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kermik
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Portable apps & Windows 10

I use mostly portable apps, also on my home desktop comupter (running Windows 7), and is very satisfied with this approach. However, as more and more people are upgrading to Windows 10, I wonder if anybody has any thoughts or experience with using portable apps under Windows 10.

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Already Supported

Windows 10 has been supported by the platform since before it launched. It even properly identifies the Windows version in About due to a custom manifest.

It doesn't yet support Windows 10's new DPI setup which is completely different from Windows XP through Windows 8.1. So, it'll appear blurry when zoomed in on WIndows 10 if you have fonts set to 125%, 150%, 200%, etc. We need to upgrade to the new version of our toolset, Delphi 10, and add specific code to handle that. Note that 1/2 of Windows will also appear blurry because Microsoft didn't even update most Windows components to work properly with the new DPI setup.

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Portable apps & Windows 10

Hello. When do you plan to implement full support for Windows 10? The problem of blurry fonts is actual.

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High DPI Support in Windows 10

What you're referring to is high DPI support. Windows 10 completely broke the old way of handling high DPI so all apps need to be updated to work with the new method. We've been gradually adding support piece by piece. Within the platform, the PortableApps.com Updater and App Store were updated in 14. In the upcoming release, the PA.c Platform Installer will be updated along with the Backup and Restore utilities. The platform proper, what we call the menu, is a bit more involved. The tool used to build and maintain the platform, Delphi XE2, has no support for Windows 10 high DPI. We have a newer version of the tool, Delphi 10, which does support high dpi, but our custom form layout and controls completely break on Windows 10. So, we'll need to rework the way the menu is displayed for it to be compatible.

I'm working on an updated Menu look, layout, and feel with that in mind, but I don't have an ETA on when that will be complete.

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