Portable App Development

How can I make a portable app use the same reg key every time it runs. That is, any changes made to the key by the app itself should be discarded when the app is closed.

I cannot use [FileWriteN] because the value in the key is very long. And, the app writes random values to the key so I do not know what to "Find".

The other option would be to first delete the saved reg files in Data\settings every time the app runs, I'm assuming the reg files in Defaultdata will be used then. Is it possible to delete files in Data\settings ?

Hi, I'm quite a fan of this site and everything you can get here. It is really awesome to be able to bring my apps with me wherever I go. But I was wondering if something else could be added. You know about those folder shortcuts on the sidebar? Is it possible to change those to link to other folders, or subfolders the way the Windows Start menu has it? That would be a bit more useful to me, since I'm more organized than some.

THANKS!

I'm in the process of updating Listary Portable, and have run into a snag, due to a change in the format settings are being saved in.

Settings are now being saved in JSON format, and I'm using the nsJSON plugin to handle the file, to be able to change specific values in the file. I've previously tried doing ConfigWrite/ConfigRead, but the app doesn't like the modified file, hence why I'm trying to read/write from the file "properly".

Hello community,

i need some help with OpenYabs please. I've used the 2.4 template, the launcher and the devtoolkit. all things are in place, but i stuck with the launcher.ini.

openyabs is an opensource "yet another business software" and can be found here: openyabs.org. yabs is a java related software and doesn't need to be installed (only extract). i thought i can pass that java ini step with the portable java launcher, but some files are saved in the userdirectory, for example C:\Users\Username\.yabs.

Thank you very much, derox

Hi,

I know that your are working for the new association module. Thats why I will not write you to fix the PortableFileAssociator. But please fix them for the new module.

Windows 8 ask to user with which app the user wants to start(run) the file. This question is asking just for the FIRST time for each format (extension of file). Please make something to do not ask this question. Because each time I restart the PortableFileAssociator (and re-press the "Add file associations" button) windows 8 asks me this question for each file.

Would it be possible to set the default Chrome file save location via an ini file so that one could set it to %userprofile&\Desktop\Temp ?

Hey there, I am trying to make a version of foobar2000 for myself (not for release any time soon because I don't want to bother contacting the original developer, etc) but I'm trying to "futureproof" the installer by making it an online installer. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to download anything when I ask it to, and all I end up with is the empty shell of an App folder that I started with. Below is the full text of the installer.ini file because I see no other reason it shouldn't work. Thanks for anyone who can lend a hand.

installer.ini

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Application: XFire Portable
Category: Games

Assuming a user performs some changes in the file AppNamePortable.ini. Furthermore should be this particular program installed in the PA.com menu.
To preserve the manual changes made ​​by the user in the settings during an automatic update of this program, it's necessary to note the following points:

Hi all,
i could not find an answer in this forum on my question.
I use several programms which already are stand-alone versions and want to add this to my portable apps menu?

For example, W:\server\usbwebserver.exe (on TrueCrypt encrypted USB stick).

Thanks in advance for any answer:)