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Portable version of Movienizer

EvaBrew's picture
Submitted by EvaBrew on October 6, 2009 - 2:33am

Movienizer is a movie catalog that can find and collect information about movies. This programm can find information about a particular movie, an actor, actress, director, screenplay writer, download photos and DVD cover. Movienizer supports a number of different online movie databases.

License: Freeware

Website: http://www.movienizer.com

Features:

* Create an interactive movie catalog the way you like it.

* Find information about a particular movie, download DVD cover.

* Find information about an actor, actress, director, screenplay writer, download photos.

Legal questions...

computerfreaker's picture
Submitted by computerfreaker on October 5, 2009 - 1:40pm

Well, I've been doing some serious thinking about portable apps lately... especially since I'm on a machine without admin rights. I have several questions that (hopefully) will be answered by someone with certain legal knowledge of their answer - if someone gives me the wrong answer, I might end up in trouble (which would really stink, since I like staying on the right side of things.... :P)

Are you still using installed apps?

Darkbee's picture
Submitted by Darkbee on October 5, 2009 - 10:22am

Do you use portable apps, not just on your Flash drive/external media but on your desktop computer also?

If so, are there are installed applications that you cannot live without, or haven't found a suitable portable alternative for?

I use very few installed applications on my desktop PC these days as there is a portable alternative for just about everything I do. I also feel good about not having to rely on expensive, commercial software to fulfill my needs.

[illegal site]

Submitted by yangt299 on October 4, 2009 - 3:15pm

Hi,

I was wondering about the apps on [link removed by mod Tim] a lot of them seem to be software that costs money (dreamweaver, etc) and I was wondering if they are legal. I dont think they are...are they?

Thanks for all replies!!!!

Portable applications must be installed?

Submitted by Dirki on October 4, 2009 - 5:08am

When I double click a file downloaded here to open a portalbe application a window opens asking for the language and then after clicking "OK" a second window says something like "...will assist you...through the installation...".

Does that mean there will be installed / copied / written anything to the registry or to somewhere else, what will stay on the PC (besides of a single folder with will contain the files of the application)?

Help with exe!

Sircam's picture
Submitted by Sircam on October 2, 2009 - 2:26pm

Hi everyone. I have a question: I've installed NetBeans portable in my flash drive. The executable file is in "K:\PortableApps\netbeans\bin" and I don't know how to configure to see the netbeans.exe in the portableApps menu. If the .exe is in "K:\PortableApps\netbeans" I can see the netbeans icon but when I execute it, it fails. How can I do to put the path on \netbeans\bin instead of \netbeans?
I hope you can help me! I need it!!

VLC/Thunderbird 3 Beta need updating

Submitted by ChaosChris2009 on September 30, 2009 - 5:54pm

I noticed that VLC 1.0.2 has been released, and also Thunderbird 3 Beta 4 has also been released

I've got both on my USB, but I'd like to update to the newer versions

Any time soon that they'll be updated, because I've not yet noticed it

and could somoneone please upload the installers to Dropbox or MediaFire

The firewall here at the library is way too strict due to filters, so I can't access Source Forge in order to download the installers to update Thunderbird + VLC

jamcomm temporary ban, now permanent

John T. Haller's picture
Submitted by John T. Haller on September 29, 2009 - 2:42pm

As some folks may have guessed (or hoped), jamcomm is now sitting out with a one week ban. After receiving a final warning two days ago, he'd continued with the attitude and had begun posting comments in all bold just to be annoying (since he had specifically been warned not to abuse the formatting in the forums). The ban will apply until October 6th and be lifted, giving him one last chance.

I know several moderators and developers are hoping for a permanent ban. I'm not a fan of such actions, but will take it if necessary.

Kind Regards,
John

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