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Portable App Development

Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Improve LosslessCut app

Submitted by xmha97 on December 12, 2022 - 4:29pm

Hi, The portable version of the LosslessCut app can be improved.

LosslessCutPortable.ini:

    [Launch]
    ProgramExecutable=LosslessCut\LosslessCut.exe
➖ ;WorkingDirectory=%PAL:AppDir%\LosslessCut
➕ CommandLineArguments=--user-data-dir=%PAL:DataDir%\AppData
    DirectoryMoveOK=yes
    SupportsUNC=yes

➖ [DirectoriesMove]
➖ LosslessCutAppData=%APPDATA%\LosslessCut
⋮

This command line can be used for all Electron apps.

Thanks.

Contributing code changes for PortableAppsPlatform

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Submitted by Dustin Luck on December 3, 2022 - 4:09pm

Please forgive me if this has been answered/documented somewhere. I have looked and couldn't find anything.

TLDR
I have coded a new feature and would like to know how to submit it to be considered for inclusion in PortableAppsPlatform.

Details
I was looking for a way to set environment variables (specifically the PATH) globally for all the portable apps I use. I know i can modify them for each individual app, but it saves a lot of trouble by doing it in one place.

Security Issues with PortableApps

Submitted by portabc on November 20, 2022 - 12:52pm

Dear PortableApps Developers,

It came to my attention, that PortablApps has some pretty huge security issues, that could be easily avoided, if the person responsible for updating portable apps had just a smudge of understanding what an update on other than MS Windows system is and how it differs.

There is of course the second matter of abandoned apps and a complete mess with the choice of apps presented to the end user, with complete disregard over their privacy and security.

Naming - Portable before or after?

Submitted by kermik on November 4, 2022 - 11:20am

Because of old habits mostly I have since the beginning named my portable apps in the form of PortableFirefox (as an example). The portable apps platform nor the manual updater does not accept this right away but wants the form FirefoxPortable (no space). If I don't use this form the platform will not update the apps.
Is there any way I can "fix" this as I would like to keep my naming in the form of PortableFirefox or at least PortableFirefox?

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