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Portable App Development

Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Developing a portable app

Submitted by tajohnson on May 31, 2008 - 1:37am

Forgive me I am new to portableapps, but is there a nice howto on how to modify an app to portable apps. I understand the idea, but was wondering what tools people might use to watch the reg before and after you install a program to windows. I hope maybe someone could point me in the right direction. I would love to help get more programs to run on the Portableapps platform.

Ultimate Batch Script

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Submitted by Stevoisiak on May 30, 2008 - 8:13pm

I am trying to combine multiple batch scripts into one large batch script from which I can preform individual tasks. My idea is to have a line saying to type a # for a certain task. (EX: To clean your system press 1, to go to a plain command prompt press 2, ect.) If there are any scripts that you think would be a nice addition, let me know. So far, I can delete thumbs.db files, Hide/protect a folder, and exit.

Things to do:

-Find way to clear text in script
-Have blank DOS box open in same window instead of new one

Scripts I'd like

-More clean-up scripts

JackKnife - convert your U3 Drive into a PA drive with autolaunch

Submitted by ipartola on May 30, 2008 - 5:49am

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. The code comes under the BSD license.

I developed this using Delphi. Sorry, but that's all I had available at the time. The basic idea is that you have your U3Drive (the CD-ROM portion) and the U3Main (the main portion). The rest goes like this:

0. Compile attached code into JackKnife.exe
1. Wipe U3Main clean (BACKUP ALL IMPORTANT DATA!).
2. Download UniversalCustomizer.
3. Prepare the following files (see code below): JackKnife.exe, drive.txt, autorun.inf and jackknife.ico (optional).

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