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arpi0007
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Separate the app from the OS, without ThinApp.

Hi everybody

This is just a theoretical question: Is it possible in Windows environment to separate the application from the OS? To deploy a complex app without installation, using a fake registry file or something like that. Something like what ThinApp can do, but I don't want to involve any 3rd party software.

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NickOn
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What do you mean "involve any 3rd party software"?

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leobissinger
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Maybe you could use tools like Netinstall or 'totaluninstall" to figured out by hand, what changes a installation-routine did in system.

Then you have to implement an "installation-command-routine" as cmd,

Investigate for all changes on host system.

In a second step you have to eaxamine all changes registry an filesystem.batch or a HLL where you change registry and filsystem, like the apps installation routine did it.

Good luck.

Leo

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arpi0007
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Thanks for your respons leobissinget.

Wow, this seems to be a really hard work, especially If I'd like to deploy a complex application (e.g.Microsoft Server products) in this way.

And I don't know, how could I make a "fake" registry, to store the registry entries made by the program.

I just found a great website, the guys at http://www.portableapps.com are doing the same what I'am talking about, but this is seems to be a little indie project for me.

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