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[Bug]: App is not truly portable #4132

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@notNSANE

Preflight Checklist

  • I use the latest version of Pear Desktop (Application).
  • I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.
  • I understand that pear-devs/pear-desktop has NO affiliation with Google or YouTube

Pear Desktop (Application) Version

latest

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What operating system are you using?

Windows

Operating System Version

Windows 11 latest

What CPU architecture are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Pear Desktop (Application) version

No response

Reproduction steps

  1. Download the Windows .exe version to a folder of your choice
  2. Execute it

Expected Behavior

Settings are generated inside the .exe folder

Actual Behavior

Settings are generated inside %appdata%/Roaming/YouTube Player

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none

Additional Information

This defeats the idea of portability, since you cannot just copypaste the folder from a PC to another one, the settings are stored inside %appdata%.

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