[sl23]

Thank you for taking time to reply.

I understand what you're saying but the truth is that there are thousands of portable apps, quite likely equaling or exceeding "normal" apps. In fact, most freeware is actually portable, even many that come with installers.

The only portable app that causes a problem with updating and losing settings, out of the several hundred I have used, is Rainmeter. Because it includes, rather than creates it's settings file on install/unpacking. But SyMenu answers this too, by ignoring it on update. So the old settings file remains intact.

I don't claim to understand the ins and outs of installation vs portability, but in my experience, I see no reason to install anything if it can be made portable. The benefits of portable software far outweigh those for installation. Tbh, I don't even see a single benefit of installing over portability.

If you are willing to consider a portable solution, just do what others have done. How about if Sigil finds the "sigil-ebooks" folder within it's directory, it becomes fully portable?

I appreciate your reasons for turning down the SyMenu option, but thanks for reading, and thank you for supplying Sigil, even as it stands, it's one of those stand out apps that will likely be in high regard for many years.