NOTE: The 12-step program given below has been automated via the new JPE Quickie tool. Use of JPE Quickie is now the preferred method of portablizing an application via JauntePE.

Here's the beginnings of what's being called the JauntePE 12-step program. It's meant to be a guide of sorts for helping you to "properly" configure an application for initial portable use via JauntePE. There's still some gaps to be filled, so don't be surprised if you try the steps on an app and it doesn't work.

One thing to point out now is that not every app requires this type of setup. But this is the most generic setup and shouldn't cause problems for those apps that don't require it. It will just make things slightly more complex if you're used to having all of an app's files in one directory. You can setup a JPEized app that way, you'll just have to learn how to do that on your own by reading the docs.

Here are the 12 steps:

If all goes well, you could, if you wish, modify the %launchdir% directory's %appname%_jauntePE.ini file to be more specific to your app after running the app in discovery mode and then using its results to optimize the configuration ini.

You could also use JPE Builder to modify the %launchdir% directory's %appname%.exe launcher to apply the app's icon to it, embed the configuration ini into it, embed the portable registry into it, etc.

I like to keep the installer handy, just in case, but if it's no longer needed, you could also delete the %launchdir%\Setup directory and its contents, and the %launchdir% Setup.exe and Setup_jauntePE.ini files.