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64-bit and portable build for Nexus
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Author:  Artyom82 [ Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:26 am ]
Post subject:  64-bit and portable build for Nexus
Hi.

I like your app and want it use in WinPE x64. But unfortunately it doesn't have 32-bit subsystem. As Nexus is 32-bit application it can't be run there.

Could you provide 64-bit build?

P.S. Also I would like that Nexus can be run as portable application (able to store the settings in local directory).
Author:  winstep [ Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 64-bit and portable build for Nexus
Unfortunately the answer to both requests can only be No and No.

The programming language used to build Winstep applications is very old and can only produce 32 bit applications. In hindsight I should have used C++ instead, but, as they say, hindsight is 20/20 vision - now it's too late.

As for using INI files instead of the Windows Registry and thus making a portable version, I'm not sure that would work well given how large backup files of the settings can grow to when using a ton of shelves, docks, etc, in the paid versions.

Perhaps one day I'll bother looking at making a portable version, but I don't think I would make that available for free - and that is assuming it is even possible due to the development environment requiring runtime files etc.
Author:  seeker [ Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 64-bit and portable build for Nexus
winstep wrote:

As for using INI files instead of the Windows Registry and thus making a portable version, I'm not sure that would work well given how large backup files of the settings can grow to when using a ton of shelves, docks, etc, in the paid versions.

why would .ini be any larger than registry backup? its basically just a plain txt file with changed extension
Author:  seeker [ Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 64-bit and portable build for Nexus
I'm worried about the day microsoft completely kills compatibility for old apps.

It would/will be a completely idiotic decision, but the way thinks are going im really expecting it will happen
Author:  winstep [ Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 64-bit and portable build for Nexus
It has to do with the way the Windows Registry is cached in memory etc... it's an order of magnitude faster writing to and reading from the Windows Registry than from an INI file stored in a flash drive.
Author:  seeker [ Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 64-bit and portable build for Nexus
winstep wrote:
It has to do with the way the Windows Registry is cached in memory etc... it's an order of magnitude faster writing to and reading from the Windows Registry than from an INI file stored in a flash drive.


yea, that would affect not only backup/restore, but also startup of the app
Author:  nexter [ Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 64-bit and portable build for Nexus
seeker wrote:
I'm worried about the day microsoft completely kills compatibility for old apps.

It would/will be a completely idiotic decision, but the way thinks are going im really expecting it will happen

I'm afraid it's almost inevitable that MS will kill more and more Win32 compatibility as time goes by. As and when that happens, or even before that happens, why not move over to Linux? It's already my main OS, or rather, OSes, on my machines for a number of years. I'm only keeping Windows as a secondary OS as I do still need a - very! - few apps, but I could always run those offline on a small XP or Win 7 system - either partition or VM - as they're pure Win32. Of course, there's also the pleasure and convenience of Xtreme, which I'd really hate to lose. But, as things stand, I think we still have a good few years of compatibility ahead of us. :) (Then again, I may just be utterly wrong - the world has become full of idiocy, alas!)
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