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How to use Portable Apps on Android

Submitted by nocternalvibe on June 18, 2017 - 8:19am

Hello Everyone, I am new to this forum.

I have used Portable Apps for years with much success. I am a big fan of programs that do not write to the registry and use little resources.
I am working on converting a Android TV Box to a PC. This will be used as a mini workstation for office functions. I could put the Apps on a USB or a SD card. This will be mostly used for: Office, Firefox, a photo viewer, Printing, Photoshop etc. The other stuff like Kodi and all of the TV tools would be removed. Can someone give me a little direction on this project? Can this even work at all?

platform not display any apps

Submitted by 0rganm0rgan on June 16, 2017 - 12:36pm

octogenarian newby win 10 cant install platform .No apps populated no apps in directory. up date says all apps up to date but where ?
checked usb and format ok ..try same install o old xp get same result..Try install very old apps suite that went in ok so format and back to 14.4.1 just grey start menu.. Im so not with it how do i tell if i get an answer to this ?
morgan dot otley@virgin.net i have used Papps before no problem when suite not platform help
thanks

How to Disable Auto Update on Opera 45.0?

Submitted by FirefoxFan on June 12, 2017 - 4:34pm

This is really annoying. I was using Opera Portable in a Virtual Machine in VirtualBox. I saved my VirtualBox session. When I loaded it up again Opera had updated to version 45 which has a completely new look and all my pinned and unpinned tabs were gone and there was nothing in the history!

How can I prevent Opera 45.0 Portable from installing updates automatically?

Pass command line arguments to application?

Submitted by exec on June 11, 2017 - 5:20am

Salut!

I cannot figure out how to pass command line arguments to Blender.exe
Is it possible?

Finally, I've figured out how to open FBX* file in Blender*
(Blender is 3d graphics editor. FBX is non-native format, that must be imported, instead of opening).

The command line is:

blender.exe -P im_fbx.py -- MyModel.fbx

(while im_fbx.py reads:
import sys
import bpy
argv = sys.argv
argv = argv[argv.index("--") + 1:] # get all args after "--"
bpy.ops.import_scene.fbx(filepath=argv[0])

)

Encrypting Folders

Submitted by birtchbear on June 5, 2017 - 1:15pm

For years I've used dsCrypt on my flash drives. It's incredibly fast and simple to use. Until
recently, dsCrypt was all I needed.

I want to protect a couple of very important business related folders. dsCrypt cannot encrypt
folders, so I need an app that will lock a folder with password protection.

After a quick Google search, I found Cr!ptAES. The reviews say it can encrypt files and folders.
I cannot change hundreds of filenames, so Cr!ptAES must prevent a folder from opening without
a password. Is that what it does?

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