Portable App Development

I would like to protect my USB stick but if i put all applications into a Truecrypt image, I can only use them, if I have administrator privileges which severely limits portability. On the other hand I would like to protect some of the applications, like Thunderbird or Sunbird, while the most could remain free. One possibility would be to install one portable app on a protected portion of the drive, others on the free part, but then you have two menus, making it not an elegant choice. It would like to be able to mount programs into the menu from a truecrypted image.

im new to portableapps, (GREAT software) is there an exe file that will create a portableapps installer file if i give it a portable app? it would be easy for me to be able to just make a portable version of an oss program and have an exe re-package it as a portableapps installer.
Please help me!!!

Topic clarified by mod Tim
was "Can u help a new guy out?"

Here's how to get Google Chrome Portable,

Requirements:

1. Latest Version of Google Chrome

2. Notepad

Time:
less than 5 min

Step 1

step3
open My computer and in the address bar
enter
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome
now copy the 2 folders to your flash drive
step 4
make a bat script with the code:



I've been working on a launcher for MediaMonkey and I want to make sure that I got all the registry entries. Below is the results of Regshot, can somebody take a look at it and make sure I got everything.

Thanks,
Devo

Regshot 1.8.2
Comments:
Datetime:2008/11/13 18:22:24  ,  2008/11/13 18:24:44
Computer:NOVA03 , NOVA03
Username: , 

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Keys added:297
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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{0632ED14-116D-4CB4-B5E6-2945C4193D81}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{0632ED14-116D-4CB4-B5E6-2945C4193D81}\LocalServer32

PeaZip 2.4 was released earlier today.
As hinted on this forum, I returned to number only denomination for releases.
Full changelog on http://peazip.sourceforge.net/

I find this portable app concept incredibly useful. I work in a computer test lab, so I have my desk PC's, home PC's, and hundreds of test PC's in a lab that I use. Being able to take my applications with me and use them rather than downloading, setting them up, and then using them in each location is awesome. I have only one complaint; I never know if I'm up to date.

When you go to install a Portable App through the menu, you still have to say you agree with where it's going to install it. Wouldn't it make sense to just have it install automatically without needing to know where if it is installing through the menu?

I mean, If i'm using the menu, there is only one place it should be installing to, shouldn't it?

You could have a command line switch to run between a normal installation and an installation through a menu, so that when run normally, it asks where to save it.

Does anybody know what launcher to look at if there is data in C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data?

Or what variable to use? I'm writing a launcher for an app that stores data there and in the registry.

Thanks

I've noticed that a lot of people have been requesting apps that are dependent on .NET framework. I found this on Sourceforge and was wondering if this could be integrated into the PA Suite. I don't know the licenses of .NET so I don't even know if this is legal, but I thought it would be worth checking out:

*LINK REMOVED*

Forgive me if this has been posted before, but I searched and didn't see it.

Hi Travis,
I don't know if this is a bug, let's call this a missing feature

You could choose Custom Colors in ConvertAll.

• Options --> Set background color --> Add to Custom Colors or
• Options --> Set text color --> Add to Custom Colors

These colors are saved in the Registry:

• HKCU\Software\Trolltech\OrganizationDefaults\Qt\customColors

Your launcher doesn't save and restore this key, it only deletes the key. So the Custom Colors are lost at next launch.