oskingen Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 (edited) Hi, This is something I ask myself. I looked over internet but nothing explicit. How to know if a application is truly a portable Application ?Does this mean when I execute the application:- no entries in registry a created ?- no folder in the %AppData% folder for the application setting are created ?Is there also a diference betwen a zip package file downloaded and a file downloaded from a Portable application website like example KeepassFrom Keepass websitePortable KeePass 1.16 (ZIP Package)Download this ZIP package and unpack it to your favorite location (USB stick, ...). KeePass runs without any additional installation and won't store any settings outside the application directoryand this one : http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/keepass_portable Edited June 12, 2009 by hannubys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-Shadow-x Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 To make sure it is truly portable, you would have to take a reg shot. If there are any changes, then it isnt portable. In some cases, if you are running programs (MSN/Xfire/Steam), there will be reg changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Any registry changes made are deleted when the program exits. The same goes for any files or folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskingen Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 ok then i'll do some test to check that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajua Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 For truly portable applications nothing can be written to the registry or outside the application folder.However, there are some apps that do use the registry for some things and then delete their own entries, or ones that use a settings file in AppData and nothing more, which make them "almost portable".You can use Sysinternals Process Monitor to see if something is being written to the registry. I have found it much better than using registry snapshots because nowadays many programs are writing things there and it gets confusing at times to know for sure which app wrote what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskingen Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Thank elajua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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