Make Portable Programs

[yezeiyashein]

How To Create Portable Program????

somepeople say "

Get Total Uninstaller 2.35.

Run the installer you want in Total Uninstaller.

Save the log to your desktop.

Get Portable Application Template.

Open up the NSI file.

Open up the Total Uninstaller log.

Copy all the Total Uninstaller registry entries to the PAT, separating them with ||.

Do the same with Settings Files and Settings Directories.

For icons, get Icons From File. Extract the icon from the main program. Alternatively, do a Google Images search.

Fill in the rest of the info.

Compile with NSIS. PortableNSIS also good.

Uninstall the original program with Total Uninstall.

Run the portable program.

Check to see if the registry entries and files are there."

Anyone can be explain exactly or give me example?????

[Lightbringer-]

Yes, that would be great I also heard about 'virtualised' portable apps...

[albator]

It seem a complex method to me. Wich application do you want portable ?

[Jeremy]

As long as the application doesn't install a Service, it should be able to be made portable.

PortableApps

For most software, you only need to copy the Program Files folder to a flash drive.

[yezeiyashein]

i mean create own portable programs.

[albator]

@Jeremy

Never heard of the registry, DLL, Application Data folder ? ...

[Jeremy]

@Jeremy

Never heard of the registry, DLL, Application Data folder ? ...

For most software, you only need to copy the Program Files folder to a flash drive.

If the software uses the registry to create Services, then it can't be made portable. It would have to run completely standalone or use an .INI or .XML file. Application Data, of course. DLL? You mean system32? The more directories it installs files to, the harder it makes it to be made portable. You'd need some method of logging/monitoring where files are being written to such as FileMon or Process Explorer.

Regardless, I think there's already enough portable programs to accomplish what someone would want to do. Finding them is the hard part, but the website I linked to is a good start.

Edited March 18, 2007 by Jeremy

[albator]

K, your fist statement was confusing. It seem like you were saying that any program can be portable as long as it doesn't use service.

http://www.portablefreeware.com/ is a good website too.

Edited March 18, 2007 by albator