Community-edition: Portable

[smaragdus]

The so called portable versions of Rambox:
"Rambox-win32-ia32-portable.zip" & "Rambox-win32-x64-portable.zip"
are not really portable because they save program data and settings not inside program folder but in AppData (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Rambox)
which means that one cannot use Rambox from external drives on other machines without leaving traces and junk behind.

I would appreciate a truly portable version which stores data and settings in Rambox folder (start parameter, option to make Rambox portable, asking the user where to save settings on first run, etc).

I also noticed that "About" menu (Help-About Rambox) is not working.

[saenzramiro]

That's true, is not really portable. Doing a really portable version for now, is not important for me... Maybe in the future or someone can do it and share.

Thanks!

[iliyang]

+1 for a truly portable version!

[franciscoluiz]

+1 for a truly portable version!

[NucsuM]

+1 for a truly portable version!

[duarteframos]

+1 for a truly portable version!

[starsoccer]

+1 for portable version

Really the only change that is needed is the ability to select the save location for program data

[ghost]

+1 for portable version

[thirtyfiveo]

+1 for a truly portable version!

[AdKiller]

+100 for portable version

[franciscoluiz]

+1000 for portable version

[kprkpr]

+1 for portable version

[saenzramiro]

In latest version 0.5.9, portable seems to work ok. Can anyone check this?

[kprkpr]

Where is this portable version? I didnt see it, and the "Rambox-0.5.9-x64-win.zip" uses %appdata%\Rambox

[wokawoka]

+1
by the way, thanks for this great application

[eadmaster]

I've found this launcher for Windows which does not work, so i've made this batch script launcher:

@echo off
setlocal

REM APPDATA=%~dp0Data
XCOPY /E /H /Y /C  "%~dp0Data" "%APPDATA%\"

start "" /WAIT "%~dp0App\Rambox.exe" %*

XCOPY /E /H /Y /C /I  "%APPDATA%\Rambox" "%~dp0Data\Rambox" 
rd /S /Q "%APPDATA%\Rambox" 

It's ugly because you have to keep the console window opened, but it works.

As alternative I've tried the usual trick of redefining APPDATA but it does not work with this.
Do you know if there is a cmdline switch to set the user data path?

[Striler]

Any news on this important topic?

[burtek]

+100 for portable version
Any progress? @saenzmariano

[AdKiller]

It's been 3 years... we are not going to get a portable app. sad...

[pandruszkow]

It's even worse now, due to the automatic update feature. It just installs Rambox systemwide any time a new version is released, without asking.

[crazy-max]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to let you know that Rambox portable is available through Portapps.