Release an official portable version…
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Please release an official portable version of Vivaldi. Such as in a .zip file that we can simply extract and use--without having to install.
NOTE: Settings for it should be self-contained.
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Please release an official portable version of Vivaldi. Such as in a .zip file that we can simply extract and use–without having to install.
NOTE: Settings for it should be self-contained.
You don't need to install vivaldi to have a portable version.
Just unpack the installer with 7zip or winrar, and place a file named stp.viv with content
..\.
in the same directory as vivaldi.exe and you are done.
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i would prefer an official portable version, instead of any hacky workarounds that might break with future updates
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i would prefer an official portable version
I would prefer too, but i hope vivaldi team's energies not to be wasted to solve an already solved problem like this.
, instead of any hacky workarounds
I'ts not hacky nor workarounds, is the proper way to do what are you looking for. It just requires two step instead of one.
that might break with future updates
Perhaps. But who cares ? You are not going to choose a wife, it's just a portable browser, when and if something will change, we will move accordingly…
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one of the reasons i like a portable version is so i can delete it easily and cleanly–without leftovers. with that hacky method you suggested, does vivaldi add any additional items to the system when run--such as start menu items and "my documents" items?
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one of the reasons i like a portable version is so i can delete it easily and cleanly–without leftovers. with that hacky method you suggested, does vivaldi add any additional items to the system when run--such as start menu items and "my documents" items?
No, it's a true portable, but if you try to run it on a USB stick, it is extremely (unusably) slow.
If you're just wanting it "portable" on your HDD (which is how I want it for the same reason as you), it is simpler to just use the standalone installation. You can still just delete it all by deleting the folder, except for a few registry keys that don't really influence anything else except to provide the same installation path for your next standalone install, which can still be changed in the installer.
See this thread for a full discussion (and this post for the particulars on the stp.viv file modification for a true portable).
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thanks for the tips. but hassles like these are why we need an official portable version, in which we can simply extract and go.
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one of the reasons i like a portable version is so i can delete it easily and cleanly–without leftovers. with that hacky method you suggested, does vivaldi add any additional items to the system when run--such as start menu items and "my documents" items?
It doesn't add anything. Your personal data will reside inside the directory where you placed the application, no matter if on a pendrive or on a directory placed on your HDD.
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Technical Preview 3 … and still no portable version?
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can we get a portable version for tech preview 4?
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+1 for portable version
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I kinda think if there is a portable version it should be distributed or at least compatible with portableapps.com
Their installer set up already works pretty well, they support freeware software and if you use their open source start launcher you can even update chrome/firefox/other portable apps at your convenience.
http://portableapps.com/development/portableapps.com_format
They do use sourceforge for hosting, which might irrate some people but in my experience PAF installers have always been clean.
Also PAF apps are pretty easy to remove given that they are just folders with built in folders for app data and the program.
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I too sooo wish if there was portable one
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It would be a free portable version for each update, only if Vivaldi would give portableapps.com or a similar site the right to bundle their browser/software…
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If you think unpacking the setup just makes it portable, I have bad news for you… and what use to waste time making it portable when someone else can do that for me? Also, for free, and also advertising the browser on a pretty big site...
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Dude, chill out, I wanted to say that people over portableapps.com make the apps portable for free because they have more content to offer, this way, and by being published there people don't have to make the portable version by themselves, wasting time and resources, mostly if they're not good with computers, because the people from that site take care of making it portable and keeping it up to date.
This way the browser gets a portable version for free (well, apart of giving them the right to bundle the browser) without having the devs to spend on that time that could be spent otherwise, and that site gets some views from the users of this browser who want the portable version, making it a win-win situation.
…Well, unless you have something personal against that site(s) or do not want to give any site for free the right to bundle your software.One simple question: would you preffer to waste some 15-60 minutes searching the forum, figuring stuff out and unarchiving stuff, or just get redirected to another site and download from there a piece of software which asks you where to "install" (have placed, unarchived, however you want to call) the portable no-install usb-friendly, version of the browser?
P.S.: I'm waiting for your answer...
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still want…
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So would you rather not have a portable version at all, or allow a tirth party to make a portable version on their own while you concentrate on the important aspects? You can always make the portable version yourself, but you're just allowing someone else to make one, too… nothing more, nothing less. There are already sites which have software to download from different sources than the owner (mirrors), so why not allow one more to do that? Does it hurts that much to have your browser listed in another softare directory? People might try your software just for the sake of it (and the fact that it's portable)...
As a side note: I found a older portable version of vivaldi somewhere on a site, and updated it with the latest files from the .exe archive the devs put to download. I am NOT going to use this browser unless I can have it portable!
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i prefer an official portable for ease of updating and to avoid any possibility of problems