One thing I haven't found in the platform is a (non-manual) way of checking what new apps exist. I have a USB drive with all the apps installed on it, and I use the updater to keep them up to date. But when I want to check if any brand new apps have come out, I can go to "get more apps" but that just takes me to the site. The trouble is that the site doesn't really offer me a way to just see what's new (as opposed to new or updated).
Ideally, something like "check for updates" but looking for apps on the site that I don't have installed, would be perfect.
Have I missed anything obvious?
Paul.
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The updater I believe has a hidden switch (from what I understand, this is meant to be "un-hidden" when v2 goes final) that will list all the apps available. I think it is something like "/ADD". It has been mentioned a few times on these forums.
Edit: Yep, as per this thread, it is /MODE=ADD:
https://portableapps.com/node/25945
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The ability to add is coming. It looks like this: https://portableapps.com/temp/platform2/PortableAppDirectoryAdd.png It only shows apps you don't already have. Additional options will be coming as well.
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Nice
Thanks.
That was going to be my comment too
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if you create a file named add.cmd with the text
@echo off
start PortableAppsUpdate.exe /MODE=ADD
exit
and then place that in the same folder as portableappsupdate.exe it will pop the dialog up when run.
MAKE SURE THE FILE IS NAMED ADD.CMD AND NOT ADD.CMD.TXT