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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Search for a Registry Value

Simeon's picture
Submitted by Simeon on July 31, 2008 - 8:36am

I know that it is rather easy to search for a registry key with the Registry plugin but doesn anyone know a methode to search for a registry value?

My problem is this:
PopMan can be set to autostart with Windows and it does that by writing a registry value called

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run:
PopMan: "J:\PortableApps\PopManPortable\App\PopMan\PopMan.exe -minimize"

Sorry, but how do you make a program portable?

gluxon's picture
Submitted by gluxon on July 29, 2008 - 10:08pm

HOW DO YOU MAKE A PROGRAM PORTABLE!

Sorry for being so dumb but I can't find a tutorial anywhere on portableapps.
I really like the idea of making an app portable but I just can't find out how.

I know that john gave a short guide here, but it doesn't tell the whole process.

Is there a guide anywhere? Please post a link here.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[subject modified by mod Tim]
was:
Sorry, but I just have this one question...

Not launching- and other issues . . .

OliverK's picture
Submitted by OliverK on July 28, 2008 - 2:58pm

Discussion on IRC failed to lead to any answers, so . . .

I have a couple of projects I'm trying to do

  1. TiLP or TiLP2 Portable
  2. TuxGuitar Portable (sorry Patrick)
  3. Virtual PC Portable

TiLP/TiLP2
Requires
GTK Redirect
&APPDATA% Redirect (I think)
Problems
Doesn't Launch
Help Being Requested:
Could anybody tell me how to get the thing to launch?

TuxGuitar
Requires
%USERPROFILE% Redirect
Problems
Doesn't Launch
(Earlier version didn't accept the redirect)

Toolkit for rapid portable apps developpment

Submitted by pir on July 27, 2008 - 7:14am

Hello,

you can find here my toolkit for my own porable apps (I call them "pocket apps"). I developped this basic toolkit two years ago. At that time I was deeply impressed by PortableApps suite but unfortunatly my favorite apps were not available (gvim, unison and jbrout). SO that I start my own "fork" of PortableApps suite to fulfill my needs.

Code for portable shortcuts

Submitted by alanbcohen on July 26, 2008 - 11:35am

While checking the forums at the 'other church', I noticed that m^(2) posted a program that creates portable shortcuts. He has a link to download his 1.0 version with source under the WTFPL, Version 2 license. Your guys are more experienced with license rules than I am, so I'll leave it to you to determine how to best use that information.
Here is the link to the forum thread:
http://portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3640

Menu Idea: Multi Menu

digitxp's picture
Submitted by digitxp on July 24, 2008 - 5:40pm

My flash drive was crimping for space so I moved my development and Media software to the flash drive my dad gave me when he came back from Omaha. Now I have 2 drives I use simultaneously and only one menu. Afterwards I was looking at Outlook and realized that the menu, when launched, if it's a diff. drive, it could be possible that another expeandable pane could be implemented into the menu. The menus would run independently of each other, just if another instance of it exists that is not in the same location, the original instance would allow switching to the new instance and vice versa.

Tutoria

digitxp's picture
Submitted by digitxp on July 23, 2008 - 8:29pm

In band, I got bored and my mind dozed off to video and DVDStyler Portable which reminded me of CamStudio which reminded me that lots of people want to know how to develop apps. So I thought- why not make a video?
So the video would show this stuff:

  • Choosing the app
  • Downloading
  • Get Regshot
  • Shot 1
  • Install to local
  • shot 2
  • etc...

I'd do it if I had enough time, but summer is really absent minded...

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