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   Anonymous
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   http://www.howtogeek.com/110549/the-best-free-portable-apps-for-your-flash-drive-toolkit/
   http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17638/fill-a-flash-drive-with-portable-software-using-lupo-pensuite/

   http://www.howtogeek.com/80132/codysafe-is-an-alternative-to-portableapps-2/

   You may be asking yourself, "Why would I bother with geek.menu? Shouldn't I stick with the PortableApps.com menu?" Well, there are many things that set geek.menu apart from the other options out there. The most significant difference is the current pace of development. While the PortableApps.com menu is maintained by the same guy maintaining almost every package for the menu, I'm focusing on making the best possible menu. I wrote geek.menu after getting frustrated waiting for some pretty important features, like categorization and encryption. Since then, geek.menu has been improving regularly thanks to suggestions from everyone in the PortableApps community.
   Portable Apps for USB or Run on Harddisk.

   http://geek-menu.sourceforge.net/

   liberkey.com/en/ |LiberKey does not contain any virus, malware or spyware !| a may-be Phones Home | firewall ss send I get ?

   Portable applications for your LiberKey
   Discover 290 applications sorted by categories all Free
   Illegal LiberKey Article | PortableApps.com - Portable software

   ...http://portableapps.com/node/22483

   I was just wondering why you're so angry about LiberKey ? ... OpenDev (main dev of LiberKey) explained you that the source code is available ...

   http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/liberkey

   http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/murphys_law_liberkey_gpl_violation_or_sour_grapes

   Haller's Accusation: According to Haller, LiberKey distributes open-source and freeware software without permission from the developers.
   Licensing
   Haller's Accusation: According to Haller, "They distribute GPL/LGPL/etc software (OpenOffice.org, VLC, Miranda, etc) without also distributing the source as required by the license."
   LiberKey is violating the license of software like KeePass and the VLC Media Player, amongst others.

   http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/229206005

   LiberKey: That's Not Freedom, That's Shoplifting
   After all the recent talk about "open-source leeches", it's sobering to come across an entity that sorely deserves the label. I'm talking about LiberKey

   http://www.portableapps.com/node/22483 -

   http://www.pendriveapps.com/

   http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

   http://www.portablefreeware.com/

   http://portableapps.com/

   http://www.snapfiles.com/features/ed_usb_software.html

   http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/

   http://alternativeto.net/software/liberkey/?platform=

   http://framakey.org/En/Index

   http://www.winpenpack.com/en/news.php

   http://www.prevx.com/filenames/X1707190903210323201-X1/LIBERKEY_ULTIMATE_4.9_EN%5B1%5D.EXE.html

   File Behavior Currently being reviewed
   LIBERKEY_ULTIMATE_4.9_EN[1].EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
   Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
   Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
   LIBERKEY_ULTIMATE_4.9_EN[1].EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
   Created as a process on disk
   Executed as a Process
   Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
   Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File

   http://www.lupopensuite.com/

   http://www.lupopensuite.com/db/oth/virus.htm
   - False positive reasons
   Many files of the Suite are compressed with UPX as far as I know all PortableApps use UPX

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   If it helps at all, here's how I usually go portable...

   I use InstallWatch Pro in win7's XP Mode VM & a VBox win7 32 VM to monitor installation, save the recorded data, 7zip & save the added folders, restore the VMs [simple copy/paste a copy of the virtual disks over the modified ones], then try running the app using just the expanded [7zip] folders with no registry entries, again monitoring everything with InstallWatch Pro. Once I've got a good idea what an app adds &/or requires I often try it in a VBox win7 64 VM -- I can't run InstallWatch Pro in win7 64, so I monitor the registry with Regshot2, & just look for the expected file/folder changes/additions manually using Windows Explorer.

   At that point I again restore the VM(s), then try to use Portable Apps Creator, Cameyo, or X-Launcher depending on the app & the changes it makes/needs. X-Launcher is the most involved, but also the most flexible -- with some apps [e.g. the Auslogic defrag app if I remember correctly] the contents of the User folders & some registry entries change depending on the PC/laptop you run it on, so X-Launcher can work well since it allows me to just get rid of those added folders & registry entries when the app's closed. Portable Apps Creator & Cameyo like static registry entries &/or User files. Note I haven't done much in that regard for a while, so later versions of Cameyo may work differently [better]. On the down side I find the X-Launcher docs don't do it for me, so it always requires a bit of experimentation, trial & error.

