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lautrepay
 Post subject: Portables only on removables drives
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:44 pm 
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Here is a list with a few apps that are portable when running from a removable drive, but store settings in the user %APPDATA% and/or in the registry when running from local disks.

From AnnyStudio:
JPEG Lossless Rotator
Just Color Picker

From Hornil:
Hornil StylePix Portable

From PicoFactory:
Unit Converter
Currency Converter
(Probably there are more freeware from PicoFactory with the same behavior, I didn't test all of them).

From Quad-Lock Building Systems:
Quad-Lock Unit Converter

Surely I'm forgetting a few others...
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webfork
 Post subject: Re: Portables only on removables drives
PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:31 am 
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lautrepay wrote:
Here is a list with a few apps that are portable when running from a removable drive, but store settings in the user %APPDATA% and/or in the registry when running from local disks.

Would a workaround be to use a program like vSubst http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1503 to create a virtual drive and trick the program into keep the settings local?

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SYSTEM
 Post subject: Re: Portables only on removables drives
PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:21 pm 
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webfork wrote:
lautrepay wrote:
Here is a list with a few apps that are portable when running from a removable drive, but store settings in the user %APPDATA% and/or in the registry when running from local disks.

Would a workaround be to use a program like vSubst http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1503 to create a virtual drive and trick the program into keep the settings local?


I think it won't work. :( Likely these programs are using the Windows API to determine the drive type, and I believe Windows doesn't give the removable type to SUBST drives.

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 Post subject: Re: Portables only on removables drives
PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:08 pm 
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SYSTEM wrote:
I think it won't work. :( Likely these programs are using the Windows API to determine the drive type, and I believe Windows doesn't give the removable type to SUBST drives.

That's unfortunate -- thanks tho

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guinness
 Post subject: Re: Portables only on removables drives
PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:32 am 
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TrueCrypt perhaps?

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