PortableApps.com Platform Changelog

Each release of the PortableApps.com Platform includes bug fixes and new features. They are detailed below.

29.4 [2024-04-10]

ADDED: Seamless automatic app taskbar pinning for Windows 7 through 11
UPDATED: App Store/Updater confirm changed from Next to Install
FIXED: Platform installer self-deletes when manually run from the platform on 64-bit Windows

29.3 [2024-03-26]

ADDED: Multi-monitor support - Platform remembers screen and position
ADDED: Tooltip to PortableApps.com logo holiday decorations

29.2.1 [2024-03-18]

ADDED: Preserve custom PortableApps folder icon during upgrades
ADDED: Prevent accidental Platform installs to paths inside existing installs
FIXED: Languages in Options show incorrectly under XP/Vista/7 when using RTL locale
FIXED: Errors show incorrectly in App Store/Updater when using RTL locale

29.2 [2024-03-14]

ADDED: Descriptions for multiple icon apps' additional icons
ADDED: Preserve custom user folder icons on Documents et al during upgrades
FIXED: Some compatible legacy apps not in App Store on Windows XP

29.1.2 [2024-03-07]

FIXED: Incompatibility between "Expand categories by default" and "Collapse categories..." options
UPDATED: Croatian locale

29.1.1 [2024-02-08]

ADDED: Edge case handling for Windows XP 64-bit in App Store
FIXED: LTR locales with parenthesis show incorrectly in Options locale dropdown when using an RTL locale
UPDATED: German, Latvian locales

29.1 [2024-02-01]

ADDED: Secondary locale availability in App Store (Portuguese to PortugueseBR, etc)
UPDATED: Improved App Store loading and processing speed
UPDATED: Improved Updater speed
UPDATED: Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Corsican, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Galician, Georgian, Icelandic, Igbo, Irish, Khmer, Kurdish, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Marathi, Mongolian, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, ScotsGaelic, SerbianLatin, Sesotho, Slovenian, Sundanese, Swahili, Tamil, Tatar, Twi, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Welsh, Yoruba, Zulu locales

29.0 [2024-01-18]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: Freeware license filter (personal, education, business, open source only)
ADDED: Edge case compatibility checks (Ex: apps that work with Windows 7 to 11 but not 8.0)
UPDATED: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Bulgarian, ChineseSimplified, ChineseTraditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, PortugueseBrazilian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, SpanishInternational, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese locales

29.0 Beta 2 [2024-01-17]

FIXED: Freeware Apps filter note showing incorrect string with improper alignment and size

29.0 Beta 1 [2024-01-17]

ADDED: Freeware license filter (personal, education, business, open source only)
ADDED: Edge case compatibility checks (Ex: apps that work with Windows 7 to 11 but not 8.0)
UPDATED: Croatian locale

28.0.1 [2024-01-05]

ADDED: Finnish, Latvian platform install introductions
FIXED: Errant version info in some platform files
UPDATED: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Chinese Traditional, Finnish, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Spanish International, Ukrainian locales
UPDATED: Arabic platform install introduction

28.0 [2023-12-21]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: App store compatibility filter to show apps that work on your OS version
ADDED: Legacy apps for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10 (32-bit)
UPDATED: Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, English, EnglishGB, French, Greek, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, PortugueseBR locales
UPDATED: Portuguese, Russian Platform installer welcome messages

28.0 Beta 1 [2023-12-18]

ADDED: App store compatibility filter to show apps that work on your OS version
UPDATED: English, EnglishGB locales

27.0.1 [2023-12-03]

ADDED: Polish platform installer welcome/license
FIXED: 32-bit support not removed on update of dual architecture apps when option selected
UPDATED: German, Chinese Simplified installer welcome/license

27.0 [2023-11-30]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: Option to include or exclude 32-bit in dual architecture apps
ADDED: Multilingual license agreement during install
ADDED: EndeavourOS and Nitrux detection and font matching
FIXED: Language switching in glibc apps (Audacity, GIMP, etc) with Hungarian
UPDATED: Compiler to Delphi 12 for improved speed and stability
UPDATED: Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, English, EnglishGB, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, PortugueseBR, Russian, Slovak locales

27.0 Beta 1 [2023-11-26]

ADDED: Option to include or exclude 32-bit in dual architecture apps
ADDED: EndeavourOS and Nitrux detection and font matching
UPDATED: Compiler to Delphi 12 for improved speed and stability
UPDATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, English, EnglishGB, Farsi, French, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian locales

26.3.1 [2023-11-11]

ADDED: Additional translated strings in the What's New and Sponsors tabs in About window
FIXED: Language switching in glibc apps (Audacity, GIMP, etc) with Arabic, French, Korean, Latvian
UPDATED: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, English GB, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian, Spanish, Spanish International, Ukrainian locales

26.3 [2023-11-03]

UPDATED: Improved security: All downloads and online installer downloads rebuilt/rehashed with SHA256
UPDATED: Chinese Simplified, Croatian, Japanese, Slovak locales
FIXED: Status line blank in updater/app store when verifying online installer downloads
REMOVED: Legacy MD5 support

26.2.3 [2023-10-11]

ADDED: Verification notification in updater/app store
UPDATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, English, EnglishGB, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian locales

26.2.2.1 [2023-10-03]

FIXED: Flickering and showing command line in updater/app store

26.2.2 [2023-10-03]

ADDED: Improved keyboard navigation, menus/context menus appear near controls when triggered with keyboard
UPDATED: Holiday decoration dates
UPDATED: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese Simplified, Greek, Latvian, Polish locales

26.2.1 [2023-09-17]

ADDED: BlueSky and Mastodon links in Help
FIXED: Occasional removal of app files on cancelled downloads on slow internet connections
FIXED: RTL locale display issues on legacy Windows in About window, Help menu
FIXED: Danish locale shows as Dutch
UPDATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Spanish International locales

26.2 [2023-09-14]

ADDED: Exit Anyway option when closing apps on exit
FIXED: Misplaced letter and parenthesis in app right-click menu on legacy Windows with RTL locales
FIXED: [paf.exe] tag in Manage Apps submenu on modern Windows with RTL locales
FIXED: Updater tab is default in Options instead of General
UPDATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, French, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese BR locales

26.1 [2023-09-06]

ADDED: Non-PAF custom command line via appname.exe.pap.ini
ADDED: NixOS detection and font matching
UPDATED: Close apps dialog to Retry when apps running
UPDATED: 7-Zip to latest version

26.0 [2023-06-15]

ADDED: Preservation of symlinks in base path of apps being uninstalled
UPDATED: Greatly improved app uninstall speed
UPDATED: Delphi IDE/compiler to latest patch
FIXED: App store/updater final page has small fonts on some systems
FIXED: Platform sends font change message when no fonts loaded
FIXED: Some apps report no free space when installing to unmapped UNC paths
FIXED: Some apps show unnecessary installer UI while being installed
FIXED: Some apps don't refresh the PA.c Platform after installing via the App Store

