i used to have jportable installed. i uninstalled it a long time ago. yet, occasionally, when i update my apps, it appears and updates. something must have gone wrong with the uninstaller. i have tried reinstalling and uninstalling.
perhaps related, but not a big deal to me (i mention it b/c it might be related), when i launch portableapps platform, all my shortcuts on my desktop disappears. when i close it again, they reappear. weird.
i installed the platform in the C:/ and am using windows 10.
You likely had jPortable and jPortable Launcher installed. jPortable Launcher is an app and you likely right-clicked on it and uninstalled it. jPortable is a CommonFiles plugin and can only be uninstalled manually at present. Explore to your X:\PortableApps\CommonFiles (or similar) directory and delete the Java directory within.
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beautiful, i found it. thanks.
You appear to have enabled the "Hide Desktop Icons" option, found in the platform's options dialog.