exicutable files from disk

Kastro

ok ill try explain it real easy and as best i can.
im looking for a program that will let me get an exicutable file such as the winamp setup.exe and install it on cd r dvd. rather than it goes to c:\program files\winamp... so i have my disk and wherever i go, no matter what computer im on i just put in the disk and the application will run.
any ideas lads? ohh n its not for winamp, twas just an example.
thanks.
kas.

aidan_walsh

What is the application? Because this may be impossible (or at least very difficult) for a lot of programs, unless you know exactly what you are doing.

Anyway, the best way to do this is to save all the files of the program somewhere on your hard disk, write an autorun file and burn them all to the disk.

angelofdeath

you could just copy the install folder off the harddisk and burn it onto the cd, it mightn't load your preferences each time (might store prefs in the registry) but it should run, well some programs will, others wont, some programs store settings and data in the application data folder and some will want to write files to the install path

Kastro

tbh its lc5.

Capt'n Midnight

When program xyz installs it
puts stuff in c:\program files\xyz - this is what you could copy to the CD.

But it may also
put stuff in
c:\program files\common\abc (not always xyz)
c:\windows or c:\windows\system (naughty but comon)
it may replace windows files with it's own - dll hell etc.
it may apply updates like java / .Net / quicktime etc. etc.
have a field day on the Registry
update the path and other startup files
and do other weird stuff eg: sony rookkit / spyware
and probably add a shortcut or two.

so all in all it's probably best to look for a PORTABLE app - if the one you want don't work look for similar ones
eg portable openoffice / portable firefox instead of office/ie
IIRC there are portable media players too

jor el

Kastro wrote:

tbh its lc5.

What's LC5?

You could just write the installed folder from Program Files to a CD/DVD and then check it in another computer to see if it still works. It probably won't, unless the program is quite simple or was designed to be portable, like portable Firefox for example.

I'm pretty sure there's no way to do what you're trying to do, since the installer would need to be designed to put the program in a removable location. If it wasn't, then it simply won't.

Kastro

just found something simular.. "saminside"
no installation etc so its what i was looking for.. i cant access sam files without the admin password tho. poop