The BEST tutorial i found to make portable apps with NSIS

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The BEST tutorial i found to make portable apps with NSIS

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/3906049/Make- ... -With-NSIS

a very in-depth tutorial a must see. :D
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These are the same

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All the steps in this are automated in that portable builder

http://rapidshare.com/files/157407239/P ... RACTOR.exe
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yeah...

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haven't tried that program out yet but I really don't trust things like that...does everything automatic and dealing with registries just make me a lil nervous.

anyway this tutorial is for noobs (like me) who what to use NSIS to make a application portable, and this is the best one I've found that explains how and what everything works/does.
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Re: yeah...

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pplknownothin wrote:haven't tried that program out yet but I really don't trust things like that...does everything automatic and dealing with registries just make me a lil nervous.
And that's good. There will never be 100% correct way of portabilizing stuff that doesn't use virtualization.
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Automated

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It automate it and still let you change all settings; it is not locked like a thinapp but is open so you can alter everything
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Re: Automated

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handsomejoe.boy wrote:It automate it and still let you change all settings; it is not locked like a thinapp but is open so you can alter everything
ThinApp has scripting support, so it isn't locked either. You can't alter everything, but enough to portabilise anything.
And I seriously don't see any significant difference between changing settings and writing a launcher.
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#7 Post by pplknownothin »

...ANYWAY...

this post was mainly for the tutorial not the portable app builder (or w/e it's called).

I still recommend the tutorial over the builder..at least this way you have an understanding on what the program is doing rather then relying on someone else's script.
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Doesn't that builder have a proper website?
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Re: The BEST tutorial i found to make portable apps with NSI

#9 Post by Napiophelios »

pplknownothin wrote:http://www.scribd.com/doc/3906049/Make- ... -With-NSIS

a very in-depth tutorial a must see. :D

How to make portables with NSIS..chm (1.35mb)
I think this is the same thing in a chm format.

How to make portables with NSIS..EXE (2.6mb)
this one was made with Website packer (HTML to exe)

The Templates mentioned in the tut

Handy Reg2NSIS tool
Reg2NSIS Author's webpage
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