General Discussion

What do most ppl have as their file system on their USB? And which one is better. I read that Fat is good because it safely ejects better or something.

I've serached everywhere, this forum, google and a host of other site and cannot find a portable personal finance manager. There is finance software for Palm and Pocket PC, but none (that i can find) for USBs.

AceMoney Lite (http://www.mechcad.net/products/acemoney/) is a good solution, however it is not portable (it creates 26 keys and 52 values). Attempted to make it portable using Deuce's QuickPort NSIS Template v1.1, however i do not have enough knowledge to do so.

I hate asking at forum's that i'm not a long-time member, and it seems like i've already done it too much here. I'm just hoping you guys can help.

Basically there's a small story here. My sister's boss is having computer problems, some sort of adware problem(i won't know exactly what i'm dealing with until I get there) but i was sort of drafted against my will into taking a bit of a look at it. (to earn her some good points with her new boss)

there's a small problem though. The computer is suposed to have a bad popup issue. hopefully booting up in safemode will disable them but just in case i was wondering if there was a portable popup blocker?

PortableApps.com is being linked to more & more every day...

I know there has been alot of discussion about file encrypters, however has anyone got any recomendations about any USB Folder Protectors. I have been researching Keynesis Lockngo program, and that seems great to lock down your drive, however i just want to lock certain folders (with out encrypting/or with, but fast access).

Folder Password Expert USB seems good, but trial version dosn't really allow enough options to work with, and Folder Lock, is good, but i'd prefer to have a program with keyboard shortcuts that allow me to unlock folders (similar to Universal Shield).

Is there such

Lately I found out something good!

If you have a really good program and you cant find its portable version, this is for you!

Install winrar, go to the programs installed directory and click create archive.

create it as SFX.

Hey guys, check this out!
Are you searching for a bootable OS for booting from your USB device?

Use BartPE. This program exports all files needed for OS + some programs to your USB, but beware! You need at least a 256MB device.

Bart PE download page:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4007.html

Hi, guys!

Sorry I've not been replying to anything recently; I caught an infection and was barely concious for a week. (I'm diabetic ~sigh~) So, did I miss anything?

This in theory is a good idea, a portable back up utility, tell it source and destination folders, and it backs up your data.

Wel I tried this just now with just 3.70 mb of files. It launched, I got a progress indicator up, then.... well a LOT of hard drive activity, task manager said the process was still running, 10 mins later I got bored, killed with task manager.
Has anyone else tried this program?
I know flash drives don't exactly set the world on fire with read/write speeds but still... 3.70 mbs isn't a lot of files.

Hi,

I have my portable applications in a "Program Files" folder on my Thumbdrive.

I have shortcuts to these programs in the root directory, but these only work on computers where my thumbdrive has the same drive letter.

Is it possible to make a "relative" path to these applications, so that my Shortcut links will work no matter what the drive letter is? If not, any other tips for quick startup of applications?

Thanks,
chris.