If I have a Portable Apps installation with multiple portable apps where some are from the portable apps website and some are from other sites that offer apps in the portable apps format/structure. Is there a way to differentiate which apps are directly from the PA website vs another site? Is there anything within the folder structure of a portable app to tell me its official Portable Apps App? I want to remove any apps that are not from the Portable Apps website. TIA!
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The updater (Platform → get more apps): Will show you which ones are official.
the help.html file: For offline tests (may be mimiced).
Beta Testing Apps: They do not show up in the updater, have their own threads and generally a same Splash.jpg file.
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There isn't a way to specifically do this with a report like you may be thinking. The easiest way to see what is official is to turn on "Show installed apps in the App Store section of settings. Then you'll see the official apps you have installed from PA.c in the App Store greyed out.
There is a semi-related report in Help - About - Apps that will show you all the apps you have installed and their version and AppID as well as a second section that shows non-PA.c Format apps. It doesn't distinguish official vs unofficial, though.
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Thanks much! This gives me great info to help work on cleanup. I’ll let you know how it goes.