Portable App Development

Hello,

I need to modify a file of a program called 'profile' which is located in '\AppPortable\App\AppName\folder'.

In order to avoid that my modified 'profile' is being overwritten by the original one I added the following to my installer.ini:

[FilesToPreserve]
PreserveFile1=App\AppName\folder\profile

I want to create an online installer which downloads the source code and extracts it to \App\AppName:

AdvancedExtract1To=App\AppName
AdvancedExtract1Filter=*

Is there any possibility that coming down the pike will be the ability in the PortableApps Platform to change the Download Directory for updates so that I can save a backup of the installers?

1. Usage of the section [RegistryCleanupIfEmpty]

   Suppose a program named AppName writes its settings in the following two registry keys:

   • HKCU\Software\AppName_1\settings_1
   • HKCU\Software\AppName_2\settings_2

   Furthermore after saving of these both registry keys by the launcher the registry keys HKCU\Software\AppName_1 and HKCU\Software\AppName_2 will be left empty.

   Is it in this case correct, that I use the following code, where the key names are consecutive integers?

   [RegistryCleanupIfEmpty]
   

I am working on creating the installer for my new app Out2Lunch which is just a batch file. Doesn't need to be compiled as it's opensource, and cmd.exe runs it just fine. However, I think the Installer only recognizes .exe files as program files as it gave me an error about 'No .exe files found'. So I created a fake .exe file. Now Installer runs OK, but leaves out the batch file when I try to actually install it. the appinfo.inin file correctly identifies the batch file as the program to launch.

Hello,

How can I create a working launcher for a .vbs script?

My launcher.ini contains the following line:

[Launch]
ProgramExecutable=Git\Git Bash.vbs


The launcher .exe is built without any errors but when running, the .vbs script does not show up. The path to the .vbs script is definitely correct.

Any ideas?

14February2013

I would like to submit/say - for what it is worth -
that "portable" apps should NOT write to registry!

Writing to the registry defeats the whole purpose/design of "portable" apps!

How many PA.com "portable" apps (now) write to the registry?
Does anyone have any idea?
Far too many PA.com apps (now) write to the registry - in my opinion.
PA.com should flag/point-out/specify apps that write to the registry!

I have been using PA.com µTorrent for years.
I download/"install" the µT PAF to a temp directory on my f drive,

For the Portable App I'm making, I need to write a registry key that has the directory of the app. So, I tried using FileWrite to change the .reg file before its added; however, nothing seems to be happening. To test it, I made a file in \Data\Settings called test.txt with D:\CivilizationIIIPortable as what's in it. I then set the last drive to D. In my launcher, I have:

[FileWrite3]
type=Replace
File=%PAL:DataDrive%\Settings\test.txt
find=%PAL:LastDrive%
replace:%PAL:Drive%

Hi,
I hope some smart guys, can help me, a girl who doesn`t know much about programming
.

Hi guys,

I was looking for a portable RDP connection manager, but this seems difficult to get...

I use RDCman (Microsoft free tool) but would like to go portable with this.
Wonder if anyone knows if this tool can be made portable (I am not sure how it works license wise).

Or if you are aware of any other apps that does the job...

I read about remote desktop connection manager from Devolution. If you download the .zip binary files, you are able to run portable with a file path change... but the binary pack is only the enterprise version.. So you need license..

So I've been trying to make a portable copy of CivilizationIII so I can run it off of the network drive at school. I've already figured out what registry keys it needs to run, but I'm ignoring them for now anyways. Right now, the game is just staying in the same directory, not changing any keys.