Reg rapper is specialised software that can be used to create portable applications by accessing the pre-saved settings of a program. This software is easily downloadable either from the Reg rapper website, or from other sites on the internet. The primary step involved in the functioning of this program is when it automatically traces the registry of the concerned software and saves it. After that, the user only has to copy the application and Reg rapper automatically creates an executable file and the portable application is ready to be used.

Make a portable application with Reg Rapper

What is Reg Rapper?

Reg Rapper will allow you to save the settings for a program and then make use of them for portable applications. This is done through the registry as the program will make sure that the settings for the program are available and hence save them as such. Once done, the settings will be written to the registry, the program will be executed and the settings will be sent to another file where they will be stored for future use.

Limitations of the program

Though the program is very effective, there are some types of programs that it will not be able to convert as portable. These programs are those which own a driver, those that have source folders found in the Windows directory, and those which need to be saved as .dll or .ocx files.

Download links

• To be able to run the program, you will need to download the two following applications:
  • Reg Rapper http://sourceforge.net/projects/regrapper/
  • RegFromApp http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/reg_file_from_application.html

Saving the Parameters

For this example, we will make use of the program Angry IP Scanner, which is also available from the link http://www.angryziber.com/w/Home

The first thing to do is to make a tracing of the registry files with the Angry IP Scanner application.
Run the RegFromApp after installation and go to the Files option, then Start a new process, Browse feature and Select the executed file. Once done, check the option labelled "Start Tracing Immediately" before validating.

• When all the options of Angry IP in the "Settings" folder for it to be usable later.

• You must now copy the whole application in a directory that you will label as "App", for example:

How to create the parameters

You will now create a folder for the parameters and save it under RegRap.ini in the « Settings » menu.

 [DIRSETTINGS]    
PROGRAMDIRECTORY=App    

[PROGSETTINGS]    
DEVNAME=Angryziber    
APPNAME=Angry IP Scannner    
EXECUTABLE=ipscan    

[REGSETTINGS]    
REGFILE=Settings\Settings.reg    
MANREGKEY=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Angryziber\    

Even if you do not place the .exe extension in the EXECUTABLE command, the program will do it automatically for you.

To save the parameters on a flash disk, you can use the MANREGKEY command and place the key to be exported within the command.

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