Portable App Development

I've been working on "mobilizing" NetBeans 6.8. I have got it running off my USB thumb drive in a PAF directory structure and just completed an initial launcher.
There are a few things I have to add to it yet, like file backups/restores, since this is my first launcher.
I could use some input though on a few issues before I go much further.

Could someone explain to me the differences between:

C:\Documents and Settings\Tim\Application Data
and
C:\Documents and Settings\Tim\Local Settings\Application Data

In my testing of portable applications I have found that many leave files/folders behind in:
...Tim\Local Settings\Application Data
which can be deleted without note

Some however leave files/folders behind in:
...\Tim\Application Data
which are backed up by Windows System Restore.

The implication is that Windows considers the files in:
...Tim\Application Data
more important\critical\worthy of backing up

Hi,

I have a commercial application developed for U3, and planning to move to PortableApps platform. Registration on my software heavely depends on U3 unique serial number. Is there any other way used by PortableApps developers to register / license software on device based scheme?

Hi All,
I am very new to this forum, please forgive me if I have posted in wrong forum, Mods you can move or remove my posting if it's in appropriate.

I have couple of queries.

[Query 1]: How to disable Win 7 Jump list and get the standard system menu back progrmatically? I searched a lot but could not find any Windows API?

[Query 2]: I have Windows Form created in Managed C++.... Does any of you know
How can I place a shortcut editor control in that (which would allow user to configure their own shortcuts for some operations)

[Query 3]: I have already read

The following is my experience in creating a PAF. I hope this to show any weaknesses in the process.

About the app
The app I am packaging is naively portable, but like most such apps it does not have proper separation of application and settings. It also has the capability of calling another program that has been packaged as a PAF, so I want to edit the default settings to point to the correct path.

First steps

Hi,

I'm a newbie in NSIS developement and I've few problems with registry.

I need to convert the following string "$EXEDIR\App\Chainer\VstPlugins" to hex values for import in the registry like that :

WriteRegBin HKCU "Software\Xlutop\Chainer\1.0" "VstPaths" xxxxxxxx

where xxxxxxxx must be replaced by the hex value of "$EXEDIR\App\Chainer\VstPlugins".

I've found the registry function ${registry::StrToHex} but I have no idea how to use it.

Here's my code :

${registry::StrToHex} "$EXEDIR\App\Chainer\VstPlugins" $var

Thanks you

Hello,

I have an app which should be started using
a batch file, rahter than an exe executable.
But have a problem with the line:

!define DEFAULTEXE "mybatch.cmd"

within/in my installer (nsi) script and it doesnt
work. How can I do such a task?

What all is planned for PortableApps in the future?

I know that there are more changes planned for the starter (suite).
Specifically I've seen the following features mentioned as planned for the suite:

• Some for of categories system
• portable fonts
• eXpresso or CAFE-like portable file associations

Further a universal launcher is in development, which is as far as I can tell intended to become the launcher used in all PortableApps.com releases.

Hello World!

I have made a portable version of FreeStudio, an awesome application which allows you to convert, burn, download of YouTube, etc.

For reasons of Copyright, I am not allowed to give you the actual files of this application but here's the guide on how to make it portable.

1. Download This : http://www.mediafire.com/?hktytdtmomy
That is the launcher files. Extract that where you will keep FreeStudio Portable.

2. Download FreeStudio : http://dvdvideosoft.com/download/FreeStudio.exe

Install this to C:\Program Files (recommended but not necessary)

Please pardon my lack of understanding here. I have developed an app (not Open Source) in a non- portable version, and have created a version in the lab for portable use. I believe I can get it to subscribe to all the PortableApps format requirements, but it wasn't clear to me whether or not the app itself needs to be Open Source.

Can someone please clarify what the Open Source requirement is that would allow my application to become part of the PortableApps community.

Thank you.