toe_head2001 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) Update: Official portable Paint.NET can now be obtained here: https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases/latest Spoiler I have created a custom launcher to run a portable copy of paint.net. A launcher isn't technically necessary, but this allows for two things: It can (optionally) read settings from an ini file and load the values into the local registry, so you can always have your custom settings. Once paint.net has been closed, it will also clean up (delete) the paint.net folder in the %LocalAppData% directory, and will also clean up the paint.net registry key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software. The paint.net executable and related files are not bundled with this, so you'll need to copy them from your existing installation. The computers that you plan to use this on will need to have the .Net Framework v4.6.x already installed. Remember, this will clean up (delete) settings, so don't run this on the same machine (or at least same Windows account) with your existing paint.net installation. Again, It will wipe all your current paint.net settings. Your installation of Paint.net will still work, but your custom settings will be removed. Download Link Removed Source Codehttps://github.com/toehead2001/PDNPortable Here are some examples of how the INI file works: Registry entry INI entry Window/History/IsVisible=True [Window] History.IsVisible=True UI/Language=en-US [UI] Language=en-us Edited April 22, 2023 by toe_head2001 add link to official portable paint.net 1 Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishi Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 How did you make this portable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 How did you make this portable? I'm not really sure what you're asking. I thought I outlined what the launcher does in the original post. Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 Update posted. Download in first post. Earlier today, someone posted an issue over on Github about not being able to drag-n-drop images onto the launcher's exe. I have resolved the issue. Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinthDesertDude Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Quote How did you make this portable? As I understand it, he created a "launcher" app that does the work of creating the usual paint.net directory for the duration that the pdn executable runs, then deletes the directory when it's closed. Really, executables are all portable as long as all dependencies and the target platform are present. In this case, the .Net Framework is an assumed dependency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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