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Running into a slight issue with a customization option for VSubst Portable

Submitted by GamecraftAdmin on June 14, 2013 - 7:59pm

I want to have an easy to find and edit way of changing what the "default" virtual PA.c drive letter is.

Current launcher.ini:
[Environment]
PAL:SubstDrive=B

[Launch]
ProgramExecutable=VSubst\VSubst.exe

[FileWrite1]
Type=INI
File=%PAL:DataDir%\VSubst.ini
Section=Drives
Key=%PAL:SubstDrive%
Value=%PAL:Drive%\

[FileWrite2]
Type=INI
File=%PAL:DataDir%\VSubst.ini
Section=General
Key=AutoStart
Value=False

[FileWrite3]
Type=Replace
File=%PAL:DataDir%\VSubst.ini
Find=%PAL:LastDrive%\
Replace=%PAL:Drive%\

[FilesMove]

Simple, Portable JDK + Eclipse (no download, tutorial)

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Submitted by pbpaperclips on June 4, 2013 - 1:45pm

Hi there!

I'm new to the PortableApps forums but I have been using the website (and apps) for ages.

I don't know whether this has been posted before (or if this is even the right section Smile ) but I wanted to share how you can very easily make an Eclipse portable app with the JDK.

Don't worry, I won't post a download link (that's technically illegal :D).

There are two ways:

1: Get a friend to get the JDK on his/her computer, copy over the files.
2: (The way we'll be doing) Get the compressed binaries direct from Oracle.

Here's how to do it:

Portable Everything?

Submitted by therock003 on May 13, 2013 - 5:32am

I'm trying to keep a clean system and avoid installations as much as possible but sometimes Ι encounter some necessary requirements that force installations of runtimes and 3rd parry drivers. Is there some way to implement those without installing them? For example the visual studio runtimes (vcredist_x64) is one i need right now.

directory move not happening when i change location--?

Submitted by sanji765 on May 12, 2013 - 2:42pm

hai,i am creating portable apps,i created 3 so far,but if i copy it to a new directory,then run it,the directorymove dosnt happen,instead,the main app recreates its settings on startup,so why this beahviour,if i run it from the same location,it works flawelessely.(it moves the data to and fro correctly)

outline=directory move gets broken if i change path(i.e the app is not portable)

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