penv

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Run any programs in portable mode in Windows.

Install (Optional)

run install-penv.bat, it will add penv to environment variables.

Usage

• penv to enter portable environment.
• penv <commands> to temporarily executes a single command in the penv.
• penv -u | -use <env name> to use a specific portable environment.
• penv -h | -help to show help message.
• exit to exit portable environment.

Examples

penv C:/path/to/msedge.exe
Open Microsoft Edge in portable mode.

penv -u alice C:/path/to/firefox.exe
Open Firefox in portable environment named alice

Environment Variables PATH

You can add Environment Variables PATH in penv/path.txt (global) or penv/env/<env name>/path.txt (only this environment).

Use %cd% as the relative path, where %cd% represents the path of penv.bat. For example, if penv.bat is in D:/penv/penv.bat, then %cd%/Python equ to D:/penv/Python.

Examples

For such a directory:

penv/
├ env/
├ Python/
│ ├ Python.exe
│ └ ...
├ JAVA/
│ ├ bin/
│ │ ├ java.exe
│ └ ...
├ penv.bat
└ path.txt

You can edit path.txt like this:

%cd%/python
%cd%/JAVA/bin