How to make ARRM portable

Since version 2.0.0.3 Beta 1, it is possible to make ARRM Portable.

This means that it is possible to place:

• ARRM executables (C:\Program Files (x86)\Nexouille Soft\Arrm) in the folder of your choice.
• ARRM's APPDATA data (C:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming) in the folder of your choice.

Procedure :

In the following procedure, we want to put ARRM executables in D:\Arrm and APPDATA data in D:\Arrm_appdata

• Quit ARRM if running

• Create the folders: D:\Arrm_appdata and D:\Arrm

• Copy executables:

Recover the contents of the C:\Program Files (x86)\Nexouille Soft\Arrm folder and copy it to D:\Arrm

You get this:

> This PC > Local Disk(D:) > Arrm

• Copy data from APPDATA:

Retrieve the contents of the folder (files and subfolders) C:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\Nexouille Soft\Arrm and copy them to D:\Arrm_appdata

You get this:

> This PC > Local Disk(D:) > Arrm_appdata > Nexouille Soft > Arrm

• Change path to APPDATA:

Modify the file D:\Arrm\arrm_data_path.text indicating appdata_path=D:\Arrm_appdata

example:

# lines starting with # will be ignored
#
# You can make ARRM portable by editing this file and put this file in the folder containing ARRM executables.
#
# You can specify where ARRM should look for '%appdata%\nexouille soft' folder.
# If you specify: appdata_path=D:\arrm_appdata , these subfolders will be created automatically:
# D:\arrm_appdata\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database
# D:\arrm_appdata\Nexouille Soft\resources
# D:\arrm_appdata\Nexouille Soft\arrm\temp
#
# if you specify nothing or appdata_path=%appdata% the usual appdata folder will be used
#
#appdata_path=%appdata%
#
appdata_path=D:\Arrm_appdata

• Delete in the Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nex_Arrm registry all the keys below pointing to the old AppData folder:
  • attractmode_romlists_folder
  • boxart_default_image
  • cartridge_default_image
  • model_mix_custom_xml
  • screenshot_default_image
  • wheel_default_image

• Create your desktop shortcuts that point to ARRM executables:

Go to the D:\Arrm folder, right click on each of the executables and click on Send to Desktop (create shortcut)

Unzip the Executable without installer archive in a temporary directory and copy/move files:

In the example below, we have unpacked the archive in c:\temp

> This PC > Local Disk(C:) > temp

Procedure :

In the following procedure, we want to put ARRM executables in D:\Arrm and APPDATA data in D:\Arrm_appdata

• Quit ARRM if running

• Create the folders: D:\Arrm_appdata and D:\Arrm

• Copy executables:

Retrieve the contents of the c:\temp\Program Files (x86)\Nexouille Soft\Arrm folder and copy it to D:\Arrm

You get this:

> This PC > Local Disk(D:) > Arrm

• Copy data from APPDATA:

Retrieve the contents of the folder (files and subfolders) c:\temp\Nexouille Soft\Arrm and copy them to D:\Arrm_appdata

You get this:

> This PC > Local Disk(D:) > Arrm_appdata > Nexouille Soft > Arrm

• Check that in the registry Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nex_Arrm all the keys below point to the correct AppData folder:
  • attractmode_romlists_folder
  • boxart_default_image
  • cartridge_default_image
  • model_mix_custom_xml
  • screenshot_default_image
  • wheel_default_image