Portable App Development

For my portable app MiKTeX which is a CommonFiles plugin, I want users to be able to access a couple of the administrative options by using small external apps that call the appropriate files from within CommonFiles. Is there a way for this to be done natively in the launcher? Or will I have to resort to using NSIS or batchfile trickery?

Any plans to develop Portable Apps on Android ?

I'm looking for a way to get Chrome Portable to have all the plugins I might need ready for travel. I am a tech for a small telecom company and we have plenty of issues with users not having updated/installed plugins required for some of our main services. The plugins we need would be Java, Flash, and Quicktime. A pre-configured Chrome Portable is my idea to solve this problem without the users needing to figure anything out.

Please let me know if this sounds like a plausible solution, and what I can do to make this happen.

Do %Variables% Work For Launcher ini?

For some reason Variables don't seem to work For
Launcher\PortableApps.comLauncher\Data\settings.ini

[GeneratorWizard]
makensis=%temp%\NSISPortable\App\NSIS\makensis.exe
Package=C:\
Drive=C:

im trying to put the Launcher & NSIS in a SFX to %temp%
so I dont Have To Change the INI when I run the Launcher
on a diffrent Computer.
any Help?
I could just set it to C:\ but Rather have it go to temp.

Hi !

I try to begin my owner portable application with portableApps.com launcher.
But the software gives me this error message and I can not find anything on google. To think that I'm the only one having this error since its creation

MakeNSIS v2.46 - Copyright 1995-2009 Contributors
See the file COPYING for license details.
Credits can be found in the Users Manual.

Command line defined: "PACKAGE=D:\Dropbox\PortableApps\PortableApps\AdwCleanerPortable"
Command line defined: "NamePortable=AdwCleaner Portable"
Command line defined: "AppID=AdwCleanerPortable"

I am running a 64bit program.
and when i run the PAF or even a batch file
this key, wants to go to the ....
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\new\new

I need it to go to....
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\new\new

I dont get it...when i run the key manuely it gos were it shoud!
here is my script

RunAsAdmin=force
[Activate]
Registry=true

HKLM.reg:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\new\new

ini file:
[RegistryKeys]
HKLM=HKLM\SOFTWARE\new\new

thanks for any help this is my first 64-bit....

I am currently packaging an application called Asymptote Portable and the one person who actually gives feedback and I are having a strange issue. For some reason, I am able to run test batch files and proper integration in other programs on Windows 8.1 Professional where they cannot run them on Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7 (presumed SP1). This is very strange and I feel we need a third opinion on to why they could have such disparate results. Any help, preferably testing or purely technical assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I started working on QtiPlot which is a software for visualising graphs like Origin but open source.

I have got it working using the following QtiPlotPortable.ini:

[Launch]
ProgramExecutable=QtiPlot\qtiplot.exe
DirectoryMoveOK=yes
SupportsUNC=yes

[Activate]
Registry=true

[RegistryKeys]
qtiplot=HKCU\Software\ProIndependent\QtiPlot

[RegistryCleanupIfEmpty]
1=HKCU\Software\Trolltech\OrganizationDefaults\Qt
2=HKCU\Software\Trolltech\OrganizationDefaults
3=HKCU\Software\Trolltech
4=HKCU\Software\ProIndependent

I have a quick question for the devs regarding environment variables. Is it in bad form to have %APPDATA% redirect to somewhere to eliminate the need for file and directory moves? I only ask because it seems easier to redefine environment variables like APPDATA, LOCALAPPDATA, and USERPROFILE and not have to worry about moving large amounts of files.

Is it possible to define/implement a custom installer step?

I'd like the user to select a single option from a list and
the installer should then download an additional file, based
on the selection and execute the file post-installation.

Thanks for any information about this!