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General discussions of portable apps and news.

Applications not working after a re-install?

Submitted by slvrldy17 on December 2, 2006 - 7:23pm

After finding out that the remove applications routine didn't work to remove the remains of my attempts to install Foxit Reader - error message of "in use by another user or application - try again later" I ended up reformatting my portable hard drive to start over from scratch - it is set up in FAT32 Format - and re-installing the Lite Suite - and niether Gaim nor Clamwin will start or run after this was done. Gaim is no loss as far as I'm concerned - but the Clamwin would be nice to have working - I'm curious as to what is going on here - is this a known bug or something new? I'm just about ready to go back to using the U3 and giving up on the portable suite- at least the U3 stuff works more or less reliably.

md5 problem

Submitted by Hearaoi on