Portable App Development

I have no programming experience whatsoever. I'm familiar with a couple terms, but let's just say there's nothing.

I know the launchers are made with NSIS and I basically know what NSIS is - Nullsoft's install system, literally. But how hard is it to actually do the coding?

I have noticed that the Linux section has displayed 'coming soon' for quite some time.

Some links that should be put there:

http://portableubuntu.sourceforge.net/
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

There are many more versions of Linux made portable, both native and within Windows, which should be included as links.

Thank you.
daniel14linux

I use FreeCommander for desktop and like it better than windows explorer. So I went to the FreeCommander website and they have the application in portableapps format. I just thought someone might find this useful.

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

i have created a theme for the aple mac osx fans in order to be applauded for my work.
to get the theme please click the link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/221831025/Finder_Theme.zip

Skype Loader is a very simple application that just runs Skype as a portable app.

This is done by using the official skype.exe switches /removable and /datapath.

You just need to decompress the ZIP folder into whenever you want, and then copy skype.exe from your skype installation folder to the SkyePortable\App folder.

SETUP

0) Download Skype Loader from here http://www.zshare.net/download/58702177b503d9c3/

1) Download Skype from www.skype.com

2) Install Skype to your machine (this is required to get skype.exe application)

Application: Boinc
Category: ???

Ok,

I am currently wondering how i can Change the icon of my app that i have created.

I have made my Portable App using:

Universal Extractor
WinRar

using the SFX
so im just wondering how i can change the icon

Thanks,
FXTechDude

The future of Portable Apps Platform

To the programming author of this fine application I say what a great venture of possibilities you have enter into, and I would hope you would choose to pursue all facets of making this program a leader of all that shall soon follow, and trust me there are many on there way.

If so you now have the perfect window of opportunity to harness the vast users to a coming new age of software usage with your fine product and ingenuity.

I see a great move forward for this application since the first’s days back in 1999 with VMWare hitting the market.

Hello,

Almost a year ago I worked with the developer of an open source app to maker it easy to make a portable version. A while later I had the most recent version and finally went from test release to pre-release. The app was added to the "ready for release" page. When months crawled by with every now and then a new installer and launcher script I figured creating a new pre-release just to facilitate the updated installer/launcher scripts was not something I wanted to do, as it did work.

I looked at the post for making a portable app, but does that include being able to turn any app into a portable app just by using a launcher?

While looking through the forums I found an excellent program called format factory launcher. It seemed to take any old program an turned it into a PortableApp.