25.0 [2023-04-07]

ADDED: Initial macOS support with installer and macOS helper app
ADDED: ShareX auto closing support
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 11.3, improved performance and stability

24.1 [2023-02-13]

ADDED: Marathi locale
ADDED: Partial automated OS font matching in Backup/Restore
UPDATED: Japanese locale
FIXED: Stray characters in Backup finish screen

24.0 [2023-01-30]

ADDED: Windows on ARM detecion and support, displayed in About
ADDED: Pin to taskbar/Add to Start for ARM64 apps
ADDED: Partial automated OS font matching in Updater/App Store

23.1 [2023-01-11]

ADDED: Automatic OS font switching for apps where supported/appropriate
ADDED: Amharic and Twi locales
ADDED: Elementary OS, OpenSUSE Gnome, Zorin font integration under Wine
ADDED: Oracle Java JRE detection and display in About
UPDATED: Hindi, Igbo, Swahili locales

23.0 [2022-12-09]

ADDED: Wine, ReactOS, and Linux/BSD detection
ADDED: Font matching for Windows 11, ReactOS, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Mint, Arch, openSUSE, Kali, Manjaro, and Gentoo
ADDED: Font adjustments for the menu, options, about, dialog, and rename windows
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 11.2
UPDATED: Sponsor list layout for easier readability with new fonts

22.0.1 [2022-07-21]

ADDED: Platform SHA256 update check
FIXED: Indicate Windows 8 must be updated to 8.1 for .NET 4.7/4.8
UPDATED: 7-Zip to 22.01
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 11.1.5

22.0 [2022-07-07]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: SHA256 hash support
ADDED: Ability to update up to 100 copies of an app
FIXED: System environment variables insert extra backslash
FIXED: Security/Utilities not translated in App Store/Updater
UPDATED: 7-Zip to 22.00
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 11.1 Patch 1, improved stability/performance, ends Windows 2000 support

22.0 Beta 1 [2022-06-10]

ADDED: SHA256 hash support (test with winLAME Portable)
ADDED: Ability to update up to 100 copies of an app
FIXED: System environment variables insert extra backslash
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 11.1 Patch 1, improved stability/performance, ends Windows 2000 support

21.2.2 [2022-03-31]

ADDED: http fallback for machines with https issues
FIXED: .NET error on Windows 8.0 and Windows 7 missing Microsoft's Platform Update
UPDATED: Korean installer locale

21.2.1 [2022-03-26]

FIXED: Platform not correctly detecting .Net 4 installs
FIXED: Touch issues under Windows 11
UPDATED: Arabic, French, and Korean locales

21.2 [2022-03-24]

ADDED: Myanmar (Burmese), Punjabi and Urdu locales
ADDED: .Net Core and .Net 5+ detection and download
FIXED: Updater/App Store missing some Bengali and Esperanto strings
FIXED: Checkboxes in Options window Advanced tab partially cut off with right to left languages

21.1 [2022-03-11]

ADDED: Support for Windows 11 high contrast themes to About, Options, Dialog, etc
ADDED: All 83 supported languages to platform installer
ADDED: All 77 platform languages to updater/app store
ADDED: Advanced INI option to make platform environment variables user instance wide
FIXED: Platform environment variables PortableApps.comApps, PortableApps.comRoot incorrectly set
UPDATED: Locale code page settings to match NSIS

21.0 [2022-03-04]

ADDED: Support for all .NET Framework versions with app checks and download links
ADDED: Ability to retry closing apps on exit
ADDED: Display of available .NET versions in About window
ADDED: Bengali, Mongolian, Sesotho, Swahili, Scottish Gaelic, Tatar, Uyghur, Welsh, Zulu locales
ADDED: Windows 11 style in app store/updater, better folder icon
ADDED: PortableApps.comRoot and PortableApps.comApps environment variables
UPDATED: Switched updater/app store to https for all bits on Windows 7 and later
FIXED: Missing new app icon in app store when missing from server

20.1 [2022-01-27]

ADDED: Download of .NET bundle requirements
ADDED: Alt-Space hotkey support
ADDED: Corsican, Esperanto, Georgian, Icelandic locales
UPDATED: Albanian, Afrikaans, Basque, Belarusian, Danish, Farsi, Hindi, Indonesian, Irish, Korean, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Serbian, SerbianLatin, Tamil, Ukrainian locales
UPDATED: Dialog box icons
FIXED: Ctrl-Space hotkey setting
FIXED: Localeglibc and EOL across all locale files

20.0 [2022-01-14]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: Support for dotNet 5/6 bundled apps
ADDED: Taskbar/system tray icon color selection
ADDED: Updated date to available updates
ADDED: Filipino, Igbo, Khmer, Malagasy, Pashto, Uzbek, Yoruba locales
UPDATED: Latest version of 7-Zip for backup/restore
UPDATED: Armenian, Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Galician, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Kurdish, Norwegian, Portuguese, PortugueseBrazil, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Spanish International, Sundanese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish locales
FIXED: Some locales show English updater
FIXED: Some locales show English on initial install
FIXED: Updater skips similar apps when in screenreader friendly mode
FIXED: Unable to pin multi-app apps like LibreOffice to taskbar

20.0 Beta 1 [2022-01-07]

ADDED: Support for dotNet 5/6 bundled apps
ADDED: Taskbar/system tray icon color selection
ADDED: Igbo locale (machine translation)
UPDATED: Latest version of 7-Zip for backup/restore
UPDATED: Filipino locale mostly from scratch (machine translation)
FIXED: Updater skips similar apps when in screenreader friendly mode
FIXED: Unable to pin multi-app apps like LibreOffice to taskbar

19.2 [2021-12-23]

UPDATED: Latest version of 7-Zip for backup/restore
UPDATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Russian, Turkish locales
FIXED: Removed incorrect 503 error message in updater

19.1 [2021-10-25]

ADDED: Add app to Windows Start
UPDATED: Platform folder icons in Windows Explorer
UPDATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese locales

19.0 [2021-10-05]

ADDED: Taskbar pinning in Windows 11
ADDED: Screen reader compatibility for What's New section
ADDED: PortableApps.com logo clickable in menu
ADDED: Click Next without selection to update all apps in screen reader mode
ADDED: Segoe UI Variable font use on Windows 11
UPDATED: Improved Windows 11 compatibility
UPDATED: Modern app list folder icons
UPDATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, PortugueseBrazil locales
FIXED: Updater categories not localized
FIXED: RTL locales don't properly show paf.exe in manual install menu
FIXED: Updater/app store misses apps when appids contain substrings of each other
FIXED: Advanced apps shown when option to show is turned off

