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I do not believe the MSI (MS Installer) supports a "portable mode". It's contrary to the purpose of the installer. On the other hand, the other installers may support such a mode. |
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We publish 7z archives, completely identical to msi, for this very purpose. Anticipating the "but what if I can't unpack 7z" argument: |
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I don't think anybody has problems with 7z. |
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Yes, it may serve a few purposes:
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Actually MS considers it as multipurpose tool Using Windows Installer. If you take an app like Far2, then yes, it will be an impossible task for MSI, but Far3 itself is basically portable. Another option is to make fully portable Far3 as 7-zip archive (new archive, modification of existing one, or combo-archive). |
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Portable mode would be very usefull ++ |
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I totally agree, this would be great! |
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FYI
More info: FarManager/far/Far.exe.example.ini Lines 7 to 25 in 511238c |
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The more I think about it, the more I get convinced that the MSI installer deserves an option for portable installation. |
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The ini file is user-defined. We cannot have user-defined files in the distribution. What if we keep it opt-in, but one click opt-in?
@echo off
setlocal
set INI=%~dp0far.exe.ini
if exist %INI% choice /m "%INI% already exists. Overwrite"
if errorlevel 2 exit /b 1
call :generate > %INI%
echo Done
endlocal
goto :eof
:generate
echo [General]
echo UseSystemProfiles=0 |
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Far installer has options to install it for the current user and for all users.
What do you think: Does it make sense to add option "Install in Portable Mode"?
It will be very convenient.
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