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Studies on traces that portable app leaves behind

Submitted by sundean on April 5, 2012 - 4:37am

Hi,

i am doing some studies about portable application in general to study the traces that they leave after use. I know everybody is saying that these application don't leave any trace. but i'm sure they will leave something somewhere.

Can someone help me to develop this subject.

Can you tell me names of some applications that can be used to see where an application(one of the portable application for exemple) create files or leave files somewhere, or put keys in register?like a tracer.

Thanks in advance.

CAD viewer app

Submitted by NZLowie on April 5, 2012 - 2:33am

Hi everyone, just discovered portable apps.... Great! At last I can set up my work laptop to do what I want.
Does anyone know of PDF editor app? How about a viewer for AutoCad or Microstation files (DGN) ???
I'll start combing the forum post to answer the many questions that are starting to form in my pea brain.

Thanks guys.

Automatic Start

Submitted by iTechNewsDaily on April 3, 2012 - 9:40pm

Ok, so I tried creating a autorun file for this and it didn't work at all. Is there any way to make it so when I plug in my flash drive, the PortableApps platform starts automatically? I don't want to have to go to the my computer, drive, start, and everything, I just want it to start up automatically when I plug in the drive.

An App that is not an .exe (jar) to the launch menu

Submitted by zerodamage on April 2, 2012 - 12:34pm

I want to add this one particular java program to my launcher. It is a Java app and has a .jar extension. If I change the extension to .exe it will show up but it will obviously not work. Is there a way to make this show up in my launcher? The fact that I cannot just create a shortcut annoys me.

For reference, this is the program.
Encryption Wizard.
http://www.spi.dod.mil/ewizard.htm

PortableApps in education

Submitted by fortisvir on April 1, 2012 - 11:22am

Hi there,

I am interested in providing the PortableApps software to students at the college where I work. A lot of students are not tech Savvy and can't afford premium software. PortableApps would be a pain free alternative for them.

Before I proceed can someone please confirm if using PortableApps in an educational environment would infringe on any terms and conditions/ license agreements?

Thanks,

Wayne

the creation of portable applications

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Submitted by jurabvg on March 24, 2012 - 12:17pm

Good day.
I am a student from Russia. I was advised, as your forum to find information for my graduation project.
and the topic is precisely this: the creation of portable applications.
To be honest, in practice, I did not come across them, is this. I would like to see the entire structure of a database application. as they are, work, and so on.
in my work I need to rassmotert three stiuatsii to create applications, namely to create a portable application in three different development environments and to compare between them.

Optimizing a Portable App.?

Submitted by averagePCguy on March 23, 2012 - 7:57pm

Does a portable program, any .exe type file run "faster"/"better" from a USB rather than on the hard drive its being run from.

If a app is on a USB drive and is run from there would it be just as fast if the portable app file was on the desktop (on the hard drive) of the computer the USB was attached to?

I realize the whole convenience of Portable apps is to run from a thumb drive, but i was just wondering about this.

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Also is there any difference between running an App from a thumbdrive or an external hard drive?

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