtual machine in it or emulating or how do you use it actually?
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland
This is purely speculation on my part but I think that the OP merely uses the SD card on a PC, not on the phone itself. However, the SD card has some directories created by the phone that he/she wishes to use in conjunction with portable apps being used on a PC.
yes understand, sometimes getting kind of slow...;-)
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland
if the catagories can be setup to mirror.
Don't be an uberPr∅. They are stinky.
I did a bit of looking, and found that Geek.Menu has the capability to change the directories by editing English.Locale [..\PortableApps\geekMenu\App\Locale\english-us.locale]. You can add the following to make it work:
[FORM_MAIN]
LOCATION_DOCUMENTS=$HOSTDRIVE$:\media
LOCATION_MUSIC=$HOSTDRIVE$:\my_music
LOCATION_PICTURES=$HOSTDRIVE$:\my_pix
LOCATION_VIDEOS=$HOSTDRIVE$:\my_Flix
I did it with the G.M install on the SD card, I'm using, and it worked pretty well. But personally I like PA better, as it's smoother, and not as... old!!
Could this work for PA, also, since Geek.Menu is an ancient branch of PA? [..\PortableApps\PortableApps.com\App\Locale\english.locale]
@John T.Haller: I'm assuming that PA will have an "Advanced Settings" feature? Coolness! Looking forward to whatever you got in store for us!
@ottosykora: DarkBee pretty much nailed it! I use PA on my laptop, but wish to use the directories that my phone saves pics, vids, and sounds to.
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