Portable App Development

Hi Developers

I am a IT system manager and I Use a powerfull Data Whipper. Zilla Data Nuker. Is it possible to make that programm Portable.

Regards,

Marcel v P

I have developed an application that makes it possible to use NetBeans, Eclipse, Dev-C++, Xampp, PSPad and others. He manages these applications to make them portable and if necessary install a portable version of the launcher program, such as PSPad Portable. It is freeware, but is not open source.
Can I post here?

(The English is not my native language, sorry if there are errors :-()

[Topic clarified by mod Tim]

Hello,

some suggestions:

It should be possible...

1a. to add some more folders to the PAM.

1b. to configure the path of the standard given folder (Music, Pictures, and Videos) in PAM.
Otherwise they should be also placed on the top level like the folder “Documents”.
Usage: If I e.g. synchronize music by the Media Player, the music is copied to "X:\Music".

2a. to define favourite applications, which are placed on top of the list.

2b. to search for the available application in the menu

2c. to define shortcuts. Maybe the same way it is possible to rename the application.

I made this script about a month ago, I had to tweak it to also run on vista more recently, for compatibility. I have had no problems from it.

I figure it may help with the firefox launcher or at least to come up with some ideas. it is a batch script not NSIS code.

it does not care about the current directory, it does need to be on the same USB drive though.

It backs up the host computer to a folder on the flash drive, "\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\Flash Cookies\Host Cookies"
then it deletes the host's directory, "%APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player"

I have an application that I run from my flash drive. It was installed on the computer originally, but run independently without installing any reg settings or otherwise. All I have done at this point is copy it over to my flash drive, and I just open the folders and run the application from there. I would really like to put it on the Launcher but have some trouble. Most applications have the executable in the main folder, and as long as I rename the other .exe files like uninstall and such that are not necessary, it works great.

Sorry if this is already answered somewhere, but if it was I could not find it.

Is there a way to change the icon of PAM itself. I have 2 different drives with PAM installed, and have modified the drive icon to easily tell them apart in explorer. It would also be handy to be able to distinguish between the 2 different PAM's in the system tray as well (so I know which of the 2 is actually running at a glance).

I'd like the option to launch Portable Apps with reduced privileges similar to the function of DropMyRights.exe by Microsoft (i think the code is open-source, but i could be wrong:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972827.aspx

As I always run as a member of the Administrators Group on my PC, I currently run a few apps with DropMyRights such as Pidgin, Firefox, and most internet-facing apps.

I know there is a 'Run as' option, but this is inconvenient. It would be nice if there was a setting in PAP to strip the admin privileges away from the running apps....

Hello guys.

I'm trying to get the System Plugin work with me.

Everything I use it I, the EXE always that it's used in crashes.

http://pastebin.com/f281a5362

My theory is that either I'm not putting some needed stuff in the script for the System Plugin to work or I've got a corrupt system.dll file.

So if somebody could either look at my script or link to a new download of the system plugin (I can't find it anywhere, I've googled and it does NOT come with NSIS).

Thanks.

Hi:

I have been lurking a while. I do have a couple of suggestions I think would improve Portable Apps. Please return the eject drive to the right-click system tray context menu. Also, I would like a user selected explore from folder option (selectable from the main PA interface) in the right-click system tray context menu. Please give these ideas due consideration.

--Richard

This is two questions, basically, because this is pretty much done already.

Well, it's not "done" done, but it's close. Before I proceed, I have a couple of questions.

How much is it “done”? Well, it works. I can copy the executable and data files onto a PA USB stick in the PA directory, and it shows up on the menu, and it launches and runs. I haven't done the full-bore install and all that, and before I do, I need to know:

(1) how does the launched program know the drive letter it's running on?

(2) is there really any interest in this???

First, why am I even doing this?