Hi:
A question about update behavior that I didn't see answered elsewhere but perhaps I missed it. If so, sorry.
Until recently my PortableApps would update when I started the platform by having the updated apps listed in an update window and when I clicked on update the would update in sequence until done.
Now when I click on update, after downloading all the updated applications each application pops up a dialog which asks if I want to update the application, which is then followed by the update installation, and concluded with a dialog box asking me to click finish or launch the application.
Not a bad idea, but inconvenient. In the past, if I had a bunch of Applications to update (10 or more) I could just click update and get on with life. Now I have to sit at the computer and update one at a time. In either case, if an update went wrong it through an error message and I had to update later.
So my question. Is there a good reason for this new behavior justifying my keeping it, or is there a way to turn it off and go back to one click multiple application updates?
Thanks.
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That will only happen if either the platform isn't running or if it's somehow running under a different context/username than the updater process. Or if something in Windows is completely borking things up like a badly behaved antivirus or something.
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Thanks John. Your reply cleared up the matter. This type of updating isn't to be expected and should be correctable.
I created portable apps on my USB 3.0, 16 GB by copying the Portable apps folder on my Windows 7 older machine desktop,to the USB .30 stick . Perhaps my USB thinks it is on my desktop.
Do you have any suggestions as to how I can correct my USB 3.0 based portableapps context to change the observed updating behavior to normal updating behavior?
Thanks again
Jojo
Are you running it as admin or anything?
Have you checked the permissions to ensure that "Everyone" is granted "Full Access" to the entire drive especially everything within PortableApps?
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I'll check it out and let you know what I find.
Have a great weekend.
Jojo
Hi John:
I checked to make sure "Everyone" was granted "Full Access" to the drive. In one case it was and in the other it wasn't. Also, the source address in the Properties tab (after right clicking on PortableApps.exe was incorrect, since it kept the original address from where the folder was copied. So after I checked that and corrected the shortcuts my PortableApps folder and contained applications worked perfectly.
I still get, on one USB, the update for each and every portable apps appearing sequentially.. My takeaway is that it would be better to install a fresh copy of the Apps rather than copying the folder.
I don't mind the one at a time, since I can interrupt the update and it will pick up from where I left off the next time. So for me the problem is solved.
Still, it would be nice not to have it do that. I will try looking at the portableApps updater properties and some of the other shortcuts. If you have any suggestions I do those too.
Thanks again for your help.
There are no issues with move the platform between drives. I've done it dozens of times as have most users at one time or another.
The platform proper doesn't use a hardcoded path. Nor do the installers. The only way it can be affected is if (1) Symbolic links are used and messed up within the PortableApps structure... don't do this (2) an antivirus is messing with things (3) the permissions are messed up or - we've only seen this a couple times - (4) a previous virus infection screwed up Windows and affected numerous API calls. The platform, updater, and installer all use relative paths to find each other.
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Hi John:
I don't use symbolic links and I've made sure my permissions included sharing with all. I can well believe my anti-Virus has impacted API calls, I've had numerous "optimizers" employed at different times and who knows what they may have done.
Still, my system is completely workable so I'm going to leave it as is.
Thanks again.
BTW: I think the design of PortableApps is really robust, especially the choice to use all relative paths. Good work and good choices, at least to my amateur mind.