Why No Opera 20 Portable?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
I'm not saying it wouldn't work.
What I'm concerned about is that it be a TRUE Portable version.
It's as Colderwinters said ... doing it via this quick method would mean that it wasn't a truly genuinely Portable App and thus it would still create registry entries and put stuff who knows where all on the Hard Drive.Afaik, if you choose the standalone install method, it will install the files only on the selected folder.At least here i couldn't notice any other instance of them when installed as stanalone/usb.
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linuxmint7 last edited by
I'm not saying it wouldn't work.
What I'm concerned about is that it be a TRUE Portable version.
It's as Colderwinters said ... doing it via this quick method would mean that it wasn't a truly genuinely Portable App and thus it would still create registry entries and put stuff who knows where all on the Hard Drive.Afaik, if you choose the standalone install method, it will install the files only on the selected folder.At least here i couldn't notice any other instance of them when installed as stanalone/usb.
I can confirm this. I have been running Opera Blink (and Opera Presto) on this particular machine for the past couple of months (a then fresh install of Win7) in 'Stand-alone USB' portable mode (via the official installer) and there are no files relating to either version of Opera stored in AppData. The only files related to both Opera's (other than the ones in their respective program folders), are the two desktop shortcuts I created, and some files in the windows /prefetch folder.
I only ever use Opera (all versions) in 'Stand-alone USB' portable mode (since the option has been available) in Windows or Linux even though it is my default browser (specifically 12.14). It's just the way I prefer to use it, oh and it's great for backups too.
I've not checked the registry for entries yet, as I am current in Linux at the moment.
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suntana last edited by
Alright Sidneynet, Leocg, Linuxmint7 ... I finally did it. I installed Opera 20.0.1387.91 on my Flash Drive via that Stand-alone USB method. YES! Awesome!
I wasn't even aware that Stand-alone USB mode existed in the Installer.
Before embarking on this no longer Mission Impossible, I did a quick search to make sure I knew what the heck I was going to be doing. The steps looked simple and they were.Not that I have tried it yet at this instant, but at least it's already showing up perfectly there in the menu of my PortableApps.com menu. So, it LOOKs like it should work. I'll try it out later.
Thanks for cluing me into this tip / secret, guys!
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suntana last edited by
Oh and thanks for the info on how to add an Avatar image, Leocg.
However, I'm probably NOT going to be doing that.
It's that ... :::Sigh::: I'm just sick and tired of having to create accounts for every friggin' thing we do on the Net. It's like, you want to blink? You have to create an account. You want to look to the left? You have to create an account. You want to look to the right? You have to create an account. If you feel a sneeze coming on ... you'd better hold it, lest you have to create an account. Sheesh! Grrrrrrrrr! LOL -
suntana last edited by
There's no editing capability on the comments on this forum, is there?
Upon reading my previous comment, I would have probably edited it a bit to make more sense. I think the 3rd paragraph didn't come out quite right. But, it's probably too late now. -
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suntana last edited by
Oh Okay.
The thing is, the other day when I first figured that gear icon was where I'd find the editing button, I clicked on it and absolutely nothing happened. Right now I do see that it's active. It must have been a glitch at the time.Thanks again, Leocg.
I AM now in the middle of testing my Opera Portable.
It had me worried there in the beginning. I put my Bookmarks file in the only Opera-related folder that I saw there in my PortableApps.com area for the Apps. It was a folder named "20.0.1387.91." But, the Bookmarks didn't come up. I was, "Awww MAN! What NOW?" Then I quickly looked in that "About Opera" area and it said the Bookmarks would be / should be in the Profile folder. But, there was obviously no Profile folder in the "20.0.1387.91" folder. It turned out that the Profile folder was just roaming around independently outside of that "20.0.1387.91" folder. O --- Kay! Stuck the Bookmarks file in there and the Bookmarks now came up and work. -
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suntana last edited by
Reload the page before being able to edit a comment?
Thanks for the heads up, Steve. -
shandra last edited by
As a workaround some App-Virtualizer like http://www.cameyo.com/ should do the trick (but as with all app virtualizer (thin apps, evalaze, etc.) such a thing is best done from within a VM (bare system without any fancy cancy stuff+updates which may interfere with the virtualization process, or better to say if there are some prerequisites for the 2be Virtualized App allready installed on the system those stuff won't be captured by the process (in the compare of the snapshots before and after the install) - besides that as cameyos motto is "software should be used, not installed"