   With the Portable Apps Creator inside the XP Mode VM I set up the folder structure for a portable app, copy/paste the program's folder into place, don't run the app's install routine, do merge saved .reg files containing entries I've found necessary, & do copy/paste User files/folders into place while the Portable Apps Creator is running, recording changes. The registry entries I add/merge include those for win7 64. I'll then try running the new portable app in the win7 64 VM, noting any User files/folders added, then manually add them to the the Data folder in the new portable app... I've found adding files/folders for 64 bit win7 is not always necessary, so I don't do it unless I have to -- I've found adding 64 bit User files/folders manually usually works, while actually adding them to the XPMode VM while recording doesn't.

   To use Cameyo I start up a clean instance of the XPMode VM, start up Cameyo in that VM & start it recording, then copy/paste files/folders into place & merge needed registry entries. Then I stop recording & edit the results using that option or function in Cameyo. Instead of merging registry entries I'll often skip that step, then remove any registry entries during editing, adding .reg files to the Cameyo project then.

   Note that to work with the PortableApps.com launcher you just need an .exe file in the [DriveLetter]\ PortableApps\ [AppName]\ folder -- that's what the launcher looks for & will add to the menu. Note too that in most cases apps in the PortableApps.com format don't need the PortableApps Launcher to run [AFAIK the exceptions are apps that use the PortableAPps.com versions of Ghostscript &/or Java], so you can easily use those apps by themselves from a hard drive for example -- apps converted with the Portable Apps Creator will most often need the .ini file with the path edited however.

   If/when I work on making apps portable I work in small batches, often over a period of days so it's not bad, not a lot of work at all... I'll restore a VM, check out whatever apps I want to check out that day, then perform one of the conversion steps on each app in the batch. The next day, the next time I restore the VM(s) I'll do another step. I like the PortableApps.com launcher, plus they have a Lot of apps already setup you can download. But the PortableApps.com crowd have their own ways of thinking, doing stuff... I can't do coding -- my brain's broke due to illness -- so I find their limited documentation on making an app portable might as well be written in Klingon [I don't speak/read that either]. They also insist any apps hosted or even discussed are open source, though for personal use [not distribution] they've always seemed to accept well enough that people will use their format for all sorts of apps they own a license for.

   As far as USB sticks go [&/or cards in readers], get rid of as many small files as possible -- many PortableApps.com apps have a LOT of language files, so get rid of what you don't use/need. Installing/updateing PortableApps.com apps means 1st deleting the old files 1 at a time when/if they exist -- deleting the old stuff, the old file versions manually beforehand & it'll go [sometimes *Much*] faster. AV software tends to suspect anything USB, & can make apps on a USB stick almost unusable -- I'll AV scan apps on a hard drive or VHD 1st, then turn off the AV realtime scanning & add them to my USB stick/device, and I'll turn off that realtime scanning before I use them. Finally, I keep my portable collection on a external hard drive that I can easily backup with Paragon software, just like any other hard drive -- I'll copy/paste just the apps I'm going to want/need to a USB stick... I just have too many to manage easily on a USB stick, which became a Huge hassle.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   mikiem2 thanks say & you are 100% right
   Note that to work with the PortableApps.com launcher you just need an .exe file in the [DriveLetter]\ PortableApps\ [AppName]\ folder -- that's what the launcher looks for & will add to the menu. Note too that in most cases apps in the PortableApps.com format don't need the PortableApps Launcher to run [AFAIK the exceptions are apps that use the PortableAPps.com versions of Ghostscript &/or Java]
   I did that with Firefox I set up all on Harddrive then copy to usb if need up date I up date on Harddrive only Delete old on USB & copy new to save where on the usb by the way I like PortableApps best all-so very good tools at Sysinternals

   http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals

   http://www.nirsoft.net/freeware_links.html (See note)

   100+ portable system utilities NirLauncher is a package of more than 100 portable freeware utilities developed by Nirsoft. The popular Nirsoft utilities (many of them listed separately on SnapFiles) include networking tools, password recovery tools, privacy cleaners, system utilities, programming tools, command-line utilities and much more.The Nirsoft tools are known for their small size (most of them below 50 Kb) and reliable performance - a valuable addition to any PC or portable drive. Note: Please be aware that NirLauncher includes several password recovery tools that are considered "hacking tools" by some anti-virus products. You will most likely receive a warning.
   File Size 13225 Kb

   http://www.snapfiles.com/get/nirlauncher.html

   (See note only keep on USB Antivirus not like)

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   http://www.cameyo.com/

   Download or make your own

   http://cameyo.com/doc/step_1_packaging_an_applicatio.htm

   Packaging your own virtual app

   Posted 12 years ago #

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