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yaP Plus

yet another Portablizer (yaP) Reimplementation

Just copy and paste to create portable software.

New Feature

• Unicode support
• Wait for process
• Scheduled backup
• Create hard links
• Create firewall rules
• Hide console program window
• Detect foreground and suspend background processes
• File write format encoding detection
• Exception exit solutions

Unported Features

• !admin
• !dotnet
• !java
• !online
• !os
• clip
• ->regkey
• ->regvalue
• date
• iniread
• message
• nowait
• quit
• regexport
• regmerge
• systemrefresh

Comparison of Portable Solutions

Hooking

• Compatibility: Low
• Performance Overhead: Low
• Isolation Level: Medium
• Core Principle: Achieves redirection by hooking (intercepting) API calls.
• Pros:
  • Negligible performance loss.
• Cons:
  • The more complex the software or the more hooks are used, the higher the probability of conflicts.
  • Incompatible software or plugins require targeted fixes.
  • The ongoing maintenance workload is high.

Launcher

• Compatibility: High
• Performance Overhead: None
• Isolation Level: None
• Core Principle: Writes configuration before the application runs and cleans it up after exit.
• Pros:
  • Almost universally compatible, except for some software that loads drivers.
• Cons:
  • Not suitable for "badly-behaved" software.
  • Software that requires drivers might not be applicable.
  • If the software doesn't support symbolic links and the configuration file is large, it could result in excessive data writes.
• Software using this solution:
  • PortableApps.com Launcher
  • X-Launcher | x64
  • AutoRun LWMenu

Virtualization

• Compatibility: Medium
• Performance Overhead: High
• Isolation Level: High
• Core Principle: Creates a virtual container (sandbox) and runs the software within it.
• Pros:
  • Suitable for badly-behaved or lightweight software that does not require high performance.
• Cons:
  • Packaging & Size: Requires packaging all of the application's files, which are then extracted at runtime, potentially leading to a much larger file size.
  • Inconvenient Maintenance: Installing or uninstalling game mods requires repackaging the entire application.
  • Compatibility Issues: Game plugins that rely on hooking may not be compatible with the virtualized environment.
  • Performance Bottleneck: The performance overhead from the translation/virtualization layer is significant, making it unsuitable for gaming or other high-performance software.
• Software using this solution:
  • Turbo Studio
  • VMware ThinApp
  • Enigma Virtual Box

Self-extracting file

• Compatibility: High
• Performance Overhead: None
• Isolation Level: None
• Core Principle: Run after releasing the software and configuration to the temporary directory (%TEMP%), and delete afterward.
• Pros:
  • Easy to make—just package the software and configuration directly.
• Cons:
  • Unable to process the registry.
  • Software configurations changed at runtime cannot be saved.
  • Files need to be released again every time it runs.
• Software using this solution:
  • PortableR
  • Single-file creation tool