18.0.1 [2021-06-15]

ADDED: Bosnian locale to platform
ADDED: Asturian, Cibemba, Efik, Esperanto, Georgian, Igbo, Khmer, Malagasy, Pashto, Swahili, Tamil, Vietnamese, Yoruba locales to platform installer
ADDED: Set platform language based on installer selection for languages without language codes, notice for languages needing a translation
UPDATED: Arabic, Finnish, French, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Malagasy, Pashto, Uzbek
UPDATED: Improved Platform TEMP rights checks
FIXED: Platform installer RTL language display

18.0 [2021-06-09]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: Support for .NET 3/4 and 3.5/4 apps
ADDED: 64-bit only app support in the app store
ADDED: Kurdish locale (machine translation)
ADDED: External env var to set platform installer language: PortableApps.comLocaleID_PlatformInstaller
UPDATED: 5-10x improvement in App Store opening speed
UPDATED: Improve app update check performance
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 10.4.2 Patch 1.0, improved stability and performance
UPDATED: Improve Platform installer graphics
UPDATED: Default view switched to all apps with categories
UPDATED: Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, Estonian, French, Galacian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, PortugueseBrazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish International, Sundanese, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese locales
FIXED: Out of range issue causing crashes
FIXED: Explore button hotkey and screen reader not working
FIXED: Rename window graphic missing
FIXED: Display Options in Options window not translated for many locales
FIXED: Italian locale changed Localeglibc=it

18.0 Beta 4 [2021-06-08]

ADDED: Kurdish (machine translation)
UPDATED: 5-10x improvement in App Store opening speed
UPDATED: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Greek, Slovak, Spanish locales
FIXED: Display Options in Options window not translated for many locales

18.0 Beta 3 [2021-05-19]

ADDED: Support for .NET 3/4 and 3.5/4 apps
ADDED: Show/hide 64-bit only apps in the app store
UPDATED: Italian locale changed Localeglibc=it
UPDATED: Armenian, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Slovenian locales

18.0 Beta 2 [2021-05-17]

UPDATED: Default view switched to all apps with categories
UPDATED: Bulgarian, French, German, Portuguese, PortugueseBrazil, Russian locales
FIXED: Explore button hotkey and screen reader not working
FIXED: Rename window graphic missing

18.0 Beta 1 [2021-05-16]

ADDED: Display 64-bit-only apps in the app store UI in Options
ADDED: External env var to set platform installer language: PortableApps.comLocaleID_PlatformInstaller
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 10.4.2 Patch 1.0, improved stability and performance
UPDATED: Improve app update check performance
UPDATED: Armenian, Chinese Simplified, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, French, German, Polish, Turkish locales
UPDATED: Improve Platform installer graphics
FIXED: Out of range issue causing crashes

17.1.1 [2020-09-09]

UPDATED: Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian locales
FIXED: Incorrect version reported in About window
FIXED: Opera Legacy 36 not showing icon in Updater/App Store

17.1 [2020-09-04]

ADDED: Monitor autorun.inf option
ADDED: Fade menu in/out option
ADDED: Hide holiday logo decorations option
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 10.4.1, improved stability
UPDATED: Armenian, Croatian, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, Finnish, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese locales
FIXED: Sub-category locale strings missing in Updater/App Store
FIXED: Supporters and Silver Sponsors not translated in About

17.0.1 [2020-07-19]

UPDATED: Hungarian locale
FIXED: HideIcons error in Options window for some users
FIXED: Incorrect message when updating platform for some users

17.0 [2020-07-19]

ADDED: Partial Windows 2000 support
ADDED: Ctrl-Backspace to clear search box
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 10.4 Update 2, improved stability
UPDATED: Improved mouse scroll wheel support
UPDATED: Improved local system details in About box
UPDATED: Shrank platform install size by 30%, 8.5MB installed
UPDATED: English, EnglishGB, Hungarian locales
FIXED: Platform notification area settings being lost
FIXED: Desktop icons showing when hidden at the system level
FIXED: Updater not detecting the platform on some systems

16.1.1 [2020-03-04]

ADDED: Manual INI option to disable logo decorations
UPDATED: Hebrew, Russian, Turkish locales
FIXED: Widened Options window to add additional space for some locales
FIXED: Process bug warning on install/update when no affected apps being installed
FIXED: Start Minimized advanced option not being saved

16.1 [2020-02-12]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: RTL language alignment support (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew)
ADDED: Old app installer process bug detection and warning
UPDATED: Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, Farsi, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, PortugueseBR, Spanish locales
UPDATED: Compiler to Delphi 13.3.3
FIXED: Upgrades failing when hundreds of processes running
REMOVED: autorun.inf installation/updates
REMOVED: autorun.inf live change monitoring

16.1 Beta 1 [2019-12-12]

ADDED: RTL language alignment support (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew)
ADDED: Old app installer process bug detection and warning
UPDATED: Arabic, English, EnglishGB, Farsi, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish locales
UPDATED: Compiler to Delphi 13.3.3
FIXED: Upgrades failing when hundreds of processes running
REMOVED: autorun.inf installation/updates

16.0.3 [2019-08-08]

UPDATED: Croatian locale
FIXED: Disabled Next in App Store/Updater until selection made
FIXED: Default focus to app list in store/updater when in screen reader mode
FIXED: Platform automatic upgrade not closing platform on some systems
FIXED: Untranslated 'Drive' shown in lower left

16.0.2 [2019-07-10]

UPDATED: French, Polich, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese locales
FIXED: Keep Menu Visible option not saving
FIXED: Improved unsafe eject platform handling

16.0.1 [2019-04-11]

ADDED: LinkedIn to Help
UPDATED: 7-Zip to 19.00
UPDATED: Favorites taskbar menu icon
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Hungarian, Korean, Polish locales
UPDATED: Removed Google+ from Help
FIXED: Platform installer may upgrade incorrect location when run manually and platform installed to PortableApps subfolder

16.0 [2018-12-06]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: Pin to taskbar for compatible PA.c Format apps
ADDED: Network mapping on UNC paths (enable manually)
ADDED: Platform logging (enable manually)
ADDED: Hindi locale (machine translation)
ADDED: New tabs in Options window
ADDED: Options window items for Show app paths in tooltips, Show app publisher in tooltips, Keep menu visible after starting apps, Start the menu minimized, Hide taskbar icon, Hide search bar when not in use
UPDATED: Tasbar and submenu iconography
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish locales
FIXED: Failure to free some objects

16.0 Beta 2 [2018-09-21]

ADDED: Localization for platform logging, pin to taskbar
ADDED: Support for taskbar pinning for 32+64-bit apps
ADDED: Options window items for Show app paths in tooltips, Show app publisher in tooltips, Keep menu visible after starting apps, Start the menu minimized, Hide taskbar icon, Hide search bar when not in use
FIXED: Platform stuck minimized when losing focus with Pin to Taskbar message shown
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish locales

