Mount portable directory as consistent user directory.

Kerwin Bryant

Last update: May 8, 2023

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Overview

PortableDesktop

Mount portable directory as consistent user directory.

PortableDesktopCli

help

PortableDesktopCli [options] <Target Path> <Link Path> [Home name]
        options:
                -f|--force: If the <Link Path> already exists, delete it and recreate it.
        args:
                Target Path: Specifies the physical drive and path that you want to assign to a virtual drive.
                Link Path: Specifies the virtual drive and path to which you want to assign a path.
                Home name: The subdirectory name of the <Link Path> directory, Will be specified as the value of %HOME%, which defaults to [.home].

example

PortableDesktopCli [options] <Target Path> <Link Path> [Home name]
        options:
                -f|--force: If the <Link Path> already exists, delete it and recreate it.
        args:
                Target Path: Specifies the physical drive and path that you want to assign to a virtual drive.
                Link Path: Specifies the virtual drive and path to which you want to assign a path.
                Home name: The subdirectory name of the <Link Path> directory, Will be specified as the value of %HOME%, which defaults to [.home].

Target Path:
E:\test
Link Path:
X:\work
X:\work <<===>> E:\test
%HOME% => X:\work\.home
Microsoft Windows [10.0.19042.2846]
(c) Microsoft Corporation。

X:\work>set
HOME=X:\work\.home
HOMEDRIVE=X:
HOMEPATH=X:\work\.home
LOCALAPPDATA=X:\work\.home\AppData\Local
PORTABLE_DESKTOP_ENV_LINK_PATH=X:\work
PORTABLE_DESKTOP_ENV_TARGET_PATH=E:\test
TEMP=X:\work\.home\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP=X:\work\.home\AppData\Local\Temp
USERPROFILE=X:\work\.home
...

X:\work>

PortableDesktop

help

PortableDesktop [Target Path] [Link Path] [Home name]
        args:
                Target Path: Specifies the physical drive and path that you want to assign to a virtual drive.
                Link Path: Specifies the virtual drive and path to which you want to assign a path.
                Home name: The subdirectory name of the <Link Path> directory, Will be specified as the value of %HOME%, which defaults to [.home].

example

No parameters, double click to open
Input parameters
Enter to enter the main window
Enter the command and press Enter to execute it. The command running environment is based on:

HOME=X:\work\.home
HOMEDRIVE=X:
HOMEPATH=X:\work\.home
LOCALAPPDATA=X:\work\.home\AppData\Local
PORTABLE_DESKTOP_ENV_LINK_PATH=X:\work
PORTABLE_DESKTOP_ENV_TARGET_PATH=E:\test
TEMP=X:\work\.home\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP=X:\work\.home\AppData\Local\Temp
USERPROFILE=X:\work\.home
...

.profile

%HOME%/[.profile.cmd|.profile.bat]

One of these two files is automatically executed when the program starts (if the file exists)

.pd.json

%HOME%/.pd.json

Configuration file, currently supports shortcuts configuration
Works only on PortableDesktop, not on PortableDesktopCli

example

{
    "shortcuts": {
        "open-url": "msedge",
        "open-file": "explorer",
        "open-home": "explorer %HOME%"
    }
}

entering [open-home], [explorer %HOME%] will be executed
entering [open-url github.com], [msedge github.com] will be executed

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