Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Guy Harris
Ulf Lamping wrote: No. For an U3 package, you'll need an U3 stick to work properly. The U3 system will set some special U3 environment variables and that's the problem here. So how are non-U3 portable applications produced for Windows? Are special builds done, or is the application

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Misc
Ulf Lamping wrote: You can use -P command line option to adjust the personal folders, see http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChCustCommandLine.html Thank you!!! I actually searched wireshark help guide (and Google, and wireshark wiki, and a bunch of other palces) but couldn't find

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Guy Harris
Misc wrote: With truly portable application, you just put it somewhere and it works, with all its prior settings intact. That's what I need. I understand that I'd still have to correct the path in -P switch every time I move Wireshark to a different folder. So I guess it's not TRULY PORTABLE

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Ulf Lamping
Guy Harris schrieb: Ulf Lamping wrote: No. For an U3 package, you'll need an U3 stick to work properly. The U3 system will set some special U3 environment variables and that's the problem here. So how are non-U3 portable applications produced for Windows? Are special builds

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Luis EG Ontanon
And, what if the directory is not writable by an user... (I personally believe it should not be just to avoid single users messing with what others have to use) On 8/12/07, Guy Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Misc wrote: Regular (non-U3) portable applications: 1. Do not write to Windows

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Misc
Guy Harris wrote: Misc wrote: With truly portable application, you just put it somewhere and it works, with all its prior settings intact. That's what I need. I understand that I'd still have to correct the path in -P switch every time I move Wireshark to a different folder. So I guess it's

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Misc
Ulf Lamping wrote: Some time ago, John T. Haller from that page asked for a portable version of Wireshark - exactly for that reason, I've introduced the -P option ;-) So I have you to thank for this life-saver switch :) P.S: a portable version could also serve as the zip only Win32 version

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Ulf Lamping
Misc schrieb: Guy Harris wrote: Misc wrote: With truly portable application, you just put it somewhere and it works, with all its prior settings intact. That's what I need. I understand that I'd still have to correct the path in -P switch every time I move Wireshark to a

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Luis EG Ontanon
With computers becoming very cheap, we're at the stage where each user has his/her own computer. Hence no need to share one machine between several users (which usually results in a total mess, not resolvable by different AppData folders anyway) :) Well, I work in an environment (Mobile

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Misc
Ulf Lamping wrote: No, at least I'm talking about existing U3 Wireshark package here. Where did you found the word portable? OK, but we ARE talking about U3 package, not the standard distro. Or at least it's supposed to be portable, and being advertized as designed for USB sticks.

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Misc
Luis EG Ontanon wrote: With computers becoming very cheap, we're at the stage where each user has his/her own computer. Hence no need to share one machine between several users (which usually results in a total mess, not resolvable by different AppData folders anyway) :) Well, I work in an

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Luis EG Ontanon
On 8/12/07, Misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Luis EG Ontanon wrote: Not yet, but this will be minority. And with being able to bring all one's personal soft on a usb stick, you can in fact have multi-user computers where everyone is just using their own portable soft from their USB sticks. So

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Guy Harris
Misc wrote: With computers becoming very cheap, we're at the stage where each user has his/her own computer. Not necessarily in, say, a network lab. ___ Wireshark-users mailing list Wireshark-users@wireshark.org

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-11 Thread Misc
Luis EG Ontanon wrote: On 8/12/07, Misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Luis EG Ontanon wrote: Not yet, but this will be minority. And with being able to bring all one's personal soft on a usb stick, you can in fact have multi-user computers where everyone is just using their own portable soft from

Re: [Wireshark-users] Portable Wireshark Settings

2007-08-10 Thread Misc
Misc wrote: Portable Wireshark stores settings in Application Data. Is this even U3 compliant? :( How can I make it to store its preferences on the USB drive. In the Options there is no place to specify where to store settings. It says portable wireshark is supposed to store its profile data in