A long time ago in a land far away called Windows 95 it was normal to store application settings and data in the program’s folder. Then Microsoft came out with all kinds of guidelines and the “correct” procedure was to use the registry. With a locked down standard user account, and with a default Vista install, an app can’t store data in its own folder anyway. Now, everyone wants their apps to be portable. And one way to do that is to store the settings and data in the program’s folder. Exactly what we did 10 or so years ago. So we’ve come full circle. Or rather, we now need to support both methods.
Enter the “Macro Scheduler Portable Install Creator”.
I’ve put together a little tool which will create a portable Macro Scheduler Std install for you which will run independently, keep its settings and macro files in its own folder and not leave any settings on the host PC. It will run without requiring administrative credentials. It can be used to put a self-contained Macro Scheduler install on a USB drive, for example, which will run on any Windows PC.
Download the beta from:
http://www.mjtnet.com/software/msched_portable_creator.exe
Requirements/Notes:
* The creator requires Macro Scheduler 11 to be installed. It will copy some files from the Macro Scheduler 11 installation to the portable folder. Once created your portable install will run anywhere.
* The wizard does not copy any of your script files. It creates a fresh, empty installation. If required you can import macros afterwards using File/Import Macros. In a portable install all macro files are stored in the portable folder. You can create macro groups but the group path cannot be changed (otherwise it would no longer be portable).
* A standard (not pro) installation is created. Macros can only be compiled from a full install of Macro Scheduler Pro.
