Opened 7 years ago

Last modified 15 months ago

#9664 new feature request

BACKENDS: Win64 - Conf parameter still creates files in %appdata% — at Version 9

Reported by: lwcorp Owned by:
Priority: normal Component: Port: Win64
Version: Keywords: portable
Cc: Game:

Description (last modified by lwcorp)

Using --config="conf\scummvm.ini" means I get to use a portable version for an INI file under ScummVM's own folder.

But using it still creates the blank folder %appdata%\ScummVM\Saved games (which is blank as scummvm.ini contains alternative locations for extrapath and savepath).

Please avoid this folder to ensure portability and this this empty folder is meaningless anyway.

October 2021 Update
Until #11412 (log command line parameter), which just entered an official release, there was also %appdata%\ScummVM\scummvm.log, which can now be avoided.

Change History (9)

comment:1 by csnover, 6 years ago

Keywords: conf config removed

comment:2 by digitall, 6 years ago

Component: ToolsPorts

comment:3 by digitall, 6 years ago

This is for usage of ScummVM as a portable application, so it needs to not create files outside of it's own installation folder:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_application

This is mainly for Win32 when running off a USB stick, but ensuring this kind of operation is useful for debugging / development even on other operating systems.

comment:4 by digitall, 6 years ago

Component: PortsPort: Win32

comment:5 by lwcorp, 5 years ago

Component: Port: Win32Port: Win64

Actually it's true for Win64 too (which so far only exists as a daily build).
It's a bit ironic that the forbidden scummvm.log documents "Using configuration file: conf\scummvm.ini" which could have been an indicator that there's a folder clash.

I wonder if what this ticket describes is part of what stopped the ScummvVM PortableApps version.

Last edited 5 years ago by lwcorp (previous) (diff)

comment:6 by henke37, 5 years ago

Keywords: portable added

comment:7 by raziel-, 4 years ago

Summary: Conf parameter still creates files in %appdata%BACKENDS: Win64 - Conf parameter still creates files in %appdata%

comment:8 by lwcorp, 3 years ago

Description: modified (diff)

comment:9 by lwcorp, 3 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
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