Portable App Development

In the documantation regarding the section [RegistryKeys] I found the following statement:

If you do not wish to save the data of the registry key to a file but only want to keep it safe and throw away any changes, set the “file name” to -, so you end up with -=registry key location.

I've been thinking about the meaning of this statement.

If you check the bottom of the PAL NSI, as you can see after the MessageBox for LauncherCrashCleanup, it goes down to PostExec and Post to run cleanup.

But the manual claims PostExec happens after the program is launched, which won't happen in this particular case. I am guessing the actual PAL behavior is as designed, and the manual just needs to clarify that. It might also be useful to provide a "emergency clean up" flag variable so custom code can check it.

Hi all,

I use Portable Apps with windows and Ubuntu (with Wine), and since few days, I can't open Thunderbird or Firefox Portable. I have an error message who propose me to tell to wine support...

Is it normal?

Hi,

I found the bugtracker here
https://portableapps.com/development/bugs

but I can not see any possibility to create new bugreports - searching this forum for "create bugreport" does not bring up any valuable information, so I am asking here...

I am generally really enthusiastic about the whole portableapps project - the new version with automatic updates is something microsoft should have invented 10 years before, it is really fantastic for many real life applications like mobile usage, privacy enhancement, administrative easiness, many more.

Adopted a program called AppName generated the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppName. This registry key may be exported to the file appname.reg.

In the file AppnamePortable.ini I create the following 2 sections:

[Activate]
Registry=true

[RegistryKeys]
appname=HKCU\Software\AppName

Is it necessary for me before the first start of the portable program, that I insert an empty file named appname.reg in the folder Data\settings?

Hello, anyone know how to use [RegistryValueWrite] for this situation:


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs]
"C:\\PortableApps\\NeroPortable\\App\\VC\\msdia100.dll"=dword:00000001
"C:\\PortableApps\\NeroPortable\\App\\VC\\msdia80.dll"=dword:00000001



[RegistryValueWrite]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs\%PAL:AppDir%%PAL:PackagePartialDir:DoubleBackSlash%=REG_DWORD:1


but this is incorrect..
can anyone help?

I have an application for the use of a flash drive.
Application pretty standard itself but for a large market

Don Hutchinson
don.hutchinson@comcast.net

Is there any way of making an add-on to an existing portable app?
I'm making a portable bochs and thinking of having the included dlxlinux folder as an optional add-on to save on space (from 9mb to 4mb).

Hey guys.. i've been pulling my hair out these past few days attempting my first language selection from the installer.

I've dissected LibreOffice, WinDjView for help.

Im making a PAF launcher/installer for Adobe Photoshop.. im sick of the bloat it comes with.
This is for my own personal use.. so no copyright infringement will be shared here.

But .. here's my custom.nsh, which i have placed in Launcher:
http://pastebay.com/147848

And here's part of my Launcher.ini (the part that's relevant):
http://pastebay.com/147849

Hello.

PortableApps.com Launcher put RuntimeData in Data directory, and check it on startup to know if last exit is a good exit. In some case this may cause problems. For example:

• I run a portable app on computer A, the app store settings in registry and some data in AppData. I pull out the flash drive so the app didn't do a restore, and the RuntimeData file remain in data directory.
• Then I run the app on computer B, it found the runtimedata and do a restore. So my data and the local installed app on computer B are corrupted.