Portable App Development

Just made this empty ThinApp. What it does is, it will virtually start 'cmd.exe' from the host (So 'cmd.exe' isn`t actually included in the ThinApp). What the great thing is, it is possible to even install a program in to the virtual environment. This could be run from the flash-drive. What I done this weekend is to start 'Desktops' in the virtual environment, with this I could switch between the real localhost and the virtual environments located on my USB-stick, by a single click.

While the categories for the Portable Apps seem pretty logical, I see a lot of programs fall in the "Other" category for Utilities. (about 10!)

I also noticed that some of the categories didn't quite fit.

While it may seem like a lot to modify all of the existing apps to fit this category, it probably could just be implemented in new apps and app updates. Here's a little more of what I figured might have made more sense:

Accessibility
> On-Screen Keyboards
>> On-Screen Keyboard Portable
> Screen Magnifiers
>> Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable

Audio & Video

haXe and Neko Portable is a fully functional Open Source development platform by Nicolas Cannasse that compiles a single Object Oriented programming language (haXe) into Flash, Javascript, PHP, Neko and more; haXe enables full source code reuse and communication between different platforms, while Neko in particular offers much more speed for server applications than for example PHP or Perl. For more info, see http://haxe.org/.

Hi, please make a Portable version of CometBird - Firefox based browser
http://www.cometbird.com/
P.S. Sorry 4 my English

It could be interesting to get more folder-type icons to use with our Documents sub-folders. It's fine to have Videos, Pictures or Music folders, but I'm pretty sure most of us have other folders to store certain type of data.

For instance, I have the following general folders that might be interesting for others too:

- Downloads: for all stuff downloaded from the Internet.
- Library: where I store my eBooks
- File cabinet: where I move all the reference material and old documents I do not need any longer on a daily basis.

Hi everyone!

Is there an official temp folder?
I think OpenOffice uses X:/temp and I think Marko said this was the "official one". Is that the case?

I just want to be sure before I use it with Griffith Portable...

If I have a load of language files called...

French.lng
German.lng
Italian.lng
etc.


wouldn't it be better if I could just...

ReadEnvStr $APPLANGUAGE "PortableApps.comName"

instead of...

ReadEnvStr $APPLANGUAGE "PortableApps.comLocaleglibc"

followed by all the

StrCmp $APPLANGUAGE "fr"
StrCpy $APPLANGUAGE "French"
etc.

?

Well, I first discovered this as I was making my first portable app... PokerTH Portable (I saw the version on this website hadn't been updated (but now it has)) an easy way to make a newer version was simply by going into AppNamePortable\App\AppName and deleting the old files and replacing them with the new ones. I tried this with Frets on Fire and it also worked.

I also had tried this with Assault cube portable (from .92 to 1.0.2) but that didn't work. I'm sure what causes this but I know that the other two apps worked just fine.

Greetings All,

1.Are there any themes for portable apps menu?

2.can I make my own themes/changes to menu?
If so procedure for it Customizing menu.

thanks,
q123