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Any way to make Icaros "portable"? #85

Closed GlasslessPizza closed 6 months ago

GlasslessPizza commented 7 months ago

By that I mean having the configuration being stored as a file near the executable instead of in the Windows Registry. This would allow very quick back-to-business after an OS reinstallation or when bringing it over to another machine.

Xanashi commented 7 months ago

Hi GlasslessPizza,

Since it was important that all shell extensions had permissions and easy access to the settings at all time, I ended up putting them in the Windows Registry for both the installed and portable builds.

The easiest way to transfer these settings to a new system would be with the following IcarosConfig commands (CLI):

Save settings

  1. IcarosConfig -deactivate
  2. IcarosConfig -settings=exp -path="C:\Some\Path\Name"

Load settings

  1. IcarosConfig -settings=imp -path="C:\Some\Path\Name\IcarosSettings.icss"
  2. IcarosConfig -activate

And that should basically setup Icaros exactly the same on both machines (or on a reinstalled system)

Xanashi commented 6 months ago

Closing this issue for now. You can reopen it if you need more help. 😊