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PortableApps pathing question.

Submitted by doni49 on December 17, 2023 - 4:10pm

I have OBS Portable installed on a USB stick. Within OBS, I have it set to store videos on the USB stick under the Videos folder. I also have a png file stored on the USB stick to use as a logo in new videos.

The first few times I ran it, the USB stick was assigned to the D drive. As such, OSB is set to look to the D drive for the above mentioned file paths.

I just plugged the USB stick in again (in the same PC) and it got assigned to the E drive even though there was no other external drive connected and the D drive was not assigned to anything.

So Satisfied With The PortableApps Platform Overall

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Submitted by DavyP on December 17, 2023 - 4:59am

Hello,
I'm so grateful to have discovered such a great piece of software when I did, and quite candidly I really wish that I would have discovered the platform much sooner than I did !! I'm currently running the portableapps software on a San Disk Cruzer Glide 128 GB USB Thumb Drive, while I'm thinking about the subject, is there a certain technical specification that needs to be met so as to be able to the best results overall ? Merry Christmas & Happy New Year To Everyone

Full isolated browser

Submitted by antoniol1989 on December 10, 2023 - 3:19am

Hi,

I have a problem...
My mother (an old woman) use hers computer to check email, navigate internet, find information.
About every 3 moths I have to reformat the computer for viruses, unwanted programs, crashed file that slow down the machine.

I would portabilize a browser (I prefer Ungoogled Chromium) in FULL ISOLATED sandbox.
The problem is the conflict with the sandbox builted in into Chrome.

Have you any ideas how to perform this goal?

Thanks

Gimp portable 2.10.36 plug ins

Submitted by Jayne Cobb on December 8, 2023 - 9:58am

Hi having doe a seach I see that people have previoslu asked ig Gegel plugins work in old versions of gimp but the answwer seems to be no.

version 2.20.36 has gegl options in tools and filters. both are unpopulated.

I also discovered an alternative to them called Ofnuts on souurceforge. Ofnuts bing the author?
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-path-tools/

Before i start mucking about, can someone explainif these pugins are suitable and work in my potable version please?

Can We Add Our Own Choice Of An Application ?

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Submitted by DavyP on December 8, 2023 - 7:20am

Hello,
I can't begin tell you the amount of satisfaction I currently have with the portableapps platform, after doing some research I've discovered that the portableapps platform is the best possible choice for an application of it's type. Unless I somehow missed it I would enjoy using the platform even more if users had the opportunity to add some applications such as brave browser to my list of installed portable applications that I currently have installed on my 128 GB usb stick.
David

CDex & Adware

Submitted by Senza Nome on December 5, 2023 - 12:59pm

I've been having trouble with CDex not updating properly from the PortableApps (v27.0.1) "Check for Updates" button, but wasn't overly worried. This morning, I noticed a notification from my installation of Malwarebytes saying it blocked another RTP "Adware" event of CDex attempting to contact mirror.cdex.mu (IP Address: 188.166.135.244) on port 80. While this might be an innocent attempt to update the software, it seems to be the only Portable App to update in this manner.

[Fixed] Sorry your ip has been banned when loading the PortableApps.com, but they're not my IP

Submitted by hmp on December 2, 2023 - 10:45am

Dear PortableApps.com staff,

I've been checking your thunderbird app page to see the update numbers every day for about 2months using firefox on my computer.
Since the time I posted this onwards, I cannot load the page on any browser on any device, under WIFI, nor cellular network.
I had to use a VPN to access and post this thread on the forum, otherwise I see:

"Sorry, 34.248.174.237 has been banned."
Sometimes the IP addresses shown are "52.16.85.139" or "34.255.61.232".

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