Suggestion for the portable version of OBS

[Lazze]

Make the portable version of OBS store user information in the same folder as the executables as opposed to storing it in the appdata folder. This will make it great for us who have one HDD for windows and one for our files, or just anyone who wants to backup easily.

 

[Lain]

this is actually originally how it was designed, and how I personally prefer it as well. I could easily revert it back to that way again for a portable version. I'm just not quite sure how to set it up as an option. I might have to distribute it as a separate zip

 

[Lazze]

this is actually originally how it was designed, and how I personally prefer it as well. I could easily revert it back to that way again for a portable version. I'm just not quite sure how to set it up as an option. I might have to distribute it as a separate zip

I would personally love it! It makes more sense than the current solution for the portable versions.

 

[R1CH]

That's actually bad design since apps aren't supposed to store user data in program files (where OBS is typically installed to), especially since writing there requires admin privileges. A portable edition would probably be best as something that users manually have to setup, eg check the local folder for the user data before opening from the appdata. That way you don't need multiple executables and it doesn't require you to violate folder guidelines.

 

[Muf]

foobar2000 does this by having an empty file called "PORTABLE_MODE_ENABLED" in the same folder.

 

[Lain]

well it's definitely not something I would do with the installer version.. it's more of a power user sort of thing in general.

 

[pali]

I'd like to see a portable version/mode as well.

 

[ThoNohT]

Talking from my plugin installer perspective:

As long as there's a way for other programs to know if it's portable (or perhaps even where the OBS config folder is located).
Detecting global.ini is going to be another challenge then.

 

[XeiZ]

Well there is a portable mode already, -portable behind the target.