Two tips-wishes for improvement

[selukwe]

Haha, thanks. But I meant something really short, 5 words or so. Ah come on, lets simply forget it, it's no problem for 99,999% of the users.

How about this:

Installer Package:
Configures the program to run in non-portable, user profile mode. It may be configured to portable mode later manually.

Non-Install Package:
Is configured to automatically run in portable mode. It may be configured to run in user profile mode manually.

I think it would make it all much clearer, mainly for the new users...

[admin]

Given this discussion of the different XY install packages what is the best and safest method to migrate all of a carefully honed working version several years in the making to a new computer?

FAQ #4:
http://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=migrate

[aurumdigitus]

So the next computer gets a brand new Installer Package first and then gets started. Then using the nascent XY the files get copied to it. Yes?

At what point does the fresh software learn of the registration number?

This arises over the question of just how portable is portable. Thought maybe it was simply enough to copy C:\Program Files\XYplorer and that would do it.

[aurumdigitus]

FAQ #4:
http://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=migrate

Thanks for your edification and clarification Don and Stefan. If anything happened to my XY it would be tantamount to losing an old friend.

[Stefan]

So the next computer gets a brand new Installer Package first and then gets started. Then using the nascent XY the files get copied to it. Yes?

Yes. Just start your new fresh XYplorer and use the Go -menu
to go to the two XYplorer folders and copy your old files back.
But you may want to keep the newer EXE files (XYplorer.exe is protected anyway if XYplorer is running)

At what point does the fresh software learn of the registration number?

Your license is store in your current ini-file, XYplorer.ini on default.
You should keep your registered name and the key on an save place.
You can also enter this two details in an dialog via help-menu .

This arises over the question of just how portable is portable.
Thought maybe it was simply enough to copy C:\Program Files\XYplorer and that would do it.

In the old pre-Vista/UAC days yes.
But since XYplorer behaves to the standard installation path C:\Program Files\
and since the UAC of Vista/Win7 doesn't allow write access on default to that path (even for admins)
the XYplorer data folder has to be at an writeable path,... your user profile and there to AppData\XYplorer.

If you don't need the help of the installer (creating folders, startup.ini, start menu entries,...) you can just use the non-installer package.
You just have to remember where you have un-packt the archive and have to create an start menu entry yourself. Do-able?


Other possibles are to NOT install to C:\Program Files\ but to an place you have write access to (e.g. to "C:\myApps")
or, to give your self write access to C:\Program Files\XYplorer (i think i have posted this how-to too?)

To both ways you have to copy (*1) the content of your "%appdat%\xyplorer" folder
to an "Data" sub folder of your XYplorer installations folder,
and to disable the startup.ini by renaming them to startup_ini

(*1)
if you need them, read: if you have made any changes.
If not, the Data sub folder is created fresh anyway on first XYplorer start if you have disabled the startup.ini
But you may want to copy your XYplorer.ini, or enter the registration again via help-menu.


I will try to update my "wiki" article over there too >> http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 913#p51913

[j_c_hallgren]

At what point does the fresh software learn of the registration number?

Your license is store in your current ini-file, XYplorer.ini on default.
You should keep your registered name and the key on an save place.
You can also enter this two details in an dialog via help-menu .

The only exception to this (I believe) is the GOTD vers (Giveaway Of The Day) which appears to have a special vers of EXE (from other posts here) and thus doesn't use this same method.

[Stefan]

At what point does the fresh software learn of the registration number?

Your license is store in your current ini-file, XYplorer.ini on default.
You should keep your registered name and the key on an save place.
You can also enter this two details in an dialog via help-menu .

The only exception to this (I believe) is the GOTD vers (Giveaway Of The Day) which appears to have a special vers of EXE (from other posts here) and thus doesn't use this same method.

Absolutely right.
I was not sure to mention this fact here too or stay on the default and then i lost it from mind.

For the GOTD version the XYplorer.exe is the important part to keep your license.
Here the XYplorer.ini holds only the made settings but no license info.

[abercrombie]

I am totally agree with you ! Thanks for your kind hearted .