cruzer micro , u3 , i dont want the launcher..i just want the softwares...so if i wre to install portable softwares from portableapps.com and install them in my u3...will the u3 launcher show their ".exe" file?...or do i need to manually go inside the folder and launch my application...??
P.s...
u3 stinks...its just that its 8gb ....and this is my second thumb drive...my first thumbdrive has portableapps...need more details do ask...
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even i got confused from my question...
how bout this...can i install portable softwares from portableapps..and will it show on the u3 launcher...
yah thats short and quick to the point...
boo ? boo hoo...boo hoo i killed your parents and tortured you lol.. Kim Jong Il from Mad Tv ..
PortableApps.com Applications dont show up in the U3 Menu. But there is Smith Techs Shortcut Creator for U3 which does what it says: It creates a shortcut in your U3 Menu.
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
If you disable the U3 stick's password and set the U3 menu to not autostart your stick with PortableApps should be little different than any other stick.
Ed
With my son's coaching, I recently installed the PortableApps package on my WD Passport Elite drive, then ordered a SanDisk 8 gig thumb drive. Before it arrived last week, I had plenty of time to play with/configure/enjoy the PortableApps package which, when extended with other applications found on this site, more than suits my "mobile" needs. When the thumb drive arrived I took a hard look at it and elected to simply delete the pre-packaged U3 files (read all files and folders) and copy over the PortableApps install (all files) from my Passport drive and it worked like a champ.
I did NOT try to do away with the "invisible" partition which then references the thumb drive as "G:" - it is enjoyable to move from/to any of our computers and still find the same drive letter assigned to my thumb drive.
The decision to try to mix/match between U3 and PortableApps is a personal one. Since I have been using Mozilla applications and OpenOffice for a very long time, there was no need for stuff like "CruiserSync", etc. For me, PortableApps was a perfect fit.