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Can a PA portable app be run without the launcher?

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Can a PA portable app be run without the launcher?

Let's say you install portable app XYZ using the PA Launcher.

Then you close the PA Launcher.

Is it now possible to run app XYZ without first running the PA Launcher, and have app XYZ clean up after itself?

Or is it necessary to launch app XYZ from the PA Launcher so that the cleanup process takes place after the app is done running?

TIA.

John T. Haller
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Launcher vs Platform

I think you're saying you install, say, 7-Zip Portable via the PortableApps.com Platform's app store. You're wondering if you can then run 7-Zip Portable by running the 7-ZipPortable.exe launcher directly. The answer is yes.

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Yes

Yes, exactly.

OK... so let's say you start with a fresh reboot. You don't run the PA Launcher, you just run xyzPortable.exe. xyzPortable.exe will then clean up after itself whenever app XYZ is closed (even if the PA Launcher is never run during this Windows session), correct?

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Correct

That is correct.

Note that the correct term is PortableApps.com Platform, not Launcher - we use the term PortableApps.com Launcher as the name of the tool used to make the application run portably, whereas the Platform is the menu.

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Thank Gord

Thank you Gord, and my apologies for the terminology error. Thanks for explaining it.

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How to update applications

How to update applications without a platform PortableApps.com? I installed the application through the application store. I know that updates go through the PortableApps.com platform, but how can I do this without the PortableApps.com platform? How to do it right?

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Manual Updates

You have to download any updates manually from the 'store' and 'install' them over the previous version, just as you would with any other software.

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