16.0 Beta 1 [2018-09-05]

ADDED: Drive letter mapping on UNC paths (enable manually)
ADDED: Platform logging (enable manually)
ADDED: Hindi locale (machine translation)
ADDED: New tabs in Options window
ADDED: Pin to taskbar for compatible PA.c Format apps
FIXED: Failure to free some objects

15.0.2 [2018-05-17]

ADDED: Detection of unofficial Vista TLS update
FIXED: Long touch right-click support in app list
FIXED: Eject failing to eject drive

15.0.1 [2018-05-15]

UPDATED: Russian locale
FIXED: EGestureException on Windows 7, touch now 8+ only
FIXED: App store icons may not line up with apps for some users
FIXED: Extra .bak files for image resources in platform

15.0 [2018-05-09]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: Alternate download for Win XP/Vista for TLS 1.1/1.2 hosts
ADDED: Support for .NET 2-4 apps
ADDED: High DPI support in platform's menu, options, about, dialogs
ADDED: High contrast theme detection and passing of that data to apps
ADDED: Touch scrolling of menu app list
ADDED: Save What's New seen on window close, prevent re-show after unsafe exit
ADDED: Platform setting of Documents, Pictures, etc environment vars for apps
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 10.2.3, drops Windows 2000 support
UPDATED: SHA256 handling switched to built-in
UPDATED: 7-Zip to 18.05
UPDATED: Compressed platform graphics to save space
UPDATED: Eject utility with bug fixes and features
UPDATED: Updater/app store checkboxes to Windows 10 visuals
UPDATED: Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, Finnish, French, German, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish locales
FIXED: Windows 7+ can't download when TLS 1.1/1.2 disabled
FIXED: Black boxes around app icons under Wine
FIXED: Some app store/updater/backup text not visible with high contrast Windows theme
REMOVED: Hold CTRL to launch apps as admin

15 Beta 5 [2018-05-07]

ADDED: Support for .NET 2-4 apps
UPDATED: 7-Zip to 18.05
UPDATED: Finnish locale

15 Beta 4 [2018-04-30]

ADDED: Alternate download for Win XP/Vista for TLS 1.1/1.2 hosts
UPDATED: Croatian, Korean, Turkish locales
FIXED: Windows 7+ can't download when TLS 1.1/1.2 disabled
FIXED: Large text in submenus in high DPI mode
FIXED: Opera Mail missing dll error

15 Beta 3 [2018-02-27]

UPDATED: Croatian, Finnish, German locales
UPDATED: Compressed platform graphics to save space
FIXED: Apps sometimes launch as admin on international keyboards
FIXED: Submenus still large at 125% and 150% zoom (partial fix)
REMOVED: Hold CTRL to launch apps as admin

15.0 Beta 2 [2018-02-06]

ADDED: Swipe up/down a page in the menu app list with touch gestures
ADDED: Save What's New seen on window close, prevent re-show after unsafe exit
ADDED: Platform setting of Documents, Pictures, etc environment vars for apps
UPDATED: 7-Zip to 18.01 to address a potential security issue
UPDATED: Eject utility with bug fixes and features
UPDATED: Updater/app store checkboxes to Windows 10 visuals
UPDATED: French and Portuguese locales
FIXED: Some app store/updater/backup text not visible with high contrast Windows theme
FIXED: Large text in platform submenus on high DPI screens (tray menu still affected)

14.4.3 [2018-02-01]

FIXED: Build issue making 64-bit 7-Zip the default breaking updater/app store and backup/restore features on 32-bit OSes

14.4.2 [2018-02-01]

ADDED: High contrast theme detection and passing of that data to apps
UPDATED: 7-Zip to 18.01 to address a potential security issue
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian locales
FIXED: Broken icon display for jdkPortable

15.0 Beta 1 [2018-01-22]

ADDED: High DPI support in platform's menu, options, about, dialogs
ADDED: High contrast theme detection and passing of that data to apps
UPDATED: Delphi compiler to 10.2.2, drops Windows 2000 support
UPDATED: SHA256 handling switched to built-in
FIXED: Black boxes around app icons under Wine

14.4.1 [2017-04-02]

ADDED: Apps may have different names for launchers vs the base app
UPDATED: Bulgarian, German, Hungarian, and Slovenian locales

14.4 [2017-03-13]

ADDED: Custom platform security to scan for and mitigate DLL hijacks in: 2048, BabelPad, ClamWin, Foxit, Google Chrome, Kaspersky TDSSKiller, LibreOffice, McAfee Stinger, Opera, Opera Mail, Skype, Thunderbird, and various launchers
UPDATED: Swedish and Traditional Chinese locales

14.3 [2017-03-06]

ADDED: Support for 225%, 250%, and 300% scaling in the updater/app store
ADDED: High DPI support to the platform's installer
ADDED: Ability to use desktop context menu when hiding desktop icons
UPDATED: Simplified Chinese, Swedish locales
UPDATED: Bundled 7-Zip to 16.04
FIXED: Redirect error in updater/app store when obscure setting changed in Windows
FIXED: Cancelling an app update during download shows empty message box
FIXED: Updater/app store missing some app icons

14.2 [2016-09-28]

ADDED: Support for live installers with 2 downloads (32+64-bit, etc)
ADDED: Support for update-only listings in the updater/app store
ADDED: Hiding of 'portable' in app names on by default
UPDATED: Improved hiding of 'portable' in app names
UPDATED: Bundled 7-Zip to 16.03

14.1 [2016-05-13]

UPDATED: 7-Zip component of backup/restore to latest version
UPDATED: Simplified Chinese, Slovenian languages

14.0 [2016-04-15]

ADDED: Ability to automatically close system tray apps Ditto and PNotes with more on the way
ADDED: Full page scrolling by clicking empty area of the scroll bar
ADDED: Backup and Restore 64-bit mode for improved performance
UPDATED: French, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Vietnamese languages
FIXED: Eject fails on some Windows XP machines
FIXED: Access violation occurs if both What's New and autorun.inf change warnings show at the same time

13.0 [2016-02-27]

ADDED: Ability to update multiple copies of apps in secondary directories (AppNamePortable_Copy_2, etc)
ADDED: Windows 10 high DPI compatibility to the platform App Store and Updater. Full compatibility to come
ADDED: Show Hidden icons option to Apps menu to allow showing when all apps hidden
ADDED: Donate and Website options to app right-click menu
ADDED: Material icons for improved clarity in default themes
UPDATED: Croatian, Estonian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Spanish International, Turkish locales
FIXED: File error when user manually deletes the whatsnew txt file
FIXED: Seeing What's New remembered if the platform crashes, is unsafe ejected, or forced closed by a Windows shutdown
FIXED: Access violation if platform loses focus from initial What's New or autorun.inf change warning windows
FIXED: "Apps" shown as label for both the app list and app management entry in system tray menu
FIXED: Platform installer upgraded to NSIS3 to increase security when run from Downloads folder
FIXED: Removed broken clickable sorting of columns in updater/app store

