albator Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Do you hate reinstalling software ? Do like me make them standalone. indeed In my site I track pure standalone application. But many software can be standalone with the registry trick: Ex:Create Flashget.bat for Flashget-----------------------------------------------------------------------------REGEDIT /S options.reg start flashget.exe-----------------------------------------------------------------------------And for fans of firefox (the portable firefox version is only for usb key, so is not a standalone solution for Hd)Create Firefox.bat for Firefox----------------------------------------------------------------------start E:\Firefox\firefox.exe -profile E:\Firefox\Mozilla\Firefox----------------------------------------------------------------------The -profile specify the path to you profile...For more info go to my site... Especialy the tips section.Please contribute or request application type or specific title... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 what does this got to do with installing software?u're just opening the application not installing them??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albator Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 The goal is to instal them 1 time for life, or until the next revelant update.Do you know what standalone software ? I am not sure about you question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunil Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 i can only assume that he means to do a one click install...other than that its anyones guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I think he is talking about installing so the entire app is located under single subdirectory, not spread out in program files, registry, application data, local settings and everywhere else a typical app gets installed to, so you can back up the whole thing in one archive and move to any other computer.I think it is a very good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 i don't think he's talking about that, and i couldn't understand from his examplesoptions.reg saves your information about default dl location, how many parts flashget should have, position etc, etc, flashget.exe i believe is the main program not the setup I guessso assuming these are correct, appliying the options.reg and flashget.exe won't get u anywhere. even if the flashget.exe is the setup file u're not able to install flashget.exe without switches unless its scripted. when do i need to parse the reg file everytime i want to open flashget? standalone != reinstalling and i assume u're not talking about unattendedly installing. so what r u talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albator Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 Where are you been ? You had missed the revolution !------------------------------------------------------------------------------------defintion:Stand alone application: Application that can be run standalone, without prior installation ( windows registry, os related )Advantage: Portable ( USB key, CD-ROM) or Permanent on a partition (not deleted or modified by windows re installation )--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Standalone, mean without Installation, Dont use program files directory !My site is the result of a discusion here about pure standalone application like for example foxit pdf reader, it may be use on a usb key, or on a D: partition. If you reformat/reinstall windows (c: typical) The standalones application will not be touch. You never need to reinstall them since they use .ini or xml for settings...But What I am talking about now is to 'convert' non standalone application to standalone ones ! Like I said got to my site ! Here an example:Some application work minimally with registry, but not for essential setting... In those cases I suggest you to try using a .bat to get a fully working application. Here how I did it:1) Install the application normally. Adjust all settings as wanted. ( leechget in this example )2) Export the registry setting, the whole branch. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Cronosoft , in my case. and save as options.reg.3) Create a .bat to start the application with first the option.reg.ex:---------------------------------------------------------------------------REGEDIT /S options.reg // Restore registry settingstart LeechGet.exe //star program----------------------------------------------------------------------------4) Use .bat to start application I hope this is clear ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 yes i knew what standalone meant, but i could not understand what u did, since u had said, "Do you hate reinstalling software ?", so i thought u were installing, and i thought "where the heck's standalone in that..."anyways G L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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