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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Outdated Official Portable Applications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Welcome to the PortableApps.com outdated apps tracker. Please post a comment for any outdated official apps that aren't already listed with AppName Version as the title (no dashes, Vs or other text).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.

security alert on tb141.0 but one thing needs clearance

Submitted by UpdateInformer on July 24, 2025 - 9:52pm

you need to check quote at the end as it mixes my mind on the importance of this fixes
i spent much time on it and need to recover so sorry if on false place but it needs to stay and your answer till i get back,as i need to understand and anticipate. in outdated could be gone before i can read.
spent 5min on check sec fix list. 6high,7moderate fix
tho no more power
if want check too

why not one ff version like other apps?

Submitted by UpdateInformer on July 22, 2025 - 1:45pm

not sure why you cant build one ff
i think other apps prompt directly lng selector
why so much work on ff?
hope you can shrink to one or
at least use ai to build
you would save much traffic and time
you said, if remember well, that its understanding issue for users but
i think all your apps prompt directly lng selector, like npp or
do i mix with other app?
hope it helps
thx
ps
bold letters to get you read it before you create 1000 builds
will change after response

New Chrome Exploit - Google has patched these exploits in version 138.0.7204.97.

Submitted by portot on July 1, 2025 - 10:14pm

In this video, "URGENT — New Chrome Exploit - UPDATE NOW! (Also Edge/Brave/Opera)" by ThioJoe, he provides details on these exploits:

https://youtu.be/-qBSJ4MTZm4

The simple fix is to navigate to Help/About Google Chrome (chrome://settings/help) but for all versions of Google Chrome Portable I've used, the update does not occur, and I get this message.

An error occurred while checking for updates: Update check failed to start (error code 1: 0X80004005).

Learn more

click the close "x" button on an app ---> send app to system tray

Submitted by thank_you_for_p... on June 19, 2025 - 4:10pm

Is there any utility to do this?

click the close "x" button on an app ---> send app to system tray

Can AutoHotKey maybe do this?

I want to do this with VLC.

For some reason I have a terrible habit of clicking on the close "x" button with the intention of sending it to the system tray.

Let me know, thanks.

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