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Firefox + Flash - cleanup after exit

Submitted by lieferant on January 9, 2014 - 9:29am

Hey guys,

I wanted my copy of PortableFirefox to cleanup the leftovers of Flash when quitting Firefox.

According to the launcher.ini documentation I made a FirefoxPortable.ini under FirefoxPortable\App\AppInfo\Launcher and inserted

[DirectoriesCleanupForce]
1=%APPDATA%\Roaming\Macromedia
2=%APPDATA%\Local\Macromedia

However it's not working and the Macromedia folders are still sitting there after I quit Firefox...

Any suggestions?

thanks

command before and after

Submitted by LamiX on January 8, 2014 - 5:51pm

hello Smile

I trying create a fully portable app launcher and I find some difficulties.

What I need is launch command before and after myportableapp.exe

sequence example:
1. command for windows firewall create exception
2. ProgramExecutable=myportableapp.exe
3. command for windows firewall delete exception

Free Commander Portable 2014?

Submitted by The Rabbit on January 6, 2014 - 7:11am

I was just now on the Free Commander website and saw that they had a PortableApps app format download for:

- FreeCommanderPortable_2014_Build_650.paf.exe -

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl2_en.htm

This isn't the same as your site as it is stating
version 2009.02b

I was wondering if this is a legit download or whether I should wait for the PortableApps.com site to be updated, if it is to be done, as this version may be a bit pre-mature.

thanks in advance for you help

Portable app from IOS to Android

Submitted by murugang@wisdom... on January 2, 2014 - 2:52am

Hi All,

Can we convert IOS app to android app using APP portable tool.
I gone thorugh the app portable site, I saw there mostly gaming applications are converted using app portable tool. Actully my app is not game type ,It's an application type. SO please anyone suggest me what I have to do? Using app poratable Is it possible to do.

Thanks,
Murugan

SciTe plugin for AutoHotkey_L

Submitted by mwayne on January 1, 2014 - 10:22am

I have I problem with making an plugin of SciTe for AHK_L. According to the readme of SciTe the directory needs to look like...
AutoHotkey
|_______ AutoHotkey.exe
|_______ AutoHotkey.chm
|_______ SciTE
_________|______ scite.exe
_________|______ etc...

But the result I get is....
AutoHotkey
|_______ AutoHotkey.exe
|_______ AutoHotkey.chm
|_______ SciTE
_________|______ App
_________________|___ Scite
______________________|____ scite.exe
______________________|____ ...
_________|______ Data
_________|______ .....

What am I doing wrong?
TIA

create a new Charset environment variable

Submitted by melvin on December 22, 2013 - 4:58am

As I checked the manual of PortableApps.comLauncher,
i didn't find a section in launcher.ini to setup charset for portable applications.

So i just wrote some customized nsis script to export charset environment variable.
Hopefully it is usefull for you.

The logic is:

Check PAL:LanguageCustom value,
if not set use English as default.

Use the result as a key to get value from section [LanguageCharsetMap]
and export the value as PAL:CharsetCustom.

If not found then use DefaultCharset in section [Language]
or UTF-8 as fallback.

Code is below:

How to specify default installation folder?

Submitted by Atilla on December 17, 2013 - 2:04pm

I've created an installation package using the PortableApps Installer.

But when I start the package, it wants to install to the same folder where original files were stored, which is in my development folder on partition D.

How do I tell PortableApps Installer to use a different folder (for example: C:\MyApp)? Couldn't find a value that specifies default installation folder in the installer.ini file.

Complexity of PortableApps format

Submitted by Atilla on December 16, 2013 - 3:49pm

Maybe nobody said it (or nobody wants to attract flames) but the PortableApps folder structure is unnecessary complicated. I see absolutely no reason for so many subfolders, some of which enter the App space itself. It can all be made much simpler.

- Why would I need a separate launcher app? Most of apps can be launched without a separate launcher program. If necessary, a simple symbolic link (shortcut) would suffice. And if it doesn't suffice, then a launcher can be specified in the special ini file.

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