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abysshint / tor-control-panel

Windows GUI Client for Tor Expert Bundle
MIT License
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[request] add portable version #1

Closed junguler closed 1 year ago

junguler commented 1 year ago

hello, i just wanted to know if it's possible to include a portable version? i prefer portable programs as much as possible because they don't leave around extra bloat in my system and they are way easier to organize, thank you

abysshint commented 1 year ago

Tor Control Panel is completely portable and stores settings in the Data folder. The only exception in which the program can create a folder in the user's profile is if the user does not have write access to the Data directory. This usually happens when system directories (Windows, Program Files, etc.) are used to place the program and the program is not run as Administrator.

The installer is purely symbolic and simply copies files from its built-in 7z archive to a user-specified folder and nothing else (no shortcuts, registry entries or commands after installation).

junguler commented 1 year ago

thanks for your explanation, feel free to close this issue