have a complete portable apps setup on the laptops HDD, as well as on my USB stick - this way i can always have the very same setup in both places, well syncronized.
i also found quite a few portable progs that work well directly off the HDD, maybe a bit slower, but with less problems and overhead than 'installed' versions.
what i have NOT succeded: i want the platform to autostart with windows, so it is there and ready after booting. i have tried many systems, it actually shows up in my autostart folder - but it does not start!
anybody ever tried the same and managed it properly?
any tips, any suggestions?
greetings - heinz -
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If internal, you can just create a shortcut to Start.exe in the Startup folder and it should just work. If external, Windows may try and run it before the drive connection shows up, which is an issue.
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sorry john, not sure what you mean with internal and external, please. are you referring to the HDD? which is internal. and moving start.exe to the startup folder is what i had done, does not work. it does show up there, though.
greetings - heinz -
If you move Start.exe to the startup folder, it won't work, since it can't find the rest of the platform. Start.exe has to remain where it's installed (in the same directory that contains the PortableApps and Documents directories). You need to create a shortcut to Start.exe within the Startup folder. You can click and drag Start.exe to Startup and hold down CTRL-SHIFT as you release it to do that.
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