Portable App Development

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The original PortableApps.comInstaller has a DownloadUrl cap of 2, meaning you can only download 2 files with DownloadUrl and Download2Url. This mod increases this cap to 10.

Hello community,

In some cases a program exists of more exe-files which function each separately, however together they form one program. For example I bring on the free music creator software PxTone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PxTone

It's a package containing 4 small exe-files, because next to a sequencer there's separate software for creating instrument voices and SFX and there's a player. (By the way: it's all portable by itself, however I don't know it leaves traces into the Windows Registry)

Hello,

I haven't dealt with the PortableApps SDK more intensively yet. Since I want to solve a certain situation with PortableApps and don't know if it can solve my special situation, I would like to ask here first.

I want to make a program suite portable. This suite consists of three or four equivalent programs (called A.exe, B.exe, C.exe and D.exe). All programs use parts of a folder structure under 'Local' in the users directory. All programs can be running at the same time and each program can write to the shared folders under' Local' data.

I am trying to portablize PotPlayer (a freeware audio & video player similar to AIMP: https://daumpotplayer.com/ ) and am having some success with it except for one issue. It writes a registry entry into HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION where there is already an existing key/value.

Hi, guys. Noob here. I really have searched the forum and SUpport for my answer but I can't find it, although I'm sure it must be right in front of me.
I also have a killer headache so, if it's okay I'd like to just ask the question. No offense intended.

I am an old school VBA/VB6 coder and need to make an MS Access app portable. Since I can't do that directly, I thought maybe I would convert it to VB6 with this: http://www.iriesoftware.com/

Hi everyone,

Since it's hard to make a good theme with the launcher of PortableApps, this is mine !

I can - if someone need it - compile it.

For now, that's only on my machine.

https://imgur.com/a/5MSoJ

Hi, everyone!
So, I have a problem with [RegistryKeys]

When I do so:
[RegistryKeys]
HKCU=HKCU\Software\AppName
It always work.

When I do so:
[RegistryKeys]
HKLM=HKLM\Software\AppName
It sometimes doesn't work.

I noticed that I have the same problem with Common Files folder (sometimes — not always) and I can't understand what it depends on.

I couldn't really see a section for Launcher themes so I just made one here.

To replace a default theme go to:
"PortableApps\PortableApps.com\App\Graphics\Chrome"
pick a folder, drag the image in and rename.

One of my favorite things with the Windows theme modding groups is the looking towards real world textures rather than just gradients and the like.
So I made a menu theme based on that.
https://imgur.com/a/GZkHV

Hello.

Why does Launcher take up so much RAM? Launcher has much less functionality than the application being launched. But Launcher requires RAM more than the application you are running.
https://pasteboard.co/HG7vjXt.jpg

For example
AkelPad.exe - 7 MiB
AkelPadPortable.exe - 40 MiB
ProcessExplorerPortable.exe - 38 MiB
ProcessExplorer.exe - 36 MiB