Update Kitchen Sink and keep settings?

Someone posted about this and here's my best answer:

I don't know of a way to do that for sure, no.  There are many programs and many different ways of saving one's settings.  Remember however that portable programs have the great talent for running alongside old versions of themselves.  You can keep your settings and still run the latest version.

That said, some of the included programs will neatly sync to the old version and won't interfere with saved settings.  Unfortunately, programs like FileZilla for example require that you have a very specific file: fzdefaults.xml to behave as portable.  This is also where other settings (such as FTP sites) also save setting so overwriting it with the latest version means you'll lose that information.

Here's the best (admittedly not great) way to do it:

1. Back up programs you use frequently (or the entire archive) whose settings you don't want to lose.
   
2. Run FreeFileSync (included in the latest version)
   
3. Compare folders between the old kitchen sink and the new kitchen sink
4. Right-click on files that look like they might contain settings usually with names like "ini" files and "settings" .  Chose "Exclude temporarily"
   

The updating process is a big problem in software that only programs like Firefox and Thunderbird are so far able to address.

Anyone have suggestions?

Source code and scam notice

I am gradually starting to host the source code of included programs.  I apologize for not having that out sooner but I thought linking to the sites was enough.  This thread addresses that transition.

Scam notice: Downloadbay is currently hosting a Kitchen Sink 1.3 "crack," which is interesting considering nothing in Kitchen Sink requires registration.  Downloadbay is obviously total crap Google shouldn't even link to.

Kitchen Sink 1.3 beta

After about 6 months offline, a new release is available.  Feedback here or on the forum welcome!

.NET isn't portable

Wrote up a big long shpeil (scroll to 5th entry down) about why .NET applications shouldn't be considered portable.  I'm sort of proud of my argument, although I wish it weren't the case.

SlickRun for Kitchen Sink

I've been absolutely captivated by SlickRun lately and created a specific data set for Kitchen Sink.

• Download KitchenSink QRS file
  
• How to import
• Exclusions: There's a few new programs that aren't in the 1.1.1 version including TeraCopy and NF Reader.

On hold for job seeking

Things have gotten much tighter on my side and the search for work has taken on a bigger role. Anyone looking for a documentation guy, technical writer, or software tester, please email me!

For now the project is unfortunately on the backburner.

September update

1. License cleanup progress - I'm about 3/5ths way through. As I'm seeking employment at the same time I do this, its slow going.
2. Mac/Linux version - considering creating a non-Windows version for use in WINE and Crossover. I think a freeware package for those software tools would be very popular and those projects might even send users to me as a way to get started right away with some free software. Not containing Firefox wouldn't be a problem, since users would probably already have it. Seems like a good idea but easily 6 months away.
3. No ads - After a discussion with a friend of the project (thanks Wes) I've decided to disable advertisements for this page. There are a number of licenses included that claim their software cannot be distributed for commercial gain and we decided even advertisements fit that criteria.

Timetable for the 1.1.2 release looks like it will be what the 1.5 version was going to be: October 1st.

Update: After spending a huge chunk of my week on the latest update, I decided to bring back the ads.  It was only a few dollars and I decided Google would just make the money if I don't.