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Outlook.com Appears to Have Blacklisted You

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Submitted by fred.chateau on October 28, 2017 - 1:01pm

Created an account using my outlook.com email address. Never got the verification email. Created a second account using my gmail.com email address. Got the verification email almost immediately.

I used the term blacklisted because I checked thoroughly, and there was no verification message in my junk mail. Not to mention, I was watching for it.

Did not close properly last time, but who cares?

Submitted by KPAH on October 27, 2017 - 12:41pm

There are two things bugging me about the PortableApps launcher. The first one was when it stopped working from system folders, like ProgramFiles. I believe that should be an on/off feature, not an ultimatum. We portable software enthusiasts are power users, aren't we? But I kinda got used to it.
Another thing that keeps nagging me is that "xyz did not close properly last time" popup. It mostly happens the next portable app launch after I shutdown the PC without quitting the app.
https://imgur.com/qPQprSL

PortableApps-Folder grows with updates. Normal?

Submitted by Nachtwesen on October 21, 2017 - 6:46am

Hi!

I use PortableApps on a cloud-service. Because this I didn´t have so much space. Last updates the launcher installs let the folder grow. Why?

Is it simple because the updated app is bigger as the old or are there any install/backup files with the update?

Hope you can understand my question. Thank you.

Staged Folders for where Internet not availalble

Submitted by Fozzy on October 20, 2017 - 8:51am

Hi -

Firstly, love portable apps... I find it a really convenient way of having apps I use available to use either on my own PC's or others using DropBox...

Anyway, I have an issue and was thinking something like PortableApps - if not Portable Apps itself - might be a solution. I have an air-gapped network with no internet access. Is it possible to get the portable Apps client to search a prestaged, pre-populated repository of permitted apps?

File created by Portable App's software won't open on flash drive

Submitted by Choppergirl68 on October 16, 2017 - 10:03pm

I first created some Scribus files on my desktop and put them on a jump drive. I figured that the Scribus program would also have to be present for those files to open. So I downloaded the portable version of Scribus on the the flash drive. The files would not open.

which new portable browser?

Submitted by ottosykora on October 16, 2017 - 4:29am

As Firefox is ending support for extensions very soon, it looks like it will become rather useless then.
Which browser will still be able to use some extensions after Nov 17?
Which browser is recomended replacement?
Chrome based once are not really an alternative, as they can not be made portable really, so what will remain?

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