If you regularly use a computer at your workplace, you might be prohibited from installing additional software. In such cases, portable apps
will come in handy. Portable apps don’t need to be installed. They are
executables which can be run from a USB thumb drive too. Many programs
offer separate portable versions for consumer’s convenience. But if the
tool you use doesn’t offer a portable version, don’t worry, that’s what
we will talk about in this article.
Here are the steps.
1. Start by installing Cameyo on your PC – Download Cameyo
2. Open Cameyo and hit Capture Installation to get started.
3. Cameyo will now take a snapshot of your system while displaying a dialog box shown below.
4. After the system snapshot process gets over, you can install the software which you feel like making portable. After the software installation gets over, click Install Done in the prompt as shown below.
5. Cameyo will now take another system snapshot that will find out the differences between the results of the 1st snapshot and the 2nd one in order to make the application portable. After the Post-Installation snapshot, a dialog box displaying the message of successful package creation will appear.
6. You can now find the installed application as a single virtual file in the directory where Cameyo put it. This file can be further copied to a flash-drive for use on other systems without having to install it. There is also an option to edit the virtual package to suit your needs.
7. You may now uninstall the software (YouTube Downloader in my case) from your PC. The .virtual file can be copied to a flash drive and can be used on any computer running Microsoft Windows.
Almost all the applications work well with Cameyo. You can also pack runtimes of a particular application into a single package itself (ex – Flash/Java for Firefox).
If you still want more clarity on the entire process, I recommend you check out the video
ANOTHER WAY
im useing diablo2 as an example, just replace diablo with what your file names are
Get Bat-To-Exe-Converter
http://www.download.com/Bat-To-Exe-Converter/3000-2069_4-10555897.html
Make a new folder the G:\PortableApps\
im going to name mine d2
enter the folder
Copy the program FOLDER into this directory
G:\PortableApps\D2\Diablo II
now make a notepad file in the G:\PortableApps\D2\ directory
copy or write this in do not write in the ( )
cd Diablo II\ (folder containing program)
Diablo II.exe (name of exe that starts the program)
goto save as and name it DiabloII.bat (add the .bat)
save it
open your Bat-To-Exe-Converter
for batchfile navigate to the .bat file you just made
you dont need to fill in anything else but at the bottom theirs a Ghost Application box, tick it unless you want an annoying box opening with your program
take your new compiled exe and put it in your G:\PortableApps\D2
now open your portable apps launcher and click options and refresh app icons
as you see, your newly compiled exe is saying use me!
if you want to use your original icon that the program had grab icon sucker 2.0
http://www.download.com/Icon-Sucker/3000-2195_4-10053519.html?tag=mncol&...
some programs (winamp for example) your going to have to make another bat
in the notepad its
taskkill /f /im winamp.exe (process name)
you can find the process name by useing ctrl alt delete and looking under process's
Here are the steps.
1. Start by installing Cameyo on your PC – Download Cameyo
2. Open Cameyo and hit Capture Installation to get started.
3. Cameyo will now take a snapshot of your system while displaying a dialog box shown below.
4. After the system snapshot process gets over, you can install the software which you feel like making portable. After the software installation gets over, click Install Done in the prompt as shown below.
5. Cameyo will now take another system snapshot that will find out the differences between the results of the 1st snapshot and the 2nd one in order to make the application portable. After the Post-Installation snapshot, a dialog box displaying the message of successful package creation will appear.
6. You can now find the installed application as a single virtual file in the directory where Cameyo put it. This file can be further copied to a flash-drive for use on other systems without having to install it. There is also an option to edit the virtual package to suit your needs.
7. You may now uninstall the software (YouTube Downloader in my case) from your PC. The .virtual file can be copied to a flash drive and can be used on any computer running Microsoft Windows.
Almost all the applications work well with Cameyo. You can also pack runtimes of a particular application into a single package itself (ex – Flash/Java for Firefox).
If you still want more clarity on the entire process, I recommend you check out the video
ANOTHER WAY
im useing diablo2 as an example, just replace diablo with what your file names are
Get Bat-To-Exe-Converter
http://www.download.com/Bat-To-Exe-Converter/3000-2069_4-10555897.html
Make a new folder the G:\PortableApps\
im going to name mine d2
enter the folder
Copy the program FOLDER into this directory
G:\PortableApps\D2\Diablo II
now make a notepad file in the G:\PortableApps\D2\ directory
copy or write this in do not write in the ( )
cd Diablo II\ (folder containing program)
Diablo II.exe (name of exe that starts the program)
goto save as and name it DiabloII.bat (add the .bat)
save it
open your Bat-To-Exe-Converter
for batchfile navigate to the .bat file you just made
you dont need to fill in anything else but at the bottom theirs a Ghost Application box, tick it unless you want an annoying box opening with your program
take your new compiled exe and put it in your G:\PortableApps\D2
now open your portable apps launcher and click options and refresh app icons
as you see, your newly compiled exe is saying use me!
if you want to use your original icon that the program had grab icon sucker 2.0
http://www.download.com/Icon-Sucker/3000-2195_4-10053519.html?tag=mncol&...
some programs (winamp for example) your going to have to make another bat
in the notepad its
taskkill /f /im winamp.exe (process name)
you can find the process name by useing ctrl alt delete and looking under process's
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