General Discussion

edit: make some parts bold
it's not (yet) an app request.
trying to find a lean rss reader as my old is trash.
don't know if we can finalize rssowl which i only heard good things about.
i stumbled upon makagiga.
it's not clear to me if it's portable.
not sure if it was portable or had also a portable version (by developer).
i found different info on the net.
the developers site tells the the installed version can be run portable.

Do I have an understanding problem?
By looking for portable apps I stumbled upon different ones?
I think it's about 3 to 5 types or so.
I will try to explain or give examples and hope for explanations.

What it says:
- native portable app
- exe file with portable option
- Installed version can be launched in "portable" mode as well

The 3 are what I can remember at the time.
I think only John knows all types and the differences as he is since 20 years in the topic.
I hope for explaination / clearence.
Thanx!

Hi guys!
As of the SUMo shut down I was searching for a good potable alternative.
The search here in APPS didn't got me further so I started this thread.
The search for 'updates' in APPS didn't helped, only other topics found.
Please say if I oversaw something and what do your recommend!
If there is already an alternative here I recommend to put a hint in the sumo article in bold and maybe post a short one as a news so all get it by rss!
Thanx!

Calendar/Schedule Tool

I'm looking for a portable Calendar or PIM Tool (OpenSource or Freeware) which can transform tasks to appointments or show them as a appointment in the calendar (view).
Other advanced features f.e. address book are not needed.
A notes managing feature can be.

What tool can you recommend and which do you use?
Thanx!

P.S.: I created the post new as I don't know if changing the topic was good enough.
And there were no answers eighter.

Hi everyone,

This is is my first post here. I'm having trouble connecting to PortableApps.com to retrieve updates for my portable apps. This issue started after a recent Windows 11 Enterprise update. I'm behind a corporate firewall.

When I try to check for updates, I get the error message: "Unable to connect to PortableApps.com to retrieve portable apps. Please try again later. [ ÌnvalidZipFilePossibleNoConnectionOrFirewall ]"

As stated in this forum post: https://portableapps.com/news/2019-04-15--most-secure-portable-project-g..., the packages are SHA256 sum checked.

As I understand it, SHA256 is now being recommended as insecure by the US government (fails around 41% of the time in testing), and is presenting SHA384 as a minimum.

Full confusion in website? How to custom create a portable app? i came to the site for this?

there is a PLATFORM, there is a LAUNCHER>..
what the hell do these mean ??

just make it simple and give me the tool to custom create a portbale app... for my mouse and keyboard software...
my office computer does not allow me to install...

make it simple guys....

Hi all,
my FeedReader portable seems not to work as it is not updating the feeds
even if I do it through the settings to update immediately.
I'm wondering if I get it from here as it is not on the apps page and I found there some 12 years old apps.
Is there any specific folder structure or specific folder name in the main directory which would give a hint?
Thanks in advance!

Hi all,
can anybody recommend an free opensource kanban or peronal kanban tool for windows?
If it's allready portable even better but not necessarily required!

If you know a free tool portable or not which is not opensource better send me a PM
as the may be not welcome here as they cannot be made portable and available here!

Please no tools needed to get hosted on the web to get in use!

If I have a Portable Apps installation with multiple portable apps where some are from the portable apps website and some are from other sites that offer apps in the portable apps format/structure. Is there a way to differentiate which apps are directly from the PA website vs another site? Is there anything within the folder structure of a portable app to tell me its official Portable Apps App? I want to remove any apps that are not from the Portable Apps website. TIA!