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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Is there a need for "dropmyrights" - or "run as..." - Portable and if, how to achieve that ?

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Submitted by wk on March 12, 2008 - 1:44pm

Usually, I browse with restricted rights both at home and at work, but sometimes I use a friend´s PC with my PortableFirefox on an admin account and they won´t change the settings or accounts for different reasons. So, to make it short:
is there a general need for a portable app like
dropmyrights Portable and if, how could that be acchieved or who can make it?
Any comments?suggestions?

PortableApps app specification

Submitted by Bruce Pascoe on March 9, 2008 - 8:46pm

What I want to know is what requirements does my app have to meet to get the PortableApps.com "seal of approval"? Not just app requirements (directory structure, etc.), but installer requirements (command line switches, etc.)? I know there are threads all over the place about this, but it'd be nice to have all the specifications in one place...

We really need formal documentation for this.

UPXable files?

Submitted by Travis Carrico on March 8, 2008 - 9:20pm

ok, i'm wanting to make an app for PortableApps Developers to upx any given folder with the click of a button or two. what i need is a complete list of all file types that can be upx'd. i know i can just do *.* but when you have something that has a ton of small files it takes a while. the upx website doesn't list everything, and all i know of at the moment are .exe, .dll, .pyd, .irc, .dcp, .com, .sys, .pe. please either post a link to a complete list or post other file types you know are upxable, thanks.

Local Settings Environment Variable??

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Submitted by Nathan9222 on March 7, 2008 - 10:37pm

My question is this, i am making an app portable that leaves its appdata in the
C:\Documents and Settings\****\local settings\application data folder, now when i try to get this to save in my data folder it always puts it in the C:\ instead of where i want it to go. What would i change in this part of my script:

!if "${REDIRECTUSERPROFILE}" = "TRUE"
		IfFileExists "$DATADIR\UserProfile\*.*" +2
			CreateDirectory "$DATADIR\UserProfile" ; create directory for portable user profile

[Theme] 2click (2in1, change the size)

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Submitted by MrElchbau on March 7, 2008 - 6:17pm

Hello!
This time I've build in a new feature: you could change the theme size with just two (:-() clicks. First, click the swap button (the upper right one with the two arrows), then click the one thereunter with the check mark. The first click renames the files and folders, the second click refreshes the skin.

Name
2click
PAM-Version
PAM-Mod R30 to R31
Size
307 * 225 pix or 307 * 509 pix

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