Thanks. I had added the VLC programs folder and the appdata\roaming\vlc folder. WHat setting is there to create a virtual registry?

Thanks for the quick response. I crated a boxed version of VLC and left "save versions of virtual files to" UNCHECKED. Yet when I ran boxed VLS and changed the skin, and closed and reopened, the skin was changed so it seems to have stored that info. Also when I opened my installed version ...

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Is there a way of creating a Boxed app without first installing the app. I'm thinking of a process in which the original app installer would run in a sandboxed environment to trace all the changes and then boxed, and then the sandbox being destroyed.

I'm a big fan of Portable Apps which put their portable executable in a folder system with data files. That way if you make a change to the app, such as changing a default setting or upgrading, those changes are included in the file system and you will see those changes when you reopen the portable ...