12.2 [2015-09-27]

ADDED: Context menu button support on menu app list using keyboard mode
ADDED: Errors moved to end of updater/app store to avoid interruptions of long sets of apps
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Chinese-Simplified, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, Romanian locales
FIXED: Wallpaper switcher produces blank color background on Windows 8/10 with external drives

12.1 [2015-09-10]

ADDED: What's New tab to About window
UPDATED: Chinese-Simplified, Croatian, French, Galician, Italian, Korean, Spanish locales
FIXED: Automatic language switching with Italian locale and some apps
FIXED: Losing focus while browsing for an installer file can make it difficult to switch back
FIXED: Run As Admin plus Collapse Categories on Minimize can cause an Access violation error
FIXED: Windows 10 version information shows properly in About window

12.0.5 [2014-09-10]

ADDED: Ability to create a local Start menu/tile shortcut icon
CHANGED: Improved default theme color set
UPDATED: Bulgarian, French, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish International, Turkish locales
FIXED: Blank line when certain tooltip combinations shown in non-English languages

12.0.4 [2014-09-03]

ADDED: Selectable Automatic, Eject, Power for left bottom button by right-clicking
ADDED: 'Portable' now hidden in app names in app store / updater when set to be in platform
CHANGED: Made showing publisher and app path in tooltips advanced options disabled by default
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, English, EnglishGB, Latvian, Polish, Turkish locales
FIXED: Brackets in path names interfere with rename, category, etc
FIXED: Menu moves when positioned at bottom and switch between modern and classic themes
FIXED: More than 6 apps get cut off in the 'still running' dialog
FIXED: Error when set to StartMinimized and Collapse Categories on Minimize
FIXED: 'Required Platform Update' in updater not translated
FIXED: Large fonts makes fonts too large when Windows DPI is high
FIXED: Platform listed in apps still running dialog
FIXED: Platform installer showed blank New vs Upgrade page in untranslated languages

12.0.3 [2014-08-28]

ADDED: Advanced option to force eject button to show on misconfigured flash drives
UPDATED: Italian platform and installer locale
FIXED: Properly update locales updated in 12.0.2 for existing 12.0 and 12.0.1 users
FIXED: "Invalid image size" on platform startup (thread)

12.0.2 [2014-08-28]

ADDED: Shutdown / Restart option when run from local drive
ADDED: Portable TEMP directory support
ADDED: Real app names to close apps dialog
ADDED: Automatic secondary download server fallback
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, French, German, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, Slovenian, Spanish International locales
FIXED: The about screen shows Windows 8 instead of 8.1 due to Microsoft's API changes
FIXED: OneDrive not detected by installer on Windows 8/8.1 (thread)
FIXED: "Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window" when no apps present and search box is hidden on running Start.exe
FIXED: "Cannot make a visible window modal" if you let the 'automatically close apps?' dialog lose focus and then return to it
FIXED: GDI leak when displaying multiple icons for PAF apps like LibreOffice
FIXED: Personal picture has no hover tip indicating what it is
FIXED: App closing attempting to close some apps twice resulting in 'Save this' dialog closing but no data loss

12.0.1 [2014-08-22]

ADDED: Platform 11.x theme as 'PortableApps.com Smooth'
ADDED: Select custom folder from first page of platform installer
ADDED: Manual INI edit option to hide search when not in use
UPDATED: Armenian, Bulgarian, English, EnglishGB, Spanish International locales in platform and Spanish International in installer
FIXED: Modal window error when reshowing menu after running a search result
FIXED: 'Update to beta platform releases' stuck on
FIXED: Refreshing with search results shown causes cascading task menu to not contain all apps
FIXED: Area below Help (hidden OEM button) is focusable when OEM.ini present but OEM icon not activated

12.0 [2014-08-22]

ADDED: Fully themed search box with custom colors for dark themes
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Polish installer locale updates
FIXED: Platform can't focus the search box, shows 'Cannot focus disabled or invisible window' error

12.0 Beta 4.8 aka RC 2[2014-08-22]

UPDATED: Basque and Bulgarian installer translations
FIXED: 'Can't show modal' error if attempt to close platform while 'apps still running' dialog shown
FIXED: Installer detects C drive twice for upgrades
FIXED: Brackets look like strange symbol when no name for drive in installer upgrade, cloud, local, and confirm pages
FIXED: 'Launch PortableApps.com Platform' not translated on installer final page
FIXED: Don't add or change desktop.ini in Documents et al when installing to USERPROFILE
FIXED: Automatic app closing leaves some apps unresponsive, particularly tray icons

12.0 Beta 4.7 aka RC 1 [2014-08-20]

ADDED: New full-featured installer with support for portable, cloud drive, and local installs
ADDED: Search box visible and focused by default (ala Windows Start Menu)
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, Slovenian, Spanish International, Turkish locales
FIXED: Multiple error messages on app closing

12.0 Beta 4.6 [2014-08-19]

ADDED: Prompt user about closing apps on first exit
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Czech, English, EnglishGB, French, German, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish International, Turkish locales

12.0 Beta 4.5 [2014-08-18]

UPDATED: Bulgarian, French, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian locales
FIXED: Platform continues to attempt to close apps and displays 'cannot focus modal form error' when apps still running that won't close
FIXED: Automated app closing incorrectly closes apps on platform upgrade (Fixed on upgrades from 12.0 Beta 4.5 and later)

12.0 Beta 4.4 [2014-08-17]

ADDED: Advanced option to include app descriptions when searching
UPDATED: English, EnglishGB, Spanish International locales
FIXED: Platform crash after many refreshes due to GDI leak
FIXED: Display tweaks to the 'apps still running' dialog

12.0 Beta 4.3 [2014-08-16]

UPDATED: Bulgarian, Italian, Turkish locales
FIXED: Slow app scrolling on some systems
FIXED: Tray menu flickers on Windows 8 when collapse categories on minimize is on
FIXED: Windows 8/8.1 checkboxes not properly appearing in updater/app store

12.0 Beta 4.2 [2014-08-15]

UPDATED: Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian locales
FIXED: Very slow app update check introduced in Beta 4/4.1
FIXED: Multiple PortableAppsPlatform.exe instances appear when launching again with Start.exe
FIXED: Unreliable display/hide of the PA.c Menu on right-click

