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Windows XP/Vista/7/8/32-bit Compatible Apps Available and Requested

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Submitted by John T. Haller on October 31, 2022 - 8:19pm

I'm working on adding legacy builds of our officially-released apps that have dropped support for Windows XP, Vista, or 7 to the base app homepages. The goal is to make them easier to find for folks on legacy systems. I'm listing out completed packages and packages that are being researched and built below. The packages are designed to install alongside your main app installs and won't be updated to the latest version - breaking compatibility with your legacy OS - by the PA.c Platform. We don't need copies of any of the apps listed, thanks.

Outdated Official Portable Applications

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Welcome to the PortableApps.com outdated apps tracker. Please post a comment for any outdated official apps that aren't already listed with AppName Version as the title (no dashes, Vs or other text). Before posting a request, please make sure that their stable Windows build is available and they have been announced by their publisher (just being available on a download/ftp server, github, or 3rd party site doesn't count as the app may not yet be official). Comments will be deleted as they are added.

best way simple portable apps update & data and setting migration

Submitted by UpdateInformer on May 5, 2025 - 1:21pm

mentioned update method is kinda gold standard for portable.
i think even better would be if one puts data and setting folder out of main app directory so one could delete old app and just adjust linking in new app.
not sure if all portable apps or at least these here can this, need feedback from team on this.
i maybe ask seperately, as important and very interesting.

Site Outage Summary and Incident Report (April 3-4, 2025)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 1, 2025 - 3:55pm

Summary

At about 1:25pm on April 3, 2025, an outage due to a bug in a Drupal module upgrade affected multiple components of the PortableApps.com infrastructure. This affected visiting our website and downloading/updating apps via the PortableApps.com Platform. The website and app downloads/updates were brought back online at 10:35pm on April 4th with outgoing email notifications, RSS feeds, and connectivity for XP/Vista being fixed over the coming days.

A Module Upgrade Goes Wrong: April 3 @ 1:25pm

Legacy App Packages vs "Hacks", A Community Discussion

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 25, 2025 - 1:18pm

Hi All,

I wanted to get some feedback from the community on approaching apps as they drop compatibility with Windows 7/8. My typical approach is to create a legacy package of the last supported version, automatically (when practical) create a legacy copy alongside as the user upgrades to the incompatible version of Win 7, and make the legacy package available in the PA.c App Store and from the app's homepage.

libreoffice on a usb device. your experiences / performance problems?

Submitted by UpdateInformer on April 22, 2025 - 1:27pm

hi dear community,
how are the experiences with using portable libreoffice on flash drive like usb pen?
are the standard sandisc usb 3.0 or up enough for some spreadshit use?
or need to look for a small simply spreadshit?
would possibly like also to open some impress presentation.
hope its possible.
happy to hear your experience!
thx!

Scan Websites for Updates App

Submitted by UpdateInformer on April 14, 2025 - 1:21pm

hi,
for me and possibly for here.
i heard you can auto check websites for changes/updates.
no idea if same as on status checker.
maybe you know or use such win tool.
have no further info, please share your info.
thx
ps.
i let update few of your apps on seriouse huge tec site to save traffic and increase popularity.

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