General Discussion

What if I tell you, that i had a dream... the dream about just plugging in an usb stick, starting a program and suddenly, the desktop became like I'd want to see every time:

- Custom Wallpaper
- Program icons for the apps from PAL
- Files, Folders, ...
- ...

Something like Hirens Mini XP, like a WindowsToGo but without the OS part, it's just inside Windows but without virtualization to improve speed...

It is possible and it would make working at different areas much better then else... but ...

Firstly I just want to say thank you to all the developers behind PortableApps, it's awesome.

I've used PortableApps for years but not on USB for a very long time. In 2017 when a capable smartphone is incredibly cheap (and tablets and laptops only slightly less so) carrying software on a USB stick is mostly limited to people who work in PC repair, maintenance/support.

What are the potential ways to safely close an app on Windows shut down so that it won't give an error next time I open it? I have an app that executes on Windows start and runs in the background and I don't feel like closing it each time I shut down Windows, so I'm seeking other means to automatically close it on Windows shut down.

I write to inquire if one can install windows apps other than the default apps shown on this website. I would want to install some windows developer apps to a USB. Seeking an informed opinion.

Since I'm using Chrome Portable I thought the program wasn't supposed to mention in the options that an update is available?

Is there a way to prevent it mentioning that an update is available?

Up until this Win10 build, you could always setup portableapps as a default app using:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\

And also adding their registry key path here
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications

Then you needed the standard
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\
and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\

Ex.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxMAFF
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxMHTML
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxPortableHTML
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxPortableURL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxPortable

hi,i'm after some portable software that can do business type cards ,and i've not been able to find anything,does anybody have any suggestions,cheers in advance

I recently lost my motherboard in my laptop but the harddrive is still intact. I need to be able to access all files as though they are physically on the C:\. As a standard external harddrive I can access files but I can not run my major application or editors like: Microsoft office, Visual Studios, DVD Cloner, AVS and several other applications that were installed several years ago. The files were installed on a Windows 7 machine but I am now running Windows 10 on this new laptop.

Increasing the menu size or number of menu items from 19 in small font via a number specified in a user variable in the .INI file settings would be a really nice not to mention easy feature to implement.

I would like to at least double the size since my PortableApps menu is a catch all for all the programs I do not wish install into Windows and its Start Menu but have a lot of favourites in consequence..

Attached are my Stardock Start10 Windows Start Menu replacement and PortableApps Menus for comparison as I rebuild my Windows CU after a crash...

Hi:
On on of my computers, A Dell laptop, Windows 7, 8gb Ram, 250gb hard disk, Intel Core I7 first of second generation (yes it is generally slow), I find that, after downloading an application update, the installation hangs in the middle and doesn't install. On my other computer and on my USB thumb drive, it updates the PortableApps platform without difficulty.

So my question is whether anyone has a suggestion regarding how to to fix this problem?

Thanks
Jojo