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Portable App Development

Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Windows Desktop Replacement-Instead of Windows-on-a-Stick

Submitted by jegarner on March 24, 2011 - 4:05pm

The Portable Apps programs have been extremely beneficial to me in my work environment, and couldn’t have come at a better time. I was wondering if there’s anything in the works to have a Portable Apps desktop environment? Although the PA program is similar with the available programs and documents folder, but I would like to see something that simulates the Windows XP/7 desktop.

How to create PA icons?

Submitted by G4Oblivion on March 18, 2011 - 8:38pm

Hiyo, I'm trying to create a portableapp, I'm mostly done, but I'm having trouble with the icon.

I'm trying to create an icon that contains all the required formats

16px - 256 color (8-bit)
32px - 256 color (8-bit)
48px - 256 color (8-bit)
16px - True Color + Alpha (32-bit / XP format)
32px - True Color + Alpha (32-bit / XP format)
48px - True Color + Alpha (32-bit / XP format)

I have no idea how to do this. I am using IcoFX and GIMP

Microsoft Visual Basic Express 2010

Submitted by abusha on March 4, 2011 - 11:01am

There should be a way to create a completely portable version of Microsoft Visual Basic Express 2010. I think that if you used thinapp you could create a portable executable of the program. I already know of a portable version of Visual Basic Express 2008 that was created using thinapp. The link to it is here:
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This is the 2008 version. Judging by this, wouldn't it make sense that if you used the exact same method on the 2010 version of visual basic express, you could create a portable version of it? Could someone please try it and let me know?

CCleaner Defraggler Recuva Speccy

Submitted by asdfghjklcgg on February 28, 2011 - 4:18am

I think it is illegal for me to make these software in PA.c Format, I'm a single person so I think PortableApps.com should ask Piriform for permission.

Software Licence Agreement

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- You may NOT resell, charge for, sub-license, rent, lease, loan or distribute the Product without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to withdraw any such consent (or part thereof) for any reason and without notice and to demand that you immediately cease any activity in respect of which permission is withdrawn.

Problem with [FilesMove] and DirectoriesMove]

Submitted by tapsklaps on February 24, 2011 - 5:44pm

Yesterday is appeared the app System Explorer Portable. For more details I looked in the file SystemExplorerPortable.ini and in the Data folder. Before the start of the app I find two things inside of the Data folder:

  • a folder named "snapshots"
  • a file named "config.ini"

In the file SystemExplorerPortable.ini I find the following lines of code

[DirectoriesMove]
snapshots=%PAL:AppDir%\System Explorer\snapshots

[FilesMove]
config.ini=%PAL:AppDir%\System Explorer

Questions regarding Creation of a *.paf.exe File

Submitted by tapsklaps on February 22, 2011 - 3:01pm

I want to make portable the app streamWriter (http://streamwriter.org/en/). The goal of this app is to record music broadcasted by internet-radiostations. I have downloaded the file streamwriter.zip and extract it in the directory C:\streamwriter\, which contains the files streamwriter.exe and bass.dll. Afterwards I have created the file and directory layout according to the PortableApps.com Format™ Specification.

Afterwards I arrange some questions regarding the creation of a *.paf.exe file.

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