Hello.
If I have to format the hard disk, could I just copy the folder of all the portable apps on another media (for example an external hd), format c:, reinstall Windows and then re-copy the folders, or should I re-install the .paf file for each portable app?
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You can copy an entire PortableApps.com install from one drive to another. Just be sure to keep the path the same. So if you have everything on J:\PortableApps, just copy it all to C:\PortableApps.
(Side note: Don't use C:\Program Files for portable software. Windows permssions in Vista/7 mess with it, requiring you to turn of UAC which is not recommended.)
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About the Vista/7 mess: unfortunately, I just crashed with this hurdle about 1 month ago, the first time I installed W. 7 (never used Vista and never known its permissions policies before): I created a sub-folder for all the portable apps in the "program files" folder of hard disk, as usual, as I always made with XP: it was driving me mad with permissions... I made a mess with them... administrator accounts... etc.... Imagine....
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