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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

How to create multiple icons at once?

Submitted by enzeinzen on May 31, 2020 - 4:57pm

I am trying to create a portableapp that has multiple launcher .exes.
I have got everything working previously by making a separate appinfo.ini for each one and compiling them one at a time but I want to do it the proper way since I use a custom.nsh and I don't have to go trough that everytime I change something.
I have all the launcher.ini's set up and it all works as it's supposed to.
I set up the appinfo.ini as specified in the format. However, when I try to compile it, only the first Icon gets compiled.

(Only DOOM.exe appears.)

Portableapps.com launcher not closing

Submitted by tonklin on May 30, 2020 - 1:51pm

my launcher (made with Portableapps.com launcher generator) runs AutoHotkey.exe
if another instance of AutoHotkey.exe is running then this launcher does not close
it copies registry settings back to \Data folder as it should but stays open according to windows task manager

how can I make it close without closing other instance of AutoHotkey.exe?

CommandLineArguments

Submitted by Gaber on May 16, 2020 - 12:06pm

Hi,

I have read the instruction, but there is a thing I can't understand...
I'm trying to readdress the folder C:\ProgramData to MyApp/ProgramData.

CommandLineArguments=--ProgramData-directory=%PAL:DataDir%\ProgramData

Is CommandLineArguments the right command?
How can I call C:\ProgramData?

Thanks.

Foxit Reader Portable 9.7.2.29539

Submitted by Stamimail on May 8, 2020 - 9:09am

I don't know if it is a PortableApp problem or app problem.
I run FoxitReaderPortable.exe
RightClick on the taskbar button to pin the program to taskbar.

The problem:
The program that is actually pinned to taskbar (for the next launch), it is not the portable exe.
This is what pinned:
"...\FoxitReaderPortable\App\Foxit Reader\FoxitReader.exe"

"Repair app" feature

Submitted by Jeb on May 6, 2020 - 1:31pm

The following post contains feedback, suggestion(s), and/or a feature request for the PortableApps Platform on Windows:

Please add a feature to the PortableApps Launcher that checks my installed app's for errors using MD5 or SHA256 and reinstalls if necessary. This could be an option in the right-click menu for individual apps, or in the right-click menu to "Apps."

Create exe file

Submitted by malore on April 24, 2020 - 4:32pm

How do you create the exe file in the portableapp main directory? Do you simply copy the executable of the app or do you convert a batch file that launches the executable of the app, or neither of these?
I'm new to portableapps and I can't find a comprehensive guide explaining how to make an app portable from beginning to end.

Icons in appicon.ico

Submitted by malore on April 24, 2020 - 1:16pm

I read in the development documentation appicon.ico should contain the following 16px (8-bit), 32px (8-bit), 48px (8-bit), 16px (32-bit), 32px (32-bit), 48px (32-bit) and, optionally, 256px (32-bit). What about 20px and 24px icons? Can we include that formats too or we can't?

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