-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Portable apps vs installed apps
- From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:18:38 -0700
Admirable endeavor!
Wouldn't it be easier to dump Windows and load DOS? lol
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:03 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Portable apps vs installed apps
>I don't know. I tossed the question out because I didn't know the
> answer and didn't know what might or might not be affected by a switch
> to a portable app (PA).
>
> If you have a PA residing on your hard drive could you associate a
> file extension with it and have it work correctly?
>
> While that would write something to the registry (which is not what a
> PA is supposed to do) at least it is not the app doing the writing and
> an association would be there anyway even if the PA was not there.
>
> My main interest in PA is avoiding the bajillion lines of data added
> to the registry by every app that gets installed.
>
> Don
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