How to Customize Your Winamp Portable Experience

Before you deploy your Winamp Portable, there are several steps you can take to customize your experience. One of the first things you should do is go to the Winamp Preferences > File types and select 'None.' This will uncheck all the checkboxes on that page.

For those who are curious, the paths.ini file causes the Winamp settings to be stored in the Application Data folder of the current user. Experimenting with this can help you determine which files can be removed while still running Winamp.

If you want to do a minimal Winamp setup, you'll find that a few of the DLLs in the root directory are not needed. You're also free to throw your favorite plugins into the mix as well. DLLs and EXEs can be compressed with UPX and Winamp will still work.

One recommended step is to grab some files from Winamp Full, such as input plugins that Lite lacks. To do this, go into the folder and select skins.xml and all the folders therein for compression instead. Additionally, any folder called $PLUGINSDIR contains files used by the INSTALLER ONLY and can be safely deleted.

Keep in mind that this may not work depending on your compression tool. Finally, you can compress Winamp Modern's contents into a zip called 'Winamp Modern.wal' and place it in skins to cut down on the file size.

By following these steps, you can customize your Winamp Portable experience and make it more efficient and convenient for use.

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