Portable App Development

With the new installer, AppCompactor, and menu... we've been getting a lot of people willing to take their time and make PortableApps for the site. As I already know, OliverK made another "Making a PortableApp Guerilla field" or something like that. However, I think it's also a little confusing. I didn't understand any of it and had to had Kevin Porter translate it into human for me when I got here almost a year ago. So I'll be targeting this at somebody with no technology background.

Ok, today I have yet another question, although I am finally learning! I have successfully made an application portable using Chris's Launcher, ePSXe, a very nice PSX emulator, now, it is almost portable. The problem I am having is this: ePSXe loads all it's plugins based off the directory from where it is running
ePSXePortable---launcher
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|--app
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|-bios
|-plugins
|-memcards (list continues)


I was attempting to use XN Resource Editor (http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm) to modify the icon for the Portable Firefox 3.5b4 app on my local machine. I was able to embed a new icon group, and delete the old group, using XN Resource Editor. Unfortunately, the program would not launch afterwards (NSIS error, "Installer integrity check failed").

I'm curious - our business already sells USB keys as a little add-on/promotional product. Would we be permitted to preload USB keys with the PortableApps suite of software? If so, could we advertise the fact that our keys contain this software?

If this is permitted, but only for some types of licenses, which type of product license guidelines would permit such a thing?

Thanks

Ok, I decided to ask this because I'm hoping i'm not the only one who has ever had questions, I need help editing the 7-Zip launcher source, and many things, I just don't get a lot of it, for example:
NoINI:
;=== No INI file, so we'll use the defaults
StrCpy "$ADDITIONALPARAMETERS" ""
StrCpy "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" "${DEFAULTEXE}"
StrCpy "$DISABLESPLASHSCREEN" "false"
it just makes no sense T.T especially, what are the dollar signs for? they're so prominent, but I don't have a clue what they're for
Thanks in advanced

This may be a stupid question, but can anyone help me create an .exe from an executable .jar file? I use the program all the time to convert comics to read on the Sony Reader. It's portable by default, and it doesn't save settings. I'd like it to show up in the PAM though, and use the portable Java on my external drive. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

I'd come into the channel, but I was told no more IRC from work. :/

a portable apps installer for MediaMonkey is available here. I created it using the portableapps installer available from this site.

I'm just saying, anyone here ever heard of "VirtuaWin" (google it, I'm not posting a link in case it breaks one of the rules, I never completely understand them) It is a multiple desktop program, up to 16, which has a portable build, however, if someone could test if it's fully portable, no registry entries (because I don't have a PC available to me that hasn't already run it atm) It is open source and what-not, and if possible, I would modify it to work with the portable apps format, if I'm able to.

Hi all . i'm newbie for portable application, please tell me
Can i develop my portable application with phyton ?
I know phython need to interpreter . how ?
thank you all

I'm creating this topic to get comments from developers, moderators and others on the updated PortableApps.com Format 0.91 and PortableApps.com Installer 0.91.0. Any discussion and contributions can take place here.