PortableApps.com Updater 1.0 Beta 2 (OUTDATED!!!)

downloading and testing

works OK but tried three times to it to update my sumatraPDF& always it says that it cant be downloaded & then the MD5 failed error
AFTER 1 DAY EDIT:Downloaded it fine (just ran ccleaner) Anyway, I love to be able to download the apps i don't have, but i wish the window to be larger...

Drat! Doesn't recognize the versions of my apps. I'm using the old configuration file.

...silent? I have tried to install task coach portable but it goes to fast. Is it something with the settings?

Edit: Never Mind I restarted the updater (clean install) and it worked. Don't know what was wrong.

Edit2: Worked through downloading but md5sum did not check out. Don't know what happened?

I haven't used this app in a while, as it constantly told me 90% of the apps it downloads updates for were corrupted and refused to update them. So, on a whim I downloaded this version 1.0 Beta 2, and am still getting about the same amount of "corrupted downloads" issue. Is this something specific to me or are others getting this as well?

For me, it just sleeps and says that the download was aborted.
Also, I've set wget_path but it still uses inetc.

As I use a combination of USB 1.1 port and slow connection, I have a suggestion: the ability of continuing the downloads while the previous installer is running. Example:

- User started the process.
- Download of App A started.
- Download of App A finished.
- Start App A installer while starting the download of App B.
- App A install finished.
- App B download finished.
- And go on.

I had to try more than three times per application to get the update. It always failed setting up a connection to download the packages although my internet connection is 1A.
What do you think is the matter?
Is there a more reliable SF mirror I could enter?

please excuse mistakes in the text, my native language is german...

Hey, great work on this! Anywho, works great on a Windows 2000 SP4 machine (admin access) at work.

One minor issue though,,,
I keep getting the following message when attempting to get Thunderbird Portable 2.0.0.18 Rev 2: (extra space intentional to prevent auto url)
The MD5 checksums of http:// Thunderbird_Portable_2.0.0.18_Rev_2_en-us.paf.exe do not match. Your download may have been corrupted. Package (path\exe_name) deleted.

Options used:
1) Download to (path): f:\downloads\quarantine\unscanned\pa apps\ Thunderbird_Portable_2.0.0.18_Rev_2_en-us.paf.exe
2) Do not delete after install.

Thanks again. I do wish there was a way to activate the /showop command from the gui but,,,

Looking great but Portable apps updater thinks there is a new version of Stellarium, but keeps failing to download it. I think that this is because the config.ini in Stellarium lists it as version 0.9.1 whilst it's listed as version 0.10 on the site. I've also put a comment to this effect in the Stellarium thread.

I have not been able to update Thunderbird Portable using the updater. It just keeps telling me the checksum is not correct and aborts the process.
When I look in the file applications.ini (which is temporarily available during the lifecycle of the update), the DownloadURL seem to have a erronous notation:

> DownloadURL=http://Thunderbird_Portable_2.0.0.18_Rev_2_en-us.paf.exe

Could the 'http://' prefix be the reason for the error? And if so, could it be updated, please?

I have both Firefox Portable and OpenOffice Portable installed on my USB, but the new updated releases do not show up in the list of application possible to update. Is this because the database does not include then, has not been updated yet, or is it a bug?

When attempting to run this program McAfee gives me the following trojan warning:

McAfee has automatically blocked and removed a Trojan.

About this Trojan
Detected: Ransom-E (Trojan), Ransom-E (Trojan)
Location: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\nswE202.tmp\inetc.dll

Trojans appear as legitimate programs but can damage valuable files, disrupt performance, and allow unauthorized access to your computer.

the folder name 'nswE202.tmp' is different each time I attempt to run the program.
Also the updater complains about 'applications.ini' not being found.

Thanks for fixing the checksum issue with Thunderbird. I'm getting one now with OpenOffice 3.0. (and I got to use "uh-oh" as my subject!) Other than that, I love the updater! Keep up the great work.

in the updater says i have the 4.1.7 version of winscp and in the server, 4.1.9. but i could not download it and received a error message. now i go to the site to download manually and in the site, the version is 4.1.8!

so... i think the database have a wrong data and the error could be because the program with that version does not exist...

other problem:

some times PNotes portable says that exists a new version but in the updater not...

i think the new version is the original version and not the PA version right?

thanks

Ererything else working fine but cannot update OpenOffice 3.0.

Thanks

Just noticed my Beta 1 updater was no longer working
Installed Beta 2, and updated my apps no problem (with a few stragglers - Toucan)
When I tried to run the update again it asked me to update my PA to 0.90 (again) and then went to the select new apps page -.- Does this mean all of my apps are updated? (none of my apps are on the list)

Great News

Maybe better prompt boxes next version ?
I love the updater(s) Keep up the awesome work !!

On the first part, the one with This wizard .......

It says click next to continue but the button is OK.

??

screenshot

questions:
Can you make it maximizeable or resizable so that i can browse the apps more convenient?

Which is better to look/read? 1100 b or 1.1mb

Why convertall portable, stellarium portable don't have a size?

i installed the beta version of OO3 and i see there is a new full OO3 portable...

but in the updater it's not there... or it's really the same file?

I am using a proxy at work. Portableapps updater 1.0 beta2

When I laucnh Portableapps updater, a login screen connexion to the proxy appears, the same used when I launche IE.
Then the connexion to the database is OK, and I receive a list, with several software that can be updated (eg today: 7-zip, VLC, Gimp and OpenOffice).

But then the update failed.
I downloaded PortableWinWget, and setup the proxy settings
http://login:passwd@proxyserver:8080

Then, the download start.
It should be great not to have to use PortableWget, as it stores the proxy settings in clear !!!
Not even *********

Anybody can see the password. If installed on a USB key, it can be security issue.
If the connexion process can be done using the Windows proxy settings, it should be great the use a Wget program that could handle these settings as well.
Or maybe this software could ask the password anytime a download is required ?
Maybe the choice to use PortableWinWget is wrong ???

But it is a a great improvment over the previous beta, as I had to modifiy by hand a text file !

I continue the testings.

Say for example I use the updater to upgrade 1 sotware, or 2.
It work sometimes, sometimes not...
"Download aborted. Do you want to stop all tasks and close the updater."
5 minutes later, it works ...
Sometimes, the download failed after 60% of download ...

Is the problem related with Portable Winwget ?
Anytime I try to download a file.paf.exe using Firefox on Sourceforge, I get it 1st time. No problem ...
The mirror might be different each time, but I don't care.

It seems the Portable updater is not using sourceforge mirrors. But it is a good idea to use sourceforge as a base file server, and then it is up to Sourceforge to redirect to an available server.

Could it be possible to solve this server availability for the next (or final ?) release ?
For sure, you can not modify Portable Winwget, and no other software is available (And the the proxy issue may be postponed)

But having to launch the update 2 or 3 times before it works, it is very annoying.
Firefox handle that proxy very well, such as any linux distribution (centos, debian for example).
It only fails since Portable updater is using PortableWinWget.

Remark: I am behind a proxy at work, it may be the reason why I am having problems, and other users are happy.

And by the way, I totally removed previous versions of PortableApps, to ensure the problem is not related to conflict between configuration files.

Thank you anyway for the good work, I hope my comments will help to improve the product before the final version is launched !!!

Cheers,
Fred

Hi!

i have Notepad++ 5.1.1 and i see new release to 5.1.4 but the updater dont say nothing about...

The applications.ini file needs updating for all the version info and the filenames. Particularly:

Thunderbird
TaskCoach

it's a pity update can't be done without interaction. It's an absolutely needed app when you have PA but it's a pain when you have a lot of updates to do.

could it be possible to (optionnaly) install app in a unattended/automatic manner after download ?
else, it would be advisable to group part without interaction (download and only display errors if there is or display them after all download) and the part with (apps install)

Great thanks
Best regards

how?

i used the /showop to access the settings but didnt find the blacklist... only the option to show only installed apps...

Beta 1 first:
LOTS of md5 errors, but it seemed to be intermittent, see Beta2.
Beta 1 could see it needed updating, but it was the only app and refused to update, asking me to select an app to update (i mention this in case it has not been resolved in Beta 2)

Beta 2:
Still the odd MD5 error, but not always the same file twice, meaning after several runs, it installed most apps, the remaining ones were downloaded using the dont delete" flag, and manually installed without errors.

Ascetic Only Items:
1- English "Please wait" message Text is inverted, it should read:
Please wait...
...a moment
The lines are currently the other way around.

2- Once you have the current version, there does not seem to be an easy way to find out what version you have, (of the updater).
Maybe it should show this next to the updater icon on the Available Packages page, but on the left to break up the white space?

3- The sentence reading 'Attention!.... should really be starting a new line, currently there is no space between it and the previous sentence.

Thats all for me, sorry its been a while, but had usb stick issues

Hello,
due to a bug, I removed the firefoxportable folder to get it re-downloaded, but the updater doesn't recognise it, so firefox is not in the list anymore. I although can't find an entry in one of the ini-files to mark it as "uninstalled". If I reinstall the updater, it doesn't recognise the installed portable software. So what shall i do?

The box containing "Available packages for portableapps..." seems to be quite small. I would like to see it a little larger so that the columns can be widened and the full content of the columns: Name,Server,Local,Description,size would be able to be read without having to scroll left/right
Also, i had an MD5 error when trying to download BPBible today.

I like to keep a copy of my portable app installers handy on my thumb drive. So, I set the option in Beta1 to not delete the paf.exe after it installs. The log shows that it's deleting the files after installation, even though the option not to delete it is still in the .ini file, and when I run with /SHOWOP the checkbox to "Delete after install" is unchecked.