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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Writing Pre-Set registry & files settings Question

Submitted by GothicDeath on January 13, 2011 - 7:52am

Ok. I have this all about working know. But still having a little problems. Got a few apps that I need the presetting to write/over right the files & to registry before launch of app and then backup after launch and written to the "data" folder.

I have the need files pre-set files & the portableapp.reg key in "app\defaultdata" folder. I need that information to be place back in reg and the files to be placed in a specific location and read on launching app.

What do I need to add to the launcher ini to do this?

Thanks

A RunAsAdmin 4th option - try_once

Submitted by lwc on January 9, 2011 - 7:17pm

There may be cases where admin privileges are only needed for optional (and possibly very specific functions of) sub-programs or plugins of the main program. That is, cases where the main program doesn't need it. In those cases, it's a major no-no to keep bothering the user. A try_once option would only ask the question one time.

installer.ini might be an alternative place for such an option.

Please consider this.

DefaultData in PortableApps.com Launcher?

Submitted by lwc on January 9, 2011 - 9:29am

Whatever I put in DefaultData does not get copied to Data. Am I supposed to manually trigger it in launcher.ini? If so, the help has nothing about this.

I did find this unlinked part in v2.1's Segments:

Settings: Management of Data\settings and copying default data from App\DefaultData to the Data directory

[Resolved] PortableApps.com Launcher Generator files not found

Submitted by JMC_78 on January 8, 2011 - 12:25am

Hello

I have downloaded this PortableApps.comLauncher and this nsisUnicode thing
and i have a app which i am trying to make it portable
i have downloaded a template and did follow the help as far as possible

now i had some problems
some are more or less solved and some not and maybe more problems will come :)) (who knows?)

first there was a problem between the PortableApps.comLauncherGenerator and the NSIS thing
i placed the PortableApps.comLauncherGenerator in a folder and the portableNSISunicode in the same folder

Portabilize windows fonts

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Submitted by Ph4n70m on January 7, 2011 - 8:32am

Hello.

I want try to portabilize "Age of Empires II" (and his expansion), for my personal use only. I know that it may need admin rights to write some keys in registry, but I don't care about it. The problem is that the game install some fonts on system and I don't know if it's possible to portabilize windows fonts.
Is that possible using PortableApps Launcher?

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