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problems cleaning firefox portable. asking for advice

Submitted by UpdateInformer on June 6, 2025 - 10:53am

i need to clean firefox portable for space.
possibly and would like by hand.
what can delete and which of this strange named cache folders and sub-folders are right?
can someone pls name the correct paths for deletable stuff?

i will later give a tip on now free it ebooks, like linux sec and ai ebooks in off-topic, if not prohibited before, keep eyes open
and thx for any help!
EDIT i need to postpone it, cant no more. sorry.
and no i dont want to experiment with ccleaner
EDIT to possibly mess sth up.
thx

How to add an argument to 'Start Automatically'?

Submitted by chrisfox on May 30, 2025 - 5:37pm

Hi, I want to start Textify automatically with PortableApps (ie. not with Windows). So I have done this: PortableApps WINDOW | RIGHT-CLICK | 'Start Automatically'
The problem is that starting Textify without the "-hidewnd" argument displays its windows when PortableApps is starting, so I need to add "-hidewnd". How can I add this? Which PortableApps startup file should I edit for this?
Regards

IrfanView usage, settings, display

Submitted by nolanoro on May 19, 2025 - 1:29pm

The Irfanview website suggests using the 32-bit version. Do I have to operate it from here?

https://i.postimg.cc/zBdTrwbL/IRFANVIEW-INI-32.jpg

Can the i_view32.ini settings from the install version be used? If so, where do I put them?

Right now, the portable version toolbar displays differently than the install, is there an adjustment for this?

offline web code apps allready portable?

Submitted by UpdateInformer on May 13, 2025 - 10:32pm

i hope for a tip, as need very bad to find a solution on that to finally get life (again) managed, thx!
found nice app, unclear how to use.
does app like Kanban Board App save settings on sys or in app directory?
its kinda local app, is save to use allthough 5years no update?
seem great app, but no manual on github.
i think it will be like open html file with browser, right?
may be a bit bad to set in code but however.
EDIT
i search a offline calendar-kanban app to get finally (all) orginized...
found a list to work through...

when is the grand Chrome merge happening? (32-bit and 64-bit as one)

Submitted by thank_you_for_p... on May 13, 2025 - 1:40am

One some update I read that PortableApps will merge Chrome 32-bit and 64-bit as one soon. (Currently, the official PortableApps Chrome is only 32-bit).

Chrome (32-bit) has been running very slow lately.

I'm hoping that 64-bit will change things up.

Anyone know when the grand Chrome merge will happen? (32-bit and 64-bit as one)

OpenSource MIT. Also ok?

Submitted by UpdateInformer on May 12, 2025 - 7:04pm

not sure its a real opensource, did we had issues with that calendar+kanban app?
is it generall a problem or only if the dev requests to delete it or did we deleted it to prevent quarel?
stumbled over app with this licence and thinking if should put lower in research list or cancel.
thx

best way simple portable apps update & data and setting migration

Submitted by UpdateInformer on May 5, 2025 - 1:21pm

mentioned update method is kinda gold standard for portable.
i think even better would be if one puts data and setting folder out of main app directory so one could delete old app and just adjust linking in new app.
not sure if all portable apps or at least these here can this, need feedback from team on this.
i maybe ask seperately, as important and very interesting.

Site Outage Summary and Incident Report (April 3-4, 2025)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 1, 2025 - 3:55pm

Summary

At about 1:25pm on April 3, 2025, an outage due to a bug in a Drupal module upgrade affected multiple components of the PortableApps.com infrastructure. This affected visiting our website and downloading/updating apps via the PortableApps.com Platform. The website and app downloads/updates were brought back online at 10:35pm on April 4th with outgoing email notifications, RSS feeds, and connectivity for XP/Vista being fixed over the coming days.

A Module Upgrade Goes Wrong: April 3 @ 1:25pm

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