Webtorrent-desktop: WTD uses OS' Users folers If "Portable Settings" folder is existed

[PureOcean]

What version of WebTorrent Desktop?
Version 0.17.0 (0.97.1) (64-bit)

What operating system and version?
Windows 10.0.10586 - (64-bit)

What did you do?
I only want to running in Portable mode of WebTorrent-Desktop (WTD). I always downloads the ZIP package of WTD.

What did you expect to happen?
Should be all settings in stores of "Portable Settings" folder if that folder is existed?

What actually happened?
Although the "_Portable Settings_" folder existed in extracted the folder of WTD, it's always creates/saves all settings,etc to in %AppData%WebTorrent and %LocalAppData%WebTorrent. I moves all file&subfolders to "_Portable Settings_" folder from this OS' Users folders. Unfortunately, WTD can't see/detect the "_Portable Settings_" and then again config.json and sub-folders creates in %AppData%WebTorrent and %LocalAppData%WebTorrent.

How I can be active complete portable mode without saving to %AppData% & %LocalAppData% folders? I wonder, is this a issue or else is removed portable support from WTD? I hope, unable to active portable-mode is my ignorance.

Sorry, my bad English.

[feross]

This sounds like a bug. We definitely used to support "Portable Settings" correctly. I'll investigate.

[feross]

I think I found the issue: https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-desktop/pull/974 This will be fixed in the next release. Really sorry about that!

[PureOcean]

@feross,

Please don't be sorry, really no need to apologize. Only human/software-condition...
Thank you very much your replies, interest, investigates and the fix new.
WTD improves build by build. I hope, it will be more known.

[feross]

Confirmed that the PR fixes the issue. Expect it to be out in the next release 👍

[feross]

The app is also a lot better at leaving no trace on the user's hard disk when run as a portable app. The following files are no longer created:

• Disable Electron's single instance mode so no lock file is created in
  "%APPDATA%RoamingWebTorrent".
• Put Electron crash files, and other electron files into the "Portable
  SettingsTemp" folder instead of "%APPDATA%Temp".

But that second fix isn't working correctly because of this Electron bug: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/7399 Hope to have that fixed soon!

[feross]

That last bug (crash files not getting stored in the correct location) is fixed in Electron now: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/7500

So, this should be fixed once Electron does a release, and then WebTorrent does a release :)