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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

AuthPass - Keepass compatible open source password manager

Submitted by hpoul on July 16, 2021 - 8:44am

Hello all, I am the developer of AuthPass: https://authpass.app/ and recently got a request from a user to make it a portable app. I wonder if you have any suggestions and if it would be possible to publish it in the portableapps directory?

I already created a release which is "portable" - ie. it is a ZIP with will launch without any external dependencies and only write into a Data subdirectory: https://authpass-data.codeux.design/data/artifacts/AuthPass-portable-1.8.2_1731.zip

So it's like:

PALSymLink - An alternative to [DirectoriesMove] using Symbolic Links.

Submitted by enzeinzen on July 6, 2021 - 12:10pm

Hi, I have written a custom.nsh script that adds symbolic link functionality to PortableApps launchers. You can find it here, functionally replacing the DirectoriesMove function.

It does have some disadvantages (NTFS-only and admin required) but there are use cases like videogames or apps that generate a lot of data where I find it's the optimal solution. Please check it out if you have the time and tell me what you think.

Как заставить Portableapps launcher переносить русскоязычные папки

Submitted by UPicorn on June 28, 2021 - 7:42am

На днях столкнулся с проблемой, Portableapps launcher не переносит папки с русскими наименованиями. Что нужно делать в даной ситуации?

disable auto start apps after updating PortableApps Platform

Submitted by pahieon on June 16, 2021 - 5:22am

when the update of platform finish,
the platform restarts
and the apps what I set to start automatically launches although they are already running.

I'd like to make the platform to ignore the start automatically setting after its own update.
If it's that I am missing the corresponding option, please let me know.

thank you and see you

Language selection & the standalone installer

Submitted by BAMaustin on June 15, 2021 - 12:17pm

I just started using a PortableApps app in order to improve the page about that option on our FOSS wiki. I hope to add a page about how a portable version (as a complement to a normal install) can expand options.

Download & installation went well, except for a few minor ambiguity hitches regarding what was included in the Portable build.

Java Applications in Launcher

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Submitted by Warmango on May 25, 2021 - 11:41pm

If you have an 3rd Party Application (non-PortableApps Format), and its a jar file, it should show up as an launchable program inside the Launcher, assuming the user has one of the two Java Runtimes installed

Screenshot with the two I am talking about

This would help with the portable nature of the launcher, as while I do have a Program that I have written myself for minecraft that can be configured to serve this purpose, it is still not the best way to do it,

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