Registry free version?

[edbro]

Is there a possibility to run xplorer2 without it writing to the registry? I love this program but I need something portable that I can use at work and run off my USB thumbdrive. I am not allowed to install programs or write to the registry at work.

Currently I use A43 on my usb drive. It uses an ini file solely. I would much rather use xplorer2 than A43.

[nikos]

as i mentioned in another similar post today, the only way you can do it is if you install/uninstall the lite version everyday. This clears all registry traces left by the lite version. However not much good to keep your settings! (you'd have to export the registry key and reinstall it everyday too...)

another option of course is to convince your company to buy x2 for all its employees

basically you shouldn't be using x2 lite for your work, it's for private/academic use only!

[edbro]

Thanks for the reply. I don't use it for work, I use it at work for my personal goofing off .  :lol:  If I used it for work I wouldn't need to have a stealthy version on my usb drive.  I hope that doesn't violate the license. I basically just like having a portable version that I can take anywhere. For example, I spent 2 weeks at a relative's house for the holidays. I was lost without my xplorer2.

[Thracx]

Here's an idea:

Copy the xplorer2 program folder to your pen drive and use it when you want to (just like you've been doing / been wanting to do).  When you are finished using it, run a .reg file to remove xplorer2's settings.

Create a new file, call it something like "RemoveXplorer2.reg", and paste this code into it EXACTLY as it appears in the box:

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REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc]

This will remove ALL of Zabkat's settings (xplorer2, xplorer2_unicode, editor, etc).

You could also have a .reg file to launch before you use xplorer2, to import your settings.


If you want to get super-geeky, you could use a batch file to automate this process.  Create a file called "xplorer2.bat" and store it in the base directory of your pen drive, and launch it instead of xplorer2.exe (be sure to modify the paths to match yours!):

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@ECHO off

::  Import xplorer2 Preferences
REGEDIT /S "xplorer2\InstallXplorer2.reg"

::  Run xplorer2!
start \wait "xplorer2\xplorer2_UC.exe"

::  Delete xplorer2 Preferences
REGEDIT /S "xplorer2\RemoveXplorer2.reg"

EXIT

This file would import your settings, then launch xplorer2.  When you are done with xplorer2 and you close it, the batch file would continue, removing xplorer2's settings and then closing itself.  The only drawback to this would be that there would be an open cmd window (but that can be hidden using this utility: cmdow - then you would just need to add this line to the batch file, right below the ECHO line - "cmdow @ /HID").

I hope this all is helpful - Have fun and Good Luck!  I know how much of a pain it can be to work on a non-xplorer2 system!

[edbro]

Thanks Thracx,
I don't know why I didn't think of this. I built the batch file (actually a cmd file) and it worked beautifully.

[Thracx]

Thanks Thracx,
I don't know why I didn't think of this. I built the batch file (actually a cmd file) and it worked beautifully.

Velcome.  Batch files are easy to overlook, I have on numerious occations.  And I also use .cmd, but the extension doesn't really matter.  I think the only difference is that .cmd only works with NT systems, or something like that.

[stereobit]

I have to pick up this old thread, cause I bought an USB-Stick a few days ago. It's very nice to carry a mailprogramm with all my mail-accounts, a browser with all my bookmarks, a passwordmanager, a ftp-client and so on, all registryfree. If i have to do something (private!) on a computer from a friend without xplorer², I'm completely lost.

I don't like the batch-solution. What is the advantage to store settings in the registry instead of a xml or ini-File? Why you decided to use the registry? And is there any chance to get a registryfree-version some day?

Would it violate the licence, to carry xplorer² around on an USB-Stick, and use it only from this stick on other private computers?

Apart from this wish, x² is perfect and worth every euro.

Thanks
stereobit


//edit: shit, wrong forum, this is a wish for the pro-version  :oops: