What is a "portable"?
Recently the nightbuilds have been coming in the form of "portables", that is, with ".paf.exe" extension.
What is a "portable" in the first place? To me it looks like all previous official releases - you still need to install it in order to use it. How Is "portable" different from "non-portable"?
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It doesn't really install, just unpack, it'll leave no trace on your system, like in the registry.
You can 'install' it on a thumb drive and Carr it around and use on a different computer without further ado
In reply to It doesn't really install,… by Jojo-Schmitz
WOW! Cool! Thank you for this explanation. I wonder if all further MuseScore versions will be as such.
In reply to WOW! Cool! Thank you for… by innerthought
The nightlies will be, and the release should too
In reply to The nightlies will be, and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Got it. Thank you.
See also https://portableapps.com/
In reply to See also https:/… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's like a golden trove of portable apps! Thank you.
In reply to See also https:/… by Jojo-Schmitz
I just tried this one.
When running it creates tmp files on my C drive and delete that folder on when program stops.
Is it possible to not use such a temp folder?
I also don't understand the naming of the nightly
What is what?
[ ] MuseScoreNightly-latest-master-x86_64-portable.exe 2023-07-19 05:36 93M
[ ] MuseScore-4.2.0.232000501-x86_64.paf.exe 2023-07-19 05:36 93M
[ ] MuseScoreNightly-latest-4.1.1-x86_64.7z 2023-07-19 05:32 92M
[ ] MuseScoreNightly-232000501-4.1.1-e8b56e1-x86_64.7z 2023-07-19 05:32 92M
Kind regards,
Jo