Portable Skype (AKA sPortable)

[JohnTHaller]

Going to post this here since I do not have an account over at portableapps.com. Hopefully @JohnTHaller sees it.

sPortable 8.90.0.405 cannot be installed. I'm getting the following when running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe:

The publisher pulled it. We reverted to the previous version.

[freakazoid]

Going to post this here since I do not have an account over at portableapps.com. Hopefully @JohnTHaller sees it.

sPortable 8.90.0.405 cannot be installed. I'm getting the following when running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe:

The publisher pulled it. We reverted to the previous version.

Thanks John. That worked after I wiped out my Data folder. Is it possible to prevent Skype from downloading the latest Skype-Setup.exe file to Data\SkypeData? This causes most of the issues for me as it asks to update Skype on next launch similar to webfork's screenshot a few posts up: viewtopic.php?p=88325#p88325

[JohnTHaller]

Thanks John. That worked after I wiped out my Data folder. Is it possible to prevent Skype from downloading the latest Skype-Setup.exe file to Data\SkypeData? This causes most of the issues for me as it asks to update Skype on next launch similar to webfork's screenshot a few posts up: viewtopic.php?p=88325#p88325

It's only possible at the system level with admin rights. So, no.

[Midas]

Is it possible to prevent Skype from downloading the latest Skype-Setup.exe file to Data\SkypeData?

Have you tried placing a dummy 'Skype-Setup.exe' file there with read-only and system attributes set?

[JohnTHaller]

Have you tried placing a dummy 'Skype-Setup.exe' file there with read-only and system attributes set?

Good thought, though it didn't work. But it gave the a similar idea. Create a directory called Skype-Setup.exe within Data\SkypeData. This prevents it from downloading it. I've added code for this to the next release.

[freakazoid]

Have you tried placing a dummy 'Skype-Setup.exe' file there with read-only and system attributes set?

Good thought, though it didn't work. But it gave the a similar idea. Create a directory called Skype-Setup.exe within Data\SkypeData. This prevents it from downloading it. I've added code for this to the next release.

Sweet! Thanks for the input, Midas, and to John for implementing the fix.

[Midas]

Nice.

[freakazoid]

A new version of Skype is out (v8.90.0.407), so Skype was asking to update again on launch.

This gave me an opportunity to try the Data\SkypeData\Skype-Setup.exe\ directory workaround that John mentioned (with an assist from Midas!). After I purged my Data\ folder and logged into Skype again, Skype no longer auto-downloads the Skype-Setup.exe file.

Perfect!

[JohnTHaller]

Good thought, though it didn't work. But it gave the a similar idea. Create a directory called Skype-Setup.exe within Data\SkypeData. This prevents it from downloading it. I've added code for this to the next release.

This is now incorporated into sPortable with today's 8.90.0.407 release. It will be handled for existing installs when upgrading as well.

[freakazoid]

Going to post this here since I do not have an account over at portableapps.com. Hopefully @JohnTHaller sees it.

sPortable 8.90.0.405 cannot be installed. I'm getting the following when running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe:

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Output folder: c:\apps\sPortable
Preparing to upgrade sPortable...
Create folder: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded
Downloading Skype...
Installing sPortable...
Rename: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype->C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype-Setup.exe
Create folder: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded
Downloading Skype...
Installing sPortable...
Rename: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype->C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype-Setup.exe
Delete file: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype-Setup.exe
The downloaded copy of Skype is not valid and can not be installed. Please try installing again.

Tried running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe a few times with the same result.

Ran into the same problem again. Latest version of sPortable (8.109.0.209) fails to install. Next I tried to install the last few versions of sPortable down to 8.106.0.212 and am still getting the same problem. Hopefully JTH sees this.

[JohnTHaller]

Going to post this here since I do not have an account over at portableapps.com. Hopefully @JohnTHaller sees it.

sPortable 8.90.0.405 cannot be installed. I'm getting the following when running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe:

....

Tried running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe a few times with the same result.

Ran into the same problem again. Latest version of sPortable (8.109.0.209) fails to install. Next I tried to install the last few versions of sPortable down to 8.106.0.212 and am still getting the same problem. Hopefully JTH sees this.

That just means a new version was released by the publisher. You can let us know in the Outdated Apps thread on PortableApps.com. It's been updated. The old versions will never install as the publisher pulls old releases.

[freakazoid]

Going to post this here since I do not have an account over at portableapps.com. Hopefully @JohnTHaller sees it.

sPortable 8.90.0.405 cannot be installed. I'm getting the following when running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe:

....

Tried running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe a few times with the same result.

Ran into the same problem again. Latest version of sPortable (8.109.0.209) fails to install. Next I tried to install the last few versions of sPortable down to 8.106.0.212 and am still getting the same problem. Hopefully JTH sees this.

That just means a new version was released by the publisher. You can let us know in the Outdated Apps thread on PortableApps.com. It's been updated. The old versions will never install as the publisher pulls old releases.

Thanks John for the quick response. Can confirm that the latest version works. I'll look into creating a PA.com account later if I come across similar problems again.