How To Make portable Applications Using WinRAR

   To make portable applications using WinRAR, the application file.exe (which when you click on it opens application) must be  in the application folder when you open it and not hidden inside a folder within application folder.


   Steps of making portable application 


   1) Create a new folder on desktop by Right Clicking mouse, go to New, Choose folder

   2) Name new folder (give it name of application you want to make portable)

   3) Go to My Computer, Program Files

   4) Go to application folder you want to make it portable

   5) Open folder

   6) Press CTRL + A to select all files

   7) Right click on mouse, select Copy

   8) Go to folder you created on desktop, open it

   9) Right click on mouse, select paste, files will be copied to the new folder

  10) Press CTRL + A to select all files

  11) Right Click mouse, select Add Archive

  12) Archive name and parameters dialog box will open

  13) Mark beside Create SFX archive and Create solid archive

  14) Compression Method change it to Best

  15) From Advanced, click on SFX option

  16) Click up on Text and Icon

  17) Under Text to display in SFX window type the following

           Setup="Program Name.exe"
           TempMode
           Silent=1
           Overwrite=1

  18) "Program Name.exe" is the name of the application, you go application folder, locate file.exe which when you double click it, it opens application

  19) Right click on .exe file choose Rename

  20) Right click again choose Copy

  21) Now Paste name between "       .exe"  to be exactly as name in the application folder, otherwise application will not open

  22) Click OK

  23) Click OK again

  24) Now Winrar will create a folder which has application file can be used as portable without the need to install it on your hard drive.