Why not 'web reaper'?

[SleepingWolf]

I'm sure web-reaper has been tested, so may I ask why it has been excluded. Of course it probably writes to the registry, but which keys and how frequently?

It's not that I'm trying to whinge or criticize, just trying to understand why I shouldn't "install" it.

Could you please make these details available for discarded apps. Pretty please!

[Andrew Lee]

It's a download manager that writes settings to the registry, including things like default download path, number of concurrent connections, speed limits etc.

If you can stand having to update all these settings when you switch mahcines, or you are very sure you will never ever touch the default settings, then go ahead and use it.

[portackager]

Well, if it writes to e.g. HKEY_SOFTWARE\web-reaper, or in one folder, and doesn't register dll's, content menus, and doesn't need third party dll's in anywhere else it can be easily made portable by a wrapper. even a batch file,

run:

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start "" "web-reaper.exe"
Reg add "HKCU\Software\Reweb-reaper" wb.reg /f
[code]

export:
[code]
Reg Export "HKCU\Software\Reweb-reaper" wb.reg
Reg Delete "HKCU\Software\Reweb-reaper" 

[SleepingWolf]

Oops, sorry...

Trust me to pose a technical problem rather than a simple one! I guess the question I should have asked is "Is there a portable alternative?"

Thanks for the replies though...

[usdcs]

I should have asked is "Is there a portable alternative?"

Indeed there is. Check out the Internet / Offline Browsers category: http://www.portablefreeware.com/?c=2&sc=46

Regards,
Dan