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BUG: non-default Windows font screws up launcher

Submitted by myvogonpoetry on January 8, 2007 - 9:42am

I have my default Windows font size up a notch from the default and it really screws up the look of the launcher. The right column is misplaced and the close button is not on the right "coordinates" to actually close the app.

It's not a huge deal since it's still all usable, but I thought I'd mention it. Screenshot:
http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pach7.jpg

Brian

freeCommander

Submitted by stromy93 on January 8, 2007 - 2:59am

I've been browsing on file managers here. Seems freeCommander comes up as a good one that many use. So I tried it. But on the PortableApps menu, I get an uninstall for freeCommander. I tried deleting the uninstall and it got it off the menu. Is it safe to actually delete the uninstall or not? Thanks!

Searching the Portable Apps Forum is now easier than ever!

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Submitted by Espreon on January 7, 2007 - 12:15am

If you use Firefox then you can search the Portable Apps Forums now using the search box. Just go to http://www.rollyo.com . Click Create Search Roll on the top of the page, fill out the form. In the sites to search box put this link in it: https://portableapps.com/search/node/ Then click create search roll. Then click Tools on the top of the page and click Add Rollyo to your Firefox toolbar. Then click the name of your roll and you are good to go. Works like a charm.

Bad pool call error on Win 2000

Submitted by CertifiedBill on January 6, 2007 - 9:28pm

I just got a 4 GB flash drive and I can't remove it from my win 2000 pc at work without getting a blue screen and a BAD POOL CALL ERROR.

If I try to stop the device, it crashers and gives me the error, and if I pull it out of the PC I get the error.

any ideas?

Tt works fine on 2 other identical Win 2000 PCs at work, and a XP home and XP pro.

help needed. XP don't recognize my usb anymore

Submitted by erdem on January 6, 2007 - 12:29pm

about two months ago, I installed the base suite on my usb mp3 player (GenX 256MB USB 1.1 mp3 player). then I added the applications I wanted to use one by one. at first few days everything was ok altough apps. work a bit slow. but then when I plugged my usb, windows XP didn't recognize it. I think I had plugged it out while some apps. on it were still working. now it is useless. I have tried it in four different machines, (even on a mac!). I reinstalled its drivers from cd (there is no firmware update). nothing worked.

Mobility Email vs. Thunderbird Portable + GPG 1.5.0.8 (Opinions)?

Submitted by matt_yahoo on January 5, 2007 - 3:07pm

For those of you who are not familiar with 'Mobility Email'

"...The Mobility Email client is largely based on the same Mozilla source code used to make Mozilla Thunderbird".

"...The Mobility Email client uses a version of Enigmail OpenPGP as its OpenPGP encryption front-end, and GnuPG as its encryption backend".

At a glance, (from a security/privacy point of view) Mobility Email appears to be superior, since it includes;

'Profile locking': the client is able to automatically lock and unlock user profiles using AES256 encryption.

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