Portable App Development

Is there a way to get the PortableApps Launcher to generate a nsi file?

I have an old program I am trying to make portable for myself. Everything is working great, except that for in an ini file, I need to put in the short path (i.e. PROGRA~) instead of the full path.

If the launcher could output a nsi file, I could just add the /SHORT option and re-compile, but I wasn't sure if this was even possible.

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In the Guerrilla guide, it is suggested that .Net and Java aren't ideal. (at least that is how I read it).

What is the most common platform/IDE people develop apps in for PA?

I've been developing my skills in a cross platform IDE called RealStudio. Is this a viable option for PA pursuits?

I wish that someone would make a simple converter that took an existing u3 drive with apps that run on Sandisk and would convert it to work with Portableapps thus the end user would be able to just switch over to this menu system.

We’re an online newspaper based in Sussex UK looking for an app development partner. Ideally we’d like to work with someone who can develop a mobile app for our newspaper. In return we will provide the content (news, features , competitions etc) . Advertising and sponsorship revenue would be shared and perhaps we could explore working together on other collaborations.

I'm working on updating my old AutoHotkey launcher with PAL. I've come to a bit of a roadblock though.

The easiest way I can think of is to store AutoHotkey.ahk (the default script AHK.exe will run) as well as a "ScriptSupport" folder in Data (to store any icons or supporting .ahk files the user might require). AutoHotkey.ahk will be moved to %documents% and the entire directory of ScriptSupport will join it.

JKDefrag portable v. 3.36 was made obsolete long before the release of JKDefrag, or should I say, MyDefrag, v. 4.3.1, on May 21 of this year. As a concerned user of this program, I believe the time has come (and gone, long ago) to update it, especially now that it has been optimized for use on a flash drive.

link is here:
http://www.mydefrag.com/index.html

I just came across a big problem in the Spybot S&D thread again, which should be addressed once and for all — if anyhow possible: Windows’ “Special Folders” like %APPDATA% or “All users Application Data”.

Windows addresses special folder locations via so-called CSIDLs, and starting from Vista, it uses what we call KNOWNFOLDERIDs. It is vitally important to use these instead of trying to hard-code stuff like

i cant understand how to make an app portable ive been trying cant really find a way to make any programs portable i would really love to know

I've been trying to get a working copy of Scribus 1.3.9, and I've run into an issue where when I start ScribusPortableTest.exe, scribus.exe gets started like it should, but it doesn't do anything, other than use up my memory - taking it to 100% in no time. Here's my launcher.ini, properly named of course: http://pastebin.com/k3KQ3Zdu

If that isn't the issue, could someone take a look the package for me, and tell me if I'm doing something else wrong that's causing this?