#HOW TO SET PDF DEFAULT WINDOWS 7 PORTABLE#
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But I've assumed, that you have turned to this forum, because you are interested at portable programs in the sense, which I described above. Of course you can make your own determinations regarding portable programs. And only in connection with the fulfillment of these criteria were meant my explanations. And one significant criterion is, that when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind on the host computer. With respect to a portable program exists a lot of different criteria. Without such strict definitions we talk past each other literally. This will show you exactly what registry changes have been made and thus what needs to be removed to reverse the changes.Р”Р‡or a meaningful communication it is first necessary, that people use clear and unambiguous definitions concerning certain issues. All you need to do is take a 'pre-' snapshot, then run RegisterFirefoxPortable, then take a 'post-' snapshot and compare the two. You could do the same by using some kind of registry snapshot application, such as the one that's built in to System Explorer, or Regshot which is a standalone snapshotter. This is its entire purpose - it would otherwise be a completely pointless program.Р”Р„s regarding the other posts that you've linked to, I have examined quite recently exactly what registry changes it makes (because of a project of my own). Thus while 'RegisterFirefoxPortable' is in itself a portable application, of course it writes to the registry when doing what it does. The program is still portable though, as these changes are a matter of choice and convenience for the user, and aren't a requirement for the program to function. Any degree of integration with a host machine, whether being a default file handler or just having a context menu item, involves registry changes. as far as I know this is unavoidable, but to me doesn't make it any less portable. Obviously if you want Firefox Portable to be the default browser then this involves making registry entries. Your criteria of no registry entries or traces of any kind, is what makes a program 'stealth portable', which to me is a different class of portable software. Making registry entries, or writing data to Appdata for example, does not disqualify a program from being called portable, in my view.Р”Р„ portable program to me, is one that can be run without being installed, and can be moved to another machine and still run whether from flash drive or IDE.

My second question is now, if these both entries again appear after the usage of the file 'RegisterFirefoxPortable.exe'?Р”Р„nd if so, then this will be a clear indication, that this program isn't portable. Screenshot2 is the resulting window of the steps: Control Panel -> Programs -> Default Programs -> Set your default program).Р”Р„ssuming I am able to remove these both entries (which I can't remove until now as I reported in my thread regarding to this topic). Afterwards click on the '.htm' protocol and click on the button named 'Change program.' ( sreenshot1 is the resulting window of the steps: Control Panel -> Programs -> Default Programs -> Associate a file type or protocol with a program. As a result of this action are created 2 entries regarding the Firefox browser, which you can see in the following 2 screenshots:

#HOW TO SET PDF DEFAULT WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS 8#

Consequently the first question is, if this program by itself is portable on all Windows OS?Р”Р„ few days ago I've performed on my computer with the OS Windows 8 the steps 1 - 4, which I've explained in this comment. I have not checked the portability of the file 'RegisterFirefoxPortable.exe' until now. But once again don't forget, that all these alterations affect the portability negative. And in the mozillaZine article Default browser you can find in the section 'Windows' under the paragraph 'Setting default browser manually' a third possibility for Windows 7. Accordingly it's necessary, that the Firefox Launcher must be adapted for maintaining of the portability.Р”В®DIT: Furthermore you can reach the goal by using the operating system of the host computer. All the above described steps you can find in an illustrated article.Р”В«ut keep in mind, that with these simple procedure surely you create some entries in the registry of the host computer.In the 'Set Default Programs' window, select Firefox from the list of programs on the left and click 'Set this program as Default'.in the section named 'System Defaults' click on the button named 'Make Firefox the default browser'.The 'Set Default Programs' window will open.In the now opened dialog window named 'Options' choose the tab named 'Advanced'.In the context menu choose the entry 'Options' and once again 'Options'.Click on the orange-coloured button named 'Firefox' at the upper left corner.Though I never tested the following recommended solution, there seems to exist a simple way for setting the portable Firefox as the standard browser.

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