Portable App Development

Hello all,

I have a database app that I would like to make portable. When it starts, it wants to read its configuration from an *.INI. The location for the *.INI is hard-coded in the single executable, it's always C:\Books-db\bdb.ini. The mapping for the actual database file is in that *.ini. The *.ini gets heavily modified in every session.

What I want to achieve is that I can keep both the *.exe and the database file on the stick. When it launches, I would like to copy the *.ini to C:\, to the folder it wants and after the program is done, I would like to copy the *.ini back.

Hello
I'm make portable installer with online download. Downloadable exe is nullsoft installer. When unpack this, in App\MyApp i'm see $PLUGINSDIR directory but really dont need it. How to skip unpacking this folder?

Hi.
Been using portable apps for over 8 years now, and there are two features that annoy me in the newer releases of the launcher. The first one is inability to run from Program files folder, but that was explained and probably not in the users power to change.
Another one is this popup which appear in newer versions of Windows when you shutdown the PC without exiting the portable app. The next time you start the app, it shows a window saying the app must be closed with one single button OK.

I am trying to make Kindle for PC in portable format and i created successfully the portable launcher and then i run a scan with Regshot to see what changes in the system the program makes. It stores some data in the local AppData folder which i moved with:

[DirectoriesMove]
config=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Amazon.

But i have problem with the registry settings. In the regshot scan log there are three entries related to the registry:

Keys added: 48
Values added: 45
Values modified: 15

I want to change the default save location of a program that i am trying to make portable. This is my first attempt to make a portable program with portableapps.com launcher so i hope someone can help me.

The program saves its settings in C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Just Gestures. I want to make it saves the settings in E:\PortableApps\JustGesturePortable\Data\JustGestureSettings.

This is what i have in launcher.ini:

[Launch]

ProgramExecutable=Just Gestures\JustGestures.exe

[DirectoriesMove]

%APPDATA%\Local\Just Gestures=%PAL:DataDir%\JustGestureSettings

How can I download more than one file with the installer.ini?

I came across with another issue in the installer.ini
I download an example.zip it contains the following structure example123/example.exe.
How can I extract the example.exe to App/example?
If I use
AdvancedExtract1To=App/example
AdvancedExtract1Filter=example123/example.exe

the result is:
App/example/example123/example.exe instead of App/example/example.exe

PAF Launcher Editor is a program used for creating/editing a PortableApps.com App Launcher. It simplifies things by making most options point and click. Using this editor would prevent you from making mistakes that you would otherwise do if you were manually typing up the launcher.ini file.

CRC: 2B59FA7C
MD5: D5C294D91F0C6B36039B029AACA728D7
SHA-1: 4C7DC81C7D1ED357168F4E01CBAC4A9C3379296C
Dependencies: .net Framework 4.0
Languages: English

Hi,

It’s been some time since I followed your instructions from "Development Test - Forum Posting Layout" and posted my app "Explorador FF", but it won’t show up in any table from “Development Test Releases Page”. Could somebody tell me what is the next step in order for this to happen, please?

Thank you very much.

After running Launcher Generator I get a successful output and Exe for my Application. When I run the Application i get an error
MyApp Portable cannot be started. You may want to re-install...

(ERROR: C:\*\*\*\App\AppInfo\Launcher\MyApp.ini cannot be found.)

My assumption was when the launcher ran it would create the appropriate .ini files after I put in the AppInfo.ini and other required .INI's in the AppInfo folder.

If I manually create MyApp.ini and place it in the \Launcher Directory I get the error:

(Portable Launcher - What Am I To Launch?)

https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/skype_portable

http://download2.portableapps.com/portableapps/skypeportable/SkypePortab...

404 not found please update