General Discussion

You can make Spybot portable simply by installing it to your C drive and then copying the files to your USB drive. I've been tinkering with it lately, trying to shrink it's 11.5MB size on my USB drive. If you're focusing on detection and removal as the functions used on your USB version of Spybot, here's a list of files that can be deleted to reduce it's size:

1. All non-English license, help, and language files - This doesn't save much space, but it's better than nothing.

2. All files in the Updates folder except 'downloaded.ini' - It appears that Spybot retains the zipped update files even after applying those updates. I saved about 2MB by deleting them. 'downloaded.ini' keeps a record of the updates you've already downloaded, so deleting this will cause Spybot to think you don't have the updates you already have. 'online.ini' will regenerate when you check for updates. (The Languages, Plugins, and Skins folders will also regenerate when you check for updates, if you've deleted them.)

Dear all,

I've become quite an adict to the Portable Apps system, and at the moment they are the main manner in which I interface to the net. I often end up using PFF and PTB side by side, and one of the little things that irks me is the way that they don't actually work together at all - rather they are just two separate apps who don't really know anything about the other. The main problems arise when you are trying to pass info from one to the other eg via http:, mailto:, ftp: commands etc etc. For example, when I'm using PFF on a friends computer, clicking a mailto: tag results in their outlook booting (oops, sorry!), and similarly an http: tag in PTB results in IE booting.. Neither are really all that desirable.

Will these apps run on the Palm LifeDrive?
Thanks

What is the parent lock file in pff?
I run a scan on it and come up with a open error.

NOTE: I'm working on a firm policy against self-promotional postings to try to avoid instances like the AppOnKey guy that was spamming the forums. I'd like some thoughts and opinions on the following. THANKS!

Please be aware that self-promotional postings are NOT permitted. The goal of this site isn't to let everyone promote their own products or sites. There are a few exceptions, though:

1. If someone asks a question that is directly relevant to your product then it makes perfect sense to chime in. Examples would be questions or comments about your product directly... or someone asking if anyone knows of a good product that does X and your product happens to do X.

Does anybody know of a migo free alternative? I like the fact that you can take your desktop background with you. Thanks.

For those interested: I have uploaded some fantasy backgrounds for Pstart. These backgrounds were already sized for Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 and below, so they should fit quite nicely. Link is in this post:

https://portableapps.com/node/299#comment-2002

Well kind of.
Download Launchy to open (Portable)Thunderbird/Nvu/K-melon/... (more on download page)
I (might) be able to get a launchy.xml file up soon for the Portable Apps.

EDIT 3: Much better version posted later on at https://portableapps.com/node/639#comment-2238

EDIT: Updated scripts, fully working with autorun and no dos boxes are in my reply below.

EDIT 2: This doesn't work from a limited account, but doesn't cause any problems, it just won't automatically unmount if you aren't an administrator.

What is the difference between U3 and regular USB flash drives?

I'm thinking of getting a new one, so should I go for U3?