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Portable App Development

Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Simple idea could improve stealth or PAs

Submitted by cde on April 4, 2007 - 12:22pm

Since portable apps leave Prefetch data, would it be worth renaming the launchers to something generic such as "start.exe"? I am pretty sure that the prefetch files relate to the exe's name, not the app's "true" identity.

This could lead to host machines being clear of evidence that startportableapps.exe and all of its brothers & sisters were launched on a certain time/date, which is surely a good thing?

Or maybe I am missing something?

CHDIR: Parent

Submitted by sgt-d on April 4, 2007 - 12:08pm

i am reworking some of my own software so that they work from the PortableApps menu.

problem: when you click a link on the menu, it does NOT change to the directory that contains the exe.

for example:

B:\PortableApps\StartPortableApps.exe
B:\PortableApps\Sample\Test.exe

if i manually change in to the sample folder and double click test.exe it runs FROM the sample folder.

but if i launch test.exe from the PortableApps Start Menu, it is NOT changing to the sample folder --- instead it is running from the B:\PortableApps\ folder, the same location as StartPortableApps.exe.

Splash Screen Usage

Submitted by Patrick Patience on April 3, 2007 - 10:29pm

John, this is basicially a question for you, nobody else can really answer this, but only give an opinion.

You made the launcher for Micrsoft's On-Screen Keyboard.

Well, as my first portableapp, I suggested to someone else last night to try to make something simple like a launcher for Microsoft's Calculator.

Well, then I said, hey, why I don't I give it a shot.

FireFox Portable Suggestion

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Submitted by SmithTech on April 3, 2007 - 7:03pm

I would like to suggest the option be added to the ini file to make Firefox Portable the default browser.
Its only about 12 registry entries.
I realize its an advanced option but really only advanced users are gonna be messing with the ini file anyway.
Also there seems to be some interest in running the portable version from the local hard drive as their main browser.
I run the portable version but haven't gotten around to editing the registry to make it the default.

.paf format questions

Submitted by Passerby007 on April 2, 2007 - 10:30pm

Hi there. I'm very interested in all these portable softwares and think u guys had done a great job.

However, I'm not too sure how an application is being made into portable format and how did .paf came about. Can anyone please guide me along??

Thanks in advance.

ActiveX Question

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Submitted by pross on April 2, 2007 - 9:33am

I’ve been really WOWed with this PortableApps stuff and have been feverishly adding John’s ported applications to my thumb drive plus some of my own with some help from the user community in the forum. Excellent work by John and the community group.

I am now down to one application (for now anyways) that I can’t get to work unless I’m on a machine with admin rights – obviously defeats the portable part. It is e-Sword (www.e-sword.net), a free Bible study software tool.

Applications in Another Languages

Submitted by martinlmtl on April 1, 2007 - 12:11am

Hello guys and thank you for Portable Apps which is really good.

I have concern about the availability of applications in another languages as only english is available. As I'm french, I want to know if you are planning to release applications in french (not only the menu v1.2 which have translations available). I can contribute because I'm sure most people don't have the knowledge to do it themselve (beginners can't do that). I can make Portable Apps package like yours but in french.

Portable Avi-screen

Submitted by photoben on March 30, 2007 - 3:12pm

Hey All!!

This is my first post here...
I searched and didn't see it mentioned anywhere, so here it goes!

Can anyone make a launcher for Aviscreen??

http://www.bobyte.com/AviScreen/index.asp

It's freeware, but all it does is make a few registry entries.
I rarely change the settings, so if somebody could just make a wrapper to delete the reg edits on close, I would be much appreciative.

Scheduling file delation

Submitted by m2 on March 30, 2007 - 3:03pm

My starter:
1. Creates a temporary file
2. Starts the application
3. Quits

The file is in use as long as the app is alive and a while longer.
Then I'd like to delete it.

Does the winapi task scheduling work on VERY limited accounts?
I haven't checked too carefully, because I doubt it does.
I tried
CreateFile( filePath, 0, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, 0,
OPEN_ALWAYS, FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE, 0);

before starting the app, but it didn't work.

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