General Discussion

I'm wondering what makes something to work on a Flash Drive or etc and not on a CDRW?

I know most programs do indeed work ,but some do not work, such as OpenOffice

I am sorry if this has already been posted, but I have read many different answers on how to do this, and I want a specific, clear answer.

I was wondering if there is any way that I can get the PortableApps Menu to start automatically when I plug in my USB Flash Drive, like the U3 platform does. When I installed the Menu, the file autostart.inf changed my drive name to PORTABLEAPPS (G:), so I deleted it. I do not know if that stopped it from running, but is there any other way to have it AutoStart?

I need a special programm. Let`s imagine... I start a programm, I call it "lookworkstation", all programms will run anyway, "lookworkstion" will remain in fullscreen until I type the correct password. That`s all.

Can you suggest me a portable programm to do that?

I have the standard autorun.inf:

[Autorun]
Open=PortableApps\PStart\Pstart.exe
Action=Open PStart
Icon=PortableApps\PStart\Pstart.exe, 0
Title=PStart

However, I would like to add another program (a synch app to backup the drive when I am at home) to the autorun menu.

Is there a simple way to do this within the .inf? I've tried a few variations to no avail.
thanks, JH!

When I plug my Memorex u3 TravelDrive in to my computer, it goes to the G:/ Drive and is called PortableApps. The icon for this drive is also missing. I tried to rename the drive, but on My Computer and everywhere else I can access the drive, it says it is named "PortableApps (G:)". Is there any way that I can rename my TravelDrive and also replace the drive icon? Thank You.

Hello everybody,

I don't know if this does make sense to you but I think it would be great if PortableApps would run under Citrix and Microsoft Terminal Services.

I am currently using the NoScript extension to block scripts at PA.com from google-analytics.com and googlesyndication.com.

The reason, I hate all things google.

What do these scripts do?
Am I "hurting" PA.com but not allowing them to run?
Does PA.com make some money or get some useful information by allowing them to run? If so I will allow them to run. If not I will continue to block them.

Note, I do not consider them in any way to be dangerous, but they are google, and for me that's normally reason enough.

Tim

I recently pulled out the install CD for SimCity Classic to see if it might be portable (or portable-ized) and was gratified to see that it does seem to be.

The Windows version appears to just be a re-dressed version of the original DOS program with some additional sounds added, so no registry entries are created of course.

It's not the latest-greatest version of this great game, but I think I spent all of ten dollars on it a couple of years ago. It's gotta be cheap if not free, if it's still available out there at all.

Dear all,

I am wondering, if it is a good idea or not to put the portable versions of programs like OOo, T-bird, Firefox or others directly on the hard disk of different computers and use them instead of the install-versions.

Together with a stick (where all these program would also reside) this would make synching them all between different machines much easier than with installed versions, since they could all be in the same path together with settings, user files and everything, unlike the installed version.

I have just downloaded the latest build of Foxit2 - build 1414 zip version. It would seem that this version is portable - but i'm not technical enough to be sure and was wondering if someone would like to comment.

Thought this was worth posting as a number of members are interested in a portable PDF but previous versions were not totally portable.