12.0 Beta 4.1 [2014-08-14]

UPDATED: Armenian, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, PortugueseBrazilian, PortugueseBrazilian, Turkish
FIXED: Updater doesn't display translation for 'of' from DOWNLOADOF
FIXED: Apps and Favorites icons missing from the platform tray menu
FIXED: "Next" not translated in updater/app store header (string changed, legacy will show as >)

12.0 Beta 4 [2014-08-13]

ADDED: Cascading menu on tray right-click
ADDED: Automatic proper closing of running portable apps on close/eject
UPDATED: Bulgarian, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish International locales
FIXED: Improved updater/app store performance
FIXED: Platform updates switch EnglishGB to English
FIXED: Proxy configuration is ignored (discussion)
FIXED: Convert backup/restore settings to Unicode on upgrade
FIXED: Platform updater shows language selection for multiple apps when platform not in English (details)
FIXED: Updater progress bar doesn't properly progress with over 75 apps

12.0 Beta 3.2 [2014-05-20]

FIXED: Updater not automatically closing on platform updates
UPDATED: Armenian, Bulkgarian, ChineseSimplified, Dutch, English, EnglishGB, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish International locales
REMOVED: Legacy option to update browser's start page

12.0 Beta 3.1 [2014-05-04]

FIXED: Progress bar not showing properly in updater/app store

12.0 Beta 3 [2014-04-30]

ADDED: New app store/updater algorithm. Improves update check speed by 10x or more and has an app database download that is 1/5 the size.
ADDED: Hold shift key to disable automatically starting apps on startup
ADDED: Collapse categories on menu minimize, optionally
ADDED: Windows 8 style checkboxes under Windows 8
ADDED: Official OEM branding support ala KeyZ, Gigs2Go, etc
UPDATED: 18 locales
FIXED: Backup details window shows error in beginning and doesn't turn echo off
FIXED: Check for Errors in Help does not work in XP (switching verb to open)
FIXED: Beta theme preview doesn't show correct icons for all themes
FIXED: MB/GB/KB not translated in drive free space
FIXED: free drive space not updated immediately after locale change
FIXED: Invalid floating point error when run on network drive, thread)
FIXED: Beta white default theme right-hand text invisible
FIXED: Custom categories with unicode are lost on next run (workaround: open the PortableAppsMenu.ini within the PortableApps\PortableApps.com\Data directory in Notepad++, switch encoding to UCS2-LE and save)
FIXED: Start.exe and PortableAppsPlatform.exe only have 16/32px icon sizes (need up to 256px)
FIXED: Apps aren't selected by default in updater in screen-reader friendly mode, will be set to update all if no selection made.
FIXED: Window focus issues due to the inetc component (menu minimize on startup before click when update check done, menu can't be minimized on start during update check, etc)
FIXED: Error when uninstalling two apps at the same time, which should be impossible *
FIXED: Ampersands don't show properly in Uninstall window
FIXED: Improve SendRequest error message in updater/app store
FIXED: The box "All applications are up to date" appears below other windows
FIXED: Updater/App Store says 'finished' when user clicks next without selecting

12.0 Beta 2 [2012-12-27]

ADDED: TEMP checked for existence and write permission
ADDED: Start update before auto-starting apps
UPDATED: Dutch, French, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian
FIXED: Beta scrollbar in wrong place
FIXED: Beta personal picture cropped
FIXED: Scrollbar should not get keyboard focus
FIXED: Beta PA.c logo fuzzy
FIXED: Beta app store/updater has old branding
FIXED: Beta theme top border lost

12.0 Beta 1 [2012-12-01]

ADDED: Subtler and more modern branding and logos
ADDED: Modern icon set
ADDED: Modern default theme light and dark
ADDED: Manual, direct and automatic proxy support

11.2 [2012-10-14]

ADDED: Descriptions are shown in app tooltips (when platform is set to English, other languages coming)
ADDED: Show EXE name for non-PA.c Format apps in tooltips
ADDED: Ability to show errors for updater running in startup mode
UPDATED: French, Simplified Chinese and Slovenian locales
FIXED: Autorun protection disable only disables realtime detection, not detection on platform start
FIXED: I/O error 32 on certain drives with autorun protection on, realtime disabled by default and warning included
FIXED: Platform can get stuck not auto-hiding if updater on startup fails to complete
FIXED: Closing Options resets the app list view even if no changes requiring that to happen were made

11.1 [2012-10-07]

ADDED: Realtime and between-run monitoring of autorun.inf malware and viruses
ADDED: Check Drive For Errors ability in Help menu
ADDED: Customizable platform hotkey (via INI file)
ADDED: Support for downloading 3rd-party apps while PortableApps.com website maintenance in progress
UPDATED: Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latvian, PortugueseBr, Russian, Slovak locales
FIXED: 11.0.x won't update to beta channel properly, won't cause an issue as will be another stable release which fixes it before beta the next beta
FIXED: Selecting Options from the system tray produces an error if Options already visible
FIXED: Updater doesn't return focus if already running from previous platform close
FIXED: Updated doesn't pre-select platform when screen-reader friendly navigcation is on

11.0 [2012-09-27]

For stable users, all the features of 11.0 Beta 1 to 3 plus:
ADDED: New Releases and Recent Updates views in Portable App Directory
UPDATED: Slovenian, French and PortgueseBR locales
FIXED: Help - About and About title not translated
FIXED: Incremental platform updates not working in 11 Beta updater

11.0 Beta 3 [2012-09-26]

ADDED: Sort by Title in Portable App Directory
ADDED: Alternate mode of selection in app updater/app store to allow for keyboard selection of one or more items (in Advanced Options)
UPDATED: Slovenian and French locales
FIXED: Bronze Sponsors not translated in About window
FIXED: Drive space not showing up properly, showing 'Transparency'
FIXED: About title not translated
FIXED: Setting StartMinimized to true while turning the taskbar icon off on Windows 7 produces a 'Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window' error.

11.0 Beta 2 [2012-09-24]

ADDED: Report of PAF and non-PAF apps installed in About
ADDED: Windows 7 taskbar progress of loading portable app list
UPDATED: Slovenian, Polish, PortugueseBR, Italian, French locales
FIXED: Click to sort columns not properly disabled in updater/directory due to bug in EmbeddedLists component
FIXED: Can't escape from search and continue navigating using keyboard arrow keys in 11b1 (will fix, use TAB for now)
FIXED: Windows 8 shows as "Unknown OS" in About dialog
FIXED: Untranslated strings: Explore Here, $DRIVEFREE free of $DRIVETOTAL, Donate to PortableApps.com, "...downloaded copy of X is not valid...", Support (under Help), "Search Installed Apps" in the Search context menu, "Downloading ... of ...", "Installing ... of ...", Connecting..., "... KB of ... KB (... Seconds remaining)", etc
FIXED: Error if you try to uninstall another app while one is already uninstalling.

11.0 Beta 1 [2012-09-20]

ADDED: Platform accessibility and keyboard navigation support
ADDED: Ability to show installed apps in App Directory
ADDED: Optionally bold favorited apps
ADDED: Ability to have other folders/categories collapse when you expand one
ADDED: Incremental updates to platform via updater
UPDATED: Polish, Slovenian, Portuguese (Brazil) locales
FIXED: No GUI to enable/disable hide desktop icons
FIXED: Presentations listed twice in English translation
FIXED: Help - Check for Updates wasn't translated

10.2 [2012-09-17]

ADDED: Incremental update support for updating apps: smaller downloads and quicker installs
ADDED: Ability for updaters from different platform instances to run simultaneously
ADDED: Submenu icons for tray right-click and app right-click menus
ADDED: Armenian locale
UPDATED: Polish, Hungarian, Italian, Slovenian locales
FIXED: Submenu icons jagged when highlighted with classic Windows theme and on XP or when used with a dark theme
FIXED: Some translations are too long in the Options screen.
FIXED: Free size in menu not calculated correctly for over 2TB
FIXED: Free space not updated after install from app directory if menu is visible
FIXED: Wine not all theme layers become opaque, Find-as-you-type-search causes platform to hide
FIXED: PA.c Platform doesn't save settings on Windows shutdown, option changes are now saved as you exit the Options window

10.1.2 [2012-06-15]

ADDED: Launch find-as-you-type search with F3
FIXED: Find-as-you-type doesn't launch with / on non-English keyboards

10.1.1 [2012-06-15]

FIXED: Stray debug message left in build

10.1 [2012-06-15]

ADDED: Updater/App Store progress in Windows 7 taskbar icon
UPDATED: Dutch, German, Polish, Hungarian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Slovenian, Greek, Romanian, Catalan, Finnish locales
FIXED: Icons in folders (Documents, PortableApps, etc) cause folders to be invisible to some apps and operating systems (30133)
FIXED: Uninstall window stuck in loop if focus lost during uninstall (30614)
FIXED: File Write Error when trying to add or update with Microsoft Security Essentials (31163)
FIXED: jPortable (and 64) appear in Get More Apps even once installed (32348)
FIXED: Using/changing a Personal Picture can cause a platform crash. Right click to remove and eject can also cause the crash when a picture is used. (30146)
FIXED: Unknown Software Exception when Ejecting on some computers (30200)
FIXED: Installing to 2TB or larger drives shows "not enough free space on the target drive" (28052)
FIXED: Updater / app store checkboxes are not Windows Vista/7 native
FIXED: Portable fonts works with ttf but not TTF (should be case insensitive)
FIXED: Find-as-you-type doesn't handle unicode characters or key modifiers (Shift-1 isn't !) for 1st letter. Some other characters may get handled incorrectly as well. Workaround is to type a / first.
FIXED: ALT- shortcuts don't work for Documents, Music, etc in menu
FIXED: Updater shows errors when running on startup. This happens if you run the updater while it is already running (and it auto-runs by default now). Or attempt to run more than one copy.
FIXED: Your apps are up to date message box has a blank titlebar
FIXED: If all apps installed, Get More Apps yields "All portable apps are up to date."
FIXED: Backup/Restore and bundled 7-Zip need update to Unicode

10.0.1 [2011-12-09]

FIXED: Find-as-you-type launched Explorer windows

10.0 [2011-12-09]

Stable users see all changes in 2.0 Pre-Releases plus:
FIXED: Version number updated to eliminate past confusion
FIXED: Glassy theme not squared in Wine
FIXED: Find-as-you-type loses the second letter if 2nd key pressed before first released
FIXED: Some theme and color combinations result in invisible text

Note that versions numbers prior to 10.0 got a bit muddled due to an 'extended beta' during which most users used the beta version of the platform as it was considered 'stable'. Version numbers have been partially reconciled and the original version listed alongside.

6.0 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 6) [2011-12-07]

ADDED: Final themes added and refined
FIXED: Theme colors not translated
FIXED: Options window widened for longer description translations

5.0 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 5) [2011-12-05]

FIXED: Portable fonts still available after platform close
FIXED: Platform not displaying ampersands in app names in menu
FIXED: If minimized while building app list, platform will not respond when icon clicked.
FIXED: Unicode strings not sorted properly (screenshot, code, code)
FIXED: Not prevented from creating a second category with the same name.
FIXED: checking for updates on startup causes the platform to minimize on launch

4.2 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 4.2) [2011-10-25]

ADDED: Platform automatically closes during upgrade process when upgrading from 4.2 and higher
UPDATED: Locale code changes suggested by Chris et al
FIXED: When adding apps, final box should not be "All portable apps are up to date."
FIXED: App name not displayed when uninstall fails due to read-only files or similar (screenshot)
FIXED: The updater, app directory, options window and backup/restore are now accessible to screen readers via the tray icon
FIXED: Checking for updates on startup results in an error that the updater must be launched from the platform. (introduced in 4.1, will be fixed in 4.2)

4.1 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 4.1) [2011-10-18]

FIXED: Prevent updater from being directly launch to avoid issues with language selection and installers not being silent
FIXED: Platform hangs on exit when local apps fail to respond to font update message
FIXED: Platform doesn't yet let already-running apps know of added fonts

4.0 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 4) [2011-10-16]

ADDED: jPortable plugin support in app directory and updater
UPDATED: Local corrections mentioned previously but missed
FIXED: Platform installer left in TEMP on platform upgrades
FIXED: Greek locale's Localglibc setting is el_GR instead of el
FIXED: Updater updates single-language apps to English instead of current language (affects Portuguese (Brazilian), and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese)
FIXED: 2nd option in ordering in different font at 120dpi (screenshot)
FIXED: font size changes after opening closing options at 120dpi (before, after)
FIXED: When 'portable' is hidden, should not be searched on in find as you type
FIXED: Closing the find-as-you-type search box is not obvious (use ESC for now)
FIXED: PgUp PgDown is slow
FIXED: Unicode languages show question marks in updater and app store for descriptions and category names (ANSI-UTF16LE issue)
FIXED: App search not listed in Search submenu
FIXED: Custom categories created with same beginning of name as existing categories (Example: "Utilities (OS)" or similar) will not show the apps correctly within their own category

3.0 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 3) [2011-08-09]

FIXED: uTorrent Portable fails to install as an invalid download
FIXED: Danish language not showing properly
FIXED: Fix proxy authentication properly so updater/app directory prompt for login Fix available for PR2.1
FIXED: Updater shows blank screen when no updates (details and screenshot)
FIXED: Task bar icon does not properly show/hide on all OSes as intended
FIXED: Donate/Support links don't properly execute browser
FIXED: Only Firefox Portable or system browser used for menu-launched URLs (Fix involves searching for Firefox, then Chrome, then Opera, then Maxthon [though Maxthon fails due to a bug in the app]. This is a temporary fix until file associations are integrated from add-ons).
FIXED: Better hiding of "Portable" in names. Example: Private browsing byApps.com
FIXED: When showing hidden apps, strikethrough can show on folders

2.1 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 2.1) [2011-07-28]

ADDED: New advanced options (Disable splash, Hide Portable, Disable scrollbar) are not saved between sessions
UPDATED: PortugueseBrazilian and fixed encoding

2.0 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 2.0) [2011-07-28]

FIXED: IE Cache - Updater/App directory downloaded files (installers, update.ini) are left behind in the IE cache directory (Temporary Internet Files, typically) due to the way the download component works. This will be fixed in the next release.
FIXED: Refresh missing from Manage Apps
FIXED: Japanese locale doesn't work (encoded UTF8 instead of UTF16LE)
FIXED: Check for Updates on Startup does not work and should not be used. If any updates are available, it will leave a hidden updater window stuck in the background and will block platform updates.
FIXED: Scroll bar has visual glitches under Aero
FIXED: Updater looks for PortugueseBr instead of PortugueseBrazilian locale file, probably similar with others
FIXED: Updates to the platform can get stuck due to updater stuck running in the background
FIXED: Favorites mis-ordered in Show All Apps By Category display
FIXED: Drive space contrast is too low
FIXED: Icon sizes are off in 120dpi mode
FIXED: Black background on app icons in 120dpi mode
FIXED: If you use find-as-you-type search and click an entry with the mouse button (instead of using ESC to cancel or ENTER to launch the first entry), the search box is not cleared and the menu remains in search mode until you manually change it
FIXED: Updater Wrong Header - The updater shows the wrong header text while apps are being downloaded and installed. ("Please wait while PortableApps.com Updater is being installed.")
FIXED: Scrollbar cuts overly in applist.
FIXED: Drive rename has focus stolen by findasyoutype search
FIXED: Vietnamese, Thai, many Unicode langs not showing properly in Updater/App Directory
FIXED: Updater/App directory window loses focus as it is displayed
FIXED: Custom categories not sorted alphabetically in Category submenu
FIXED: SubMenu icons (Get More Apps, Donate, etc) aren't properly transparent when Aero is off
FIXED: Upgrades of older versions leave existing Start= and Open= options intact pointing to old StartPortableApps.exe
FIXED: Trend Micro alerts that autorun.inf exists (bug in Trend Micro software). Installer will detect Trend Micro and avoid creating autorun.inf. For existing users who have manually deleted the file, it will not be rewritten. (Trend Micro processes: CNTAoSMgr.exe, NTRtScan.exe, PccNTMon.exe, TMBMSRV.exe, TmListen.exe, TmPfw.exe, TmProxy.exe)
FIXED: Some apps don't have icons yet in the app store. They're just not online in our repository yet.

~1.9 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 1.1) [2011-07-20]

FIXED: 'List index out of bounds' in Options window after upgrading from 2.0 B5
FIXED: Pink corner in the menu when on Windows 2000/XP, Linux with Wine or Vista/7 with Aero disabled
FIXED: Folders within Windows Explorer no longer have custom icons
FIXED: Pink corners in the theme preview in the options screen
FIXED: Custom categories assigned to non-PAF apps aren't remembered
FIXED: Danish language not appearing properly (encoded in UTF8)
FIXED: Vietnamese language not appearing in menu properly
FIXED: Error shown when attempt to register hotkey fails

~1.8 (aka 2.0 Pre-Release 1)

~1.7 (aka 2.0 Beta 5) [2010-07-16]

ADDED: App updater included (previously an optional add-on)
ADDED: New theming engine, color mixing, 32 themes included
ADDED: Unicode support

1.6.1 [2010-05-28]

UPDATED: Multiple locales
FIXED: Show/Hide menu taking multiple clicks

1.6.1 Beta 1 (aka 2.0 Beta 4) [2010-02-03]

ADDED: Theme switching from 1.6
FIXED: System tray icon issue

1.6 [2010-01-28]

Changes since last stable release

ADDED: Favorites / Pin to Top
ADDED: Autorun Apps
ADDED: Uninstall Apps
ADDED: Multimonitor Support
ADDED: Check Drive for Errors
ADDED: Windows 7 Taskbar
ADDED: 120dpi Support
ADDED: App Unhiding
ADDED: App Load Progress Bar / Faster Menu Load
UPDATED: Improved Wine Support
UPDATED: Better Icon Refresh (and F5)
UPDATED: Improved App Hiding
UPDATED: Visual Changes with fonts based on OS
UPDATED: Better Multilingual Support
UPDATED: Multiple locales
FIXED: Missing Icons Fixed

1.6 Beta 2 [2010-01-28]

1.6 Beta 1 [2010-01-27]

1.6 Alpha 4 (aka 2.0 Beta 3) [2009-07-21]

1.6 Alpha 3 (aka 2.0 Beta 2) [2009-07-21]

1.6 Alpha 2 (aka 2.0 Beta 1) [2009-07-19]

ADDED: Theme switching
ADDED: Automaticly start apps
ADDED: Performance improvements
ADDED: 120dpi Support
UPDATED: App hiding

1.6 Alpha 1 (aka 1.6 PR0) [2009-04-08]

1.5.2 [2009-03-13]

1.5.1 [2009-03-13]

1.5.1 RC 2 [2009-03-12]

1.5.1 RC 1 [2009-03-11]

1.5 [2009-03-06]

ADDED: More modern theme
ADDED: App icon renaming
ADDED: App hiding
ADDED: Multilingual support with 37 languages, 55 language installer
ADDED: Automatic app language switching
ADDED: Hide Desktop Icons
ADDED: Selectable Transparency
ADDED: App details on hover
ADDED: Run As Admin
UPDATED: Improved wallpaper switcher

1.2 RC 4 [2009-03-06]

1.2 RC 3 [2009-03-05]

1.2 RC 2 [2009-03-03]

1.2 RC 1 [2009-03-02]

1.1 [2008-05-21]

ADDED: Multilingual support for 33 languages
ADDED: Wallpaper swapper
ADDED: Draggable positioning of the menu
ADDED: 120dpi support
ADDED: Tray icon right-click basic menu
ADDED: Personal picture
ADDED: Eject button tried to Windows safe eject dialog
ADDED: Global WINDOWS+P hotkey
ADDED: Page Up / Page Down key support
ADDED: Drive renaming
UPDATED: Installer for smoother upgrades
FIXED: Multiple small bugs and alignment issues

1.0 Updater (Alpha 1) [2008-03-12]

PortableApps.com Updater released as a platform add-on

1.0 Initial Release [2006-11-20]

Initial release of base version
Called "PortableApps.com Suite Base" (platform with no apps)
Consisted of the original menu and backup/restore utility