nick_white Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 The latest portable version of Defraggler uses the Windows registry for storing it's settings. This is not very portable. The other two Piriform products use .ini files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thm Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 The latest portable version of Defraggler uses the Windows registry for storing it's settings.This is not very portable. The other two Piriform products use .ini files. ...True, although the only information stored in the registry relates to window position/size etc., whether to check for updates and how often, and what language to use. Very little information, and nothing that I would lose any sleep over: it's hardly sensitive information ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_white Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 I was more interested in the other advantage of portable applications: to keep the settings so I don't have to reconfigure when reinstalling or using it on another machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thm Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I was more interested in the other advantage of portable applications: to keep the settings so I don't have to reconfigure when reinstalling or using it on another machine. ...Yes, I concur: this is one of the main reasons that I too favour "portable apps". However, the window positions, sizes etc. may well need to be set per machine basis anyway, and Defraggler defaults to English [which I presume is your first language], so the only [slightly] significant things to consider are the update options. I can easily live with that! But [also] yes: it is nice when a "portable" app means *zero* use of the registry for maintaining information. It just feels clean and fresh ! Long live the .ini ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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