Portable App Development

Hi,

since years I use a few PortableApps (eg. zip, rename) for small things.
Since a week I use some PortableApps much more intesive:
- Notepad++ for PHP, HTML, CSS ...
- LibreOffice instead of MS Office
- Thunderbird instead of Outlook
- Filezilla instead of WS_FTP Pro
Yes, I did a hard break ...

Ok, now it seems that these programs have a stability problem: They crash, hang a minute or forget the settings (Notepad++/FTP). (all last versions under Windows 8, 8GB)

Is this because they are open source or portable apps?
Is it better to use the normal installation?

Just thought i would share with everyone that i have discovered a way to use the official programs and make them portable. With a small edit of where Java looks for a folder.

I am in no way taking credit for making these programs or games. I Love these games so much I wanted to make them completely portable with me, which happen to be extremely simple.

All i had to do was find a way to open the game and tell it to drop its files in a specific location. (Which Java made that easy)

Hi,

I made an app (.NET) which I want to be portable, free and closed-source. I do not have my own website yet. I have the .paf.exe ready. Also, there are a few other .dlls and other files which need to be installed which I could not add in the .paf.exe. How do I include this, and what are the steps for posting my app?

Thanks

I guess this question has been asked a number of times, but I would like some clarification on the subject. To talk by example, I will use a portable launcher I have created for msysgit.


[Environment]
HOME=%PAL:DataDir%\home
PATH=%PAL:AppDir%\PortableGit\cmd;%PATH%

[Launch]
ProgramExecutable=PortableGit\git-cmd.bat
ProgramExecutableWhenParameters=PortableGit\cmd\git.cmd
SingleAppInstance=false
DirectoryMoveOK=yes
HideCommandLineWindow=true

Hello!!! I am looking for an answer to my question for a long time
I have a simple game for the PC (original language is C++). I want to make a portable version of this game (without installation), so users can play it without having to install (at work, for example!). What technologies for creating and using portable games do you use?
I would be grateful for any answers.
Bazylio

Is it possible, that someone can offer some helpful examples for the usage of hooks? I am particularly interested in the hooks .onInit, Init and Unload. But certainly examples to the other hooks would also be useful. Or exists a website with appropriate tutorials?

Hello, with 'search' I find many entries for Winamp, but have difficulty in finding a final version. Is there one? Can it please be included in the Platform list of downloadable software? Thanks for the answer!

I have already done some fundamental statements in the past in my post Question regarding the registry on this topic. In this respect this post here represents only a supplement.

In this post I want consider the following code:

[Activate]
Registry=true

[RegistryKeys]
-=HKCU\Software\AppName

I'm using the latest edition of PortableApps Launcher and found this bug when developing Dolphin Emulator Portable. When I set "RunAsAdmin" as try (needed in Dolphin), the main executable Dolphin.exe gets the argument "UAC" passed to the program executable, in case of Dolphin, making the emulator won't open, only showing "unknow command line argument" message...

I analyzed in connection with the development of the portable version of the program Drago the switching of the language. Here I focused specifically on the case of the standalone version of the program. For better understanding I would first explain a few facts.

In the subfolder settings of the folder DefaultData I have inserted the file Drago.ini. In the section "Options" I have determined for the key "Language" the value "Hu" (Hungarian).

Subsequently briefly the content of the file DragoPortable.ini:

[Launch]
ProgramExecutable=Drago\Drago.exe