Junctions on Windows are incredibly buggy and probably shouldn't be used. Personally, I avoid junctions and recommend against them full stop. Some users prefer to use junctions, though.
For apps like Firefox and Thunderbird, the best way to do this is to use the built-in profile manager to point to a profile on your secondary drive. Why do this? Some users use junction points within APPDATA to redirect specific directories to other drives for their local apps. Essentially, it's an RMDir (without the /r) but checking to see if the directory referenced is a REPARSE_POINT first. PortableApps.I'm testing an NSIS function that will remove an empty directory after checking if it is a junction. The Platform helps here with its built-in updater, which can automatically check for and download updates on launch.Īnd if you don't like some aspect of how the Platform works then you can probably reconfigure it, as there are plenty of tweaks and configuration options on offer here (including multiple themes and colour schemes to customise the look of the Platform menu). Just as with your regular applications, it's important to keep portable tools up-to-date. Intelligent organisation tools make this easy to navigate (internet-related apps automatically show up in the Internet folder, for instance), but if you do manage to lose something, then just as in Windows, typing a few letters of the missing app will quickly highlight it for you. Once the process is complete then you'll have a handy portable toolkit which you can take and run on any convenient PC. There are games, media players, browsers and internet tools, productivity applications, security tools and more, over 200 apps in total, and downloading and installing the ones you need is as easy as checking a box. If you're starting with an empty USB stick, for instance, you might first install the Platform there, before using its Directory to find apps of interest. Platform is a powerful set of tools which makes it easy to create and manage your own collection of portable applications.
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