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Making portable version of BPFTPserver

Submitted by lado on September 3, 2007 - 2:48am

I attempted and partially succeded to make a portable version og BPFTPserver.
However I do have one problem (for which I couldn't find a solution in the forum or elsewhere):

I have a legal copy of BPFTPserver, so, naturally, I'd like to run it registered. The registration information for it is stored in HKLM/SOFTWARE/BPFTP Server/Key entry. I am not able to figure out how to set (I suppose) the launcher, that it'll enter the correct info into registry on launch of app and remove it when app is stopped?

Any help/suggestion will be appreciated.

Regards, Vladimir

[Theme] Arita 2600 - Retro

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Submitted by MrElchbau on August 31, 2007 - 7:54pm

Hello!
Just now I've finished (never!) my PAM-Mod-Theme called Arita 2600 (please be quiet, no one exept Prince could choose his name). I've worked hours and hours and weeks to present you this retro-styled artwork which is not so cluttered and bulkey like my brain or room Wink Nope, I found it under an old newspaper near to a ragged shoe under my desk.

Preview & Download

It's for R29 and above.

folder tweaker

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Submitted by tipra.wicked on August 31, 2007 - 5:43am

i came across this software called folder tweaker on the following site

Folder Tweaker

and found it usefull(its freeware) as it allows me to change the background and icon of any folder.I was using activ Icons previously but it doesnot allow me to change the background.so could anyone plz make me a launcher for it(folder tweaker) as i tried it, but being a newbie to nsis i couldn't.

How to make Photoshop cs3 portable?

Submitted by jazzrock71 on August 29, 2007 - 4:10am

Hello everybody, I've just found this forum, I'm new.
I would like to create a portable version of photoshop, because I don't want to install the program on my working place PC.
I'm interested in the whole version, not a reduction (I don't mind if it takes 500 mbytes), the most important thing is that I don't want to install it on there.
I've installed cs3 on another PC, and .... then? What should I do?
Do I need another software to detect which register have been changed?

many thanks to everybody in advance
jazzrock

What about JAVA?

Submitted by mostacholoco on August 29, 2007 - 1:12am

Hello everyone Smile

Although i'm a portable applications fan i'm quite new at this developing stuff. I've found a couple of java applications (simple jar files) which i found interesting. I've been thinking about how I can turn this Java apps into portableapps.com format.
However, I imagine I am not the first who thought in this so I wanted to know how can I do (using the portableapps.com way) to find and load the javaw.exe. Once I get the path the rest is quite easy.

Command Prompt Portable

Submitted by rab040ma on August 27, 2007 - 1:53pm

One of my frustrations when using a command prompt on a different machine is not having the file name completion functionality set up. It's usually turned off. I can turn it on with /F:ON (I think) in a batch file, but the control key to use (I prefer tab) is specified in the registry.

I know I wouldn't want someone else changing my preference permanently...

So I'm asking if anyone else has already worked on this sort of thing. Maybe you know of a way to set it -- like color or prompt -- that works just for one invocation?

NEW USB splash with fade out and transparency effect

Submitted by Keviin_ on August 27, 2007 - 8:36am

Hi everyone,

i've made a modified version of Tim Fehlman(dailycupoftech.com)'s usb splash screen. this version has fade out effect and allows you to set transparency.the transparency settings can be changed in the Splash.ini

i've also include a splash that i've made in photoshop with the .psd so you can easily make one your own ;). you can always use a different image if you don't like mine. source code(.au3) and everything included. you can change the colour of those laser effects on photoshop too Wink and remember to replace my logo with somthing else ahha :D.

Basic custom directories and indexing support in PAM

Submitted by José Pedro Arvela on August 26, 2007 - 1:36pm

This is a idea for supporting custom folders on the PortableApps Menu and allow a much more improved identification and indexing support.

The idea is to have a little file (called customdir.ini) on each folder. The next example shows an mockup of what could be in the Documents Folder (# represents that the following text in that line are comments for explaining how it works):

[CustomDir]
folderid=docs #sets an id to the folder, that way PAM can identify it.
foldername=Documents #defines which name should came up on the menu for that folder

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