Portable Apps..?

[Richard Gaskin]

Chipp Walters wrote:
> I've been thinking a lot about this lately-- and I'm leaning on the side 
> of creating next versions of my apps as mostly portable from now on. 
> Portable apps have the distinguishing feature they are entirely 
> self-contained in a single folder and can even be stored on USB drives 
> if the user wishes. They are easy to install and delete and move, as 
> well as maintain. For more info on portable apps check out:
> http://portableapps.com/
...
> Any thoughts about this before I take the leap?

The thread "checking removable drives" in this archive has some 
discussion on this:
<http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2005-November/thread.html>

One solution is for the app to attempt to write to its own folder, and 
if that fails then it writes where the OS vendor recommends.

Another is to use a DriveType external.  Mark Weider was kind enough to 
send me his.

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