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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Need Help With Making App Portable

Submitted by jpolzner on June 13, 2007 - 8:10am

I'm in the process of making a launcher for Final Burn Alpha. I using a simple NSIS script as shown below.

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!define NAME "Final Burn Alpha"

OutFile "${NAME}.exe"

WindowIcon Off
SilentInstall Silent
AutoCloseWindow True

Icon "fba.ico"

Section "Main"
Exec 'App\fba.exe'
SectionEnd
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Need Help On How To Make An App Portable

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Submitted by David Dixon II on June 11, 2007 - 11:03pm

Hey,

I Have Absolutly No Clue On How To Create A Portable Apps And I Really Dont Want To Get Into The Deep Stuff About HOW to create a portable app

is there any program out there that will allow me to select a program and that can turn it into a portable app?

i would also like it if i could add a startup picture like when u start portableapps.com 's apps. ( but thats optional, i dont need that Wink )

please help me out here.
tyvm portableapp'ers out there Wink

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What would happen under these circumstance

Submitted by pjin on June 10, 2007 - 11:58pm

Hi,
I'm a new comer in portable apps development. I read the threads and some of the codes here, and I'm curious what would happen if the following things happened:
1. what if the user disconnected the USB-key before he end the portable application? In that case, i think the configure files and registry keys cannot be written back.
2. what if the machine suddenly crashed, for example if the power suddenly goes down. In that case, will the registry keys, folders and files be left on the host machine?

Thanks in advance.

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Portable Startup Utility 1.3 Released

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Submitted by SmithTech on June 10, 2007 - 12:27pm

AppLauncher is now Portable Startup Utility.
I rearranged the settings dialog and added a additional functions.

Setup:
Download PSU to your portable drive.
Modify your autorun.inf to run psu.exe -all

Usage:
psu.exe will open the settings window
psu.exe -all will apply all saved settings
psu.exe -clean will cleanup portable settings applied to host PC
(environment variable, drive substitution, and run configured cleanup apps)

Shortcut Creator 4U3 v2.0.20.0 Released - VB6 v2.0.0.14 Released

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Submitted by SmithTech on June 9, 2007 - 8:29am

VB.NET version changes

2.0.20.0
Added browse button to temp files option
Added autorun checkbox to autorun shortcut with launchpad

2.0.19.0
Added temp files location, choose what folder to use for temp files.

VB6 version changes

2.0.0.14
Added working directory option
Added argument option
Added check on Name and Path fields (buttons disabled unless both are filled in)
Rearranged advanced options to match .NET version

2.0.0.12 (Doesn't have all the advanced options of .NET version)

Two Question Regarding NSIS

Submitted by Patrick Patience on June 8, 2007 - 8:09pm

With the portable version of A Note I made, (in the Beta Forums) everything's working almost as perfectly as could be. There is, however, a couple questions I have. I have them in the beta post as well, but I don't think many people have looked there. They are:

1.Is there a way to copy a whole folder of settings from Application Data to the
portable device without it taking up to thirty seconds?

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