Is there a way to add a shortcut to the PortableApps start page to a program that is not in portable format, but is on the USB Drive? I am using Dream Mail and it is on my USB drive, but it is a pain to have to "Explore" the drive to open my email program instead of being able to at least open it from PortableApps.
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and the app will be recognized and displayed in the menu
more complicated: create a bat calling your mailer and convert it into an exe, put it into a folder under PortableApps folder and it will be displayed in the menu -> that is only useful if you can´t move your app folder
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Thanks WK. I did what you said and at first it didn't work, so I did some further forum research and found this post https://portableapps.com/node/18302 and I found out that I needed to "Refresh App Icons" under options and then it worked!
Thanks again!!
For additional questions like this, you'll often find the answers on the support page:
https://portableapps.com/support/portable_apps_suite#addingapps
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John is right. Reading the keynotes is of importance. Sorry, that I missed the point with refreshing icons.You shouldn´t do things like editing ini or moving folders when the app or platform is running, except those that can be accomplished with options etc.
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Actually, you can add and remove apps or move them around while it's running. That was an old 1.0.x bug. You just can't move a directory when there's something inside it running.
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