FileZilla Portable-Specific Issues List of 10 items • Installing FileZilla Portable • Using FileZilla Portable • Upgrading FileZilla Portable • Copying Your Local FileZilla Settings to FileZilla Portable • Configure File Viewing / Editing of Specific Files • Changing FileZilla Portable to Another Language • Running from a CD (FileZilla Portable Live) • Known Issues • Modifications - A list of the modifications made to FileZilla in this package • Version History list end General FileZilla Issues List of 2 items • FileZilla Documentation • FileZilla Support Forums list end Installing FileZilla Portable To install FileZilla Portable, just download the portable package at the top of the FileZilla Portable page and then double-click it. Select the location you wish to install to and click OK. A FileZillaPortable directory will be created there and all the necessary files installed. That's all there is to it. Using FileZilla Portable To start up FileZilla Portable, just double-click FileZillaPortable.exe file where you installed Portable FileZilla on your portable drive. Then, use it just like you would a local copy of FileZilla. There are a couple of things to keep in mind: List of 2 items • Stay Safe - When using portable apps, it's always a good idea to practice Safe Portable App-ing. • Removing Your Drive - When you're done, exit FileZilla and then wait for the activity light on your removable drive to stop flashing. Then select the 'Safely remove [device]' option from the icon in the system tray. If you remove the drive while it is writing, you may lose data. list end Upgrading FileZilla Portable To upgrade to a newer version of FileZilla Portable, first, save a copy of your FileZilla.xml configuration file. It is located in your PortableFileZilla\filezilla directory. Then download a new copy of FileZilla Portable and drop the xml file into the FileZillaPortable\App\filezilla directory in the new copy. Copying Your Local FileZilla Settings to FileZilla Portable To copy your local FileZilla settings to FileZilla Portable, just copy your FileZilla.xml configuration file from your local FileZilla directory (usually C:\Program Files\FileZilla\) to your FileZillaPortable\App\filezilla directory. Configure File Viewing / Editing of Specific Files If you'd like to be able to have FileZilla launch another portable application to view or edit certain files, you can configure it using the following steps: List of 3 items 1. From within FileZilla Portable, click Edit - Settings - Interface Settings - File Viewing / Editing 2. In the textbox, enter the extension, then a space, then the relative path (no drive letter) to the app you wish to use. For example: abw \PortableApps\PortableAbiWord.exe html \PortableApps\PortableNVU.exe 3. Click OK list end Changing FileZilla Portable to Another Language To switch FileZilla Portable to another language, start FileZilla Portable and then select Edit and then Settings from the menu. In the preferences tree, select Language within Interface Settings. Select your language of choice and click OK. Running from a CD (FileZilla Portable Live) The ability to run from a CD is built right in. Just extract FileZilla Portable to a local directory and run it at least once to generate a set of default settings. Then configure it as desired. When finished, burn the entire FileZillaPortable directory to CD. If you'd like to use it from a USB flash drive in read-only mode, you can disable the settings file backups (which prevents write access warnings in Windows). Complete details and an example INI file are in the FileZillaPortable\Other\FileZillaPortableSource directory. Known Issues Settings not in Data directory - Currently, FileZilla stores its settings in FileZilla.xml in the filezilla directory as opposed to the settings directory. The settings directory is currently used for configuration backups. Add this key to cache not supported - The add this key to the cache feature that works with the modified version of PuTTY included with FileZilla saves to the registry and should not be used in a portable scenario. Modifications I made some modifications to the default ZIPped version of FileZilla to make it more USB key friendly (decreasing total install size and backing up configurations). These changes are listed here so you'll know what they are, and so you can recreate the process, if so desired. List of 3 items • Friendly Launcher - FileZilla Portable Launcher 1.1.1.6 is included by default. It backs up your settings file to the settings directory for easier data backups. • EXEs and DLLs Compressed - All EXEs and DLLs were recompressed using UPX. This gets our installed size down to one that is a bit more manageable. Additionally, it will speed up use when you're running over USB 1.1. The options used were: --best --compress-icons=0 --nrv2d --crp-ms=999999 -k • Debug Files Removed - The debug files were removed to save space. list end Version History List of 6 items (contains 6 nested lists) • 2.2.31 - February 28, 2006 List of 2 items nesting level 1 • Updated FileZilla to 2.2.31 • Fixed minor issue with PAF config list end nesting level 1 • 2.2.26a - August 11, 2006 List of 3 items nesting level 1 • Updated FileZilla to 2.2.26a • In-Place Upgrade support added • CD support improved list end nesting level 1 • 2.2.21 - April 20, 2006 List of 1 items nesting level 1 • Updated FileZilla to 2.2.21. list end nesting level 1 • 2.2.20 - April 19, 2006 List of 2 items nesting level 1 • Updated FileZilla to 2.2.20. • Switched to self-extractor format list end nesting level 1 • 2.2.19a - April 6, 2006 List of 1 items nesting level 1 • Updated FileZilla to 2.2.19a. Updated launcher and help to new site list end nesting level 1 • 2.2.17 - November 8, 2005 List of 1 items nesting level 1 • First public release based on FileZilla 2.2.17 and FileZilla Portable Launcher 1.1.1.6. list end nesting level 1 list end Copyright 2005-2007 Rare Ideas, LLC. | Developed by Rare Ideas, LLC Designed by [THIRDSHIFT] and Rare Ideas, LLC Proudly powered by Drupal