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In short, junctions are older technology. Support for junctions arrived in Windows 2000, whereas symlinks are supported starting from Windows Vista.Userfriendly wrote:I still have a hard time grasping the difference between a junction and symlink....
Thank you for the suggestions.Userfriendly wrote:Two good portable launchers for discord. One written in Golang by crazy-max https://github.com/crazy-max/discord-portable and another by Demon.Devin with his modified PAF launcher https://github.com/demondevin/DiscordPortable
I added crazy-max's wrapper to the database: https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2905
Yes, it is.Midas wrote:Just a quick note of confirmation here: portable or not, Discord is Electron based, right?
Thanks for that. I have added a bit more to the entry.SYSTEM wrote:Thank you for the suggestions.
I found you guys and this thread thanks to the referring sites/domains on my GitHub project page. Thanks for showing interest in my work. It makes me happy to know that there is people actually trying out my portables apps.Userfriendly wrote:Two good portable launchers for discord. One written in Golang by crazy-max https://github.com/crazy-max/discord-portable and another by Demon.Devin with his modified PAF launcher https://github.com/demondevin/DiscordPortable
Older versions of the crazy-max launcher used symbolic link to sorta fool discord to save and read the settings in the program folder instead of User/AppData/Roaming/ (but a symlink fake folder thing remains here pointing towards the discord launcher folder). The latest version now just overrides USERPROFILE env var and it seems to work. Not sure how it works but it does. Must be a Golang thing.
Demon.Devin PAF launcher uses Junctions instead of Symlink. I still have a hard time grasping the difference between a junction and symlink....
There's also janky batch file launchers by MarioMasta64 which includes discord https://github.com/MarioMasta64/EverythingPortable
Welcome to the sitedemon.devin wrote:I found you guys and this thread thanks to the referring sites/domains on my GitHub project page. Thanks for showing interest in my work. It makes me happy to know that there is people actually trying out my portables apps.
Could you link to the thread in question? The PA admin drops by here from time to time and it might make tracking back your effort easier.demon.devin wrote:I tried sharing my Discord PAF on PortableApps.com and I haven't gotten any feedback except for one person who said it was working flawlessly without any bugs (which was cool but I thought I'd hear more than that).
Golang seems to often trigger false positives kinda like AutoIt. It looks like it has been resolved https://github.com/portapps/discord-por ... -345525554SYSTEM wrote:Version 0.0.298-14 of crazy-max's wrapper is available.
However, I'm going to hold updating the database entry for now. Whopping 32 AVs say that the latest version is infected, and I'll rather believe them.
We can link to both versions maybe?demon.devin wrote:Why not use my version? With my Discord Portable, when Discord updates, so does the PAF package. So in other words, you only ever need to install it once. During every launch when Discord updates itself, the portable code, like my GitHub Desktop Portable, will take care of the rest and delete the old version.
I updated the entry to version 0.0.298-15 and added a link to demon.devin's wrapper.Userfriendly wrote:Golang seems to often trigger false positives kinda like AutoIt. It looks like it has been resolved https://github.com/portapps/discord-por ... -345525554SYSTEM wrote:Version 0.0.298-14 of crazy-max's wrapper is available.
However, I'm going to hold updating the database entry for now. Whopping 32 AVs say that the latest version is infected, and I'll rather believe them.
We can link to both versions maybe?demon.devin wrote:Why not use my version? With my Discord Portable, when Discord updates, so does the PAF package. So in other words, you only ever need to install it once. During every launch when Discord updates itself, the portable code, like my GitHub Desktop Portable, will take care of the rest and delete the old version.