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Programming experience for portable programs


jimmy_cy

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hello im wondering if its easy for a non programmer to make portable programs .. even high level programs like kaspersky ..

i have tried at the past to make the winrar portable but i failed..

what should i know first

what softs should i use?

really is it possible for a normal user to make it?

thanks

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WinRAR has already a portable version: WinRAR Unplugged

It depends on the application you are attempted to make portable. Most Anti-virus tools will be very difficult to make portable (although portable scanners for most major anti-virus tools are already made), due to the requirement of system drivers. Most applications shouldn't be too difficult.

Which tools are you looking at?

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i mean the right tools which help you to succeed making any program portable

i just want to know the info for being able to make portable any program

when i said antivirus i gave an example.. just to be more realistic

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Like i said it depends on the application.

You should monitor an installation and then run the application; see what is installed and where and what files are called during the running of the application. This should give an indication of what the basics of the application are.

Process Monitor is ideal for this.

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Yeap...have been using Thinstall and VMware to make portable for sometime (when using XP).

Had not tried on Windows 7 since.

Another method was to use NSIS

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Thinapp wont work on antiviruses, tried it...but that was some time ago.

I think the drivers that it installs is what prevents it from working on other systems.... =/

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