Portable Altap Salamander v2
- crystalidea
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Portable Altap Salamander v2
No bat files, works fine with multiple instances of AS. Config file is stored in AS directory as a single .dat file
How to use:
AS = Altap Salamander
XML = salamand_portable.xml
1. Download and unpack the archive (411kb). It's recommended to place XML into AS folder. If you placed XML to some other folder, edit 'exePath' in XML to match the full path of 'salamand.exe' on your machine. 'RunAppPortable.exe' and other files can be also put into AS folder unless you plan to run some other apps in portable mode using RunAppPortable.
2. Create a shortcut to 'RunAppPortable.exe' and specify XML path as parameter (see attached picture). You can also change icon of the shortcut to the one used by 'salamand.exe'.
3. Enjoy. Feedback is welcome here
Features:
- Portable version works without conflicts with normal version
- "(Portable)" is appended to window title
- Tested to work on different machines when AS is located in Dropbox
- Works on network drives
- Works well with multiple AS instances
- Source code to be available soon
Known limitations of RunAppPortable:
- Requires process elevation (administrator rights)
- No 64-bit executables support (soon)
- Not much tested with other apps, but it should work
To be updated.
How to use:
AS = Altap Salamander
XML = salamand_portable.xml
1. Download and unpack the archive (411kb). It's recommended to place XML into AS folder. If you placed XML to some other folder, edit 'exePath' in XML to match the full path of 'salamand.exe' on your machine. 'RunAppPortable.exe' and other files can be also put into AS folder unless you plan to run some other apps in portable mode using RunAppPortable.
2. Create a shortcut to 'RunAppPortable.exe' and specify XML path as parameter (see attached picture). You can also change icon of the shortcut to the one used by 'salamand.exe'.
3. Enjoy. Feedback is welcome here
Features:
- Portable version works without conflicts with normal version
- "(Portable)" is appended to window title
- Tested to work on different machines when AS is located in Dropbox
- Works on network drives
- Works well with multiple AS instances
- Source code to be available soon
Known limitations of RunAppPortable:
- Requires process elevation (administrator rights)
- No 64-bit executables support (soon)
- Not much tested with other apps, but it should work
To be updated.
- Attachments
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- salamand_portable.png (127.09 KiB) Viewed 1814 times
Last edited by crystalidea on 11 Jul 2019, 20:11, edited 4 times in total.
- crystalidea
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Re: Portable Altap Salamander v2
Updated to version 0.9.1: using temporary folder for data file path to avoid conflicts with cloud synchronization services (e.g. Dropbox). Data file is actually modified only after app exit
Re: Portable Altap Salamander v2
please, provide a way to import Salamander config file. Thank you.
- crystalidea
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Re: Portable Altap Salamander v2
This option exists (when RunAppPortable is run the first time)
Re: Portable Altap Salamander v2
Can you make a portable 4.0 now that it is Freeware?
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Re: Portable Altap Salamander v2
(Note that "the archive" aka salamand_portable.zip has been updated over time. Latest as of 7-19-2018.
Don't know if actual changes or only something like the digital signature?)
Don't know if actual changes or only something like the digital signature?)
WinXP Pro SP3 or Win7 x86 | SS 2.54
- crystalidea
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- crystalidea
- Posts: 203
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- crystalidea
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Re: Portable Altap Salamander v2
I'll open source it a little bit later so anyone can improve the plugin.