Hello,
I downloaded and installed the PA Platform.
I have the German user interface.
After starting it and going to "Manage Apps" I selected "Get More Apps...".
Here a very huge list of applications is shown (so network access is possible).
I also was able to download the following applications (via the PA Platform):
- AquaSnap (1 MB downlaod size)
- WinDirStat (1 MB downlaod size)
- CrystalDiskInfo (1 MB downlaod size)
- Eraser (1 MB downlaod size)
- System Explorer (2 MB downlaod size)
- Instantbird (11 MB downlaod size)
- Noteüad++ (5 MB downlaod size)
- Virtual Magnifying Glass (1 MB downlaod size)
- ViruaWin (1 MB downlaod size)
- FreeCommander 2009 (3 MB downlaod size)
- Notepad++ (5 MB downlaod size)
- WinMerge (4 MB downlaod size)
- Sudoku (1 MB downlaod size)
But if I try to download one of the following Apps, the download and installation fails:
- VLC Media Player (21 MB downlaod size)
- Songbird (15 MB downlaod size)
- Thunderbird (15 MB downlaod size)
- Firefox (15 MB downlaod size)
- OpenOffice (92 MB downlaod size)
In the download window I see the text "Connecting" and then the following error message is shown:
The downloaded copy of Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is not valid and can not be installed.
This could be due to an incomplete download or other network issue.
Please try running the updater again when complete.
Some suggestions about the message:
1st: this message should be spit into 3 lines (add two line breaks like I did it above)
2nd: this message is not translated into German language (do you need my help here?)
3rd: should it be "issues"?
4th: "...when complete" What should I complete here?
I tried to switch the language of the PA Platform to English, but this does not help.
Downloading and adding the portable app manually works.
I want to help solving this problem.
Here at work we have a proxy and at some applications I have to enter the proxy data.
But why is the download of other apps wprking?
One thing that looks suspicious might be the file size.
The apps I have downloaded are not very huge (max. size is 11 MB).
But the apps that fail are 15 MB or larger.
Maybe this is a reason?
Greetings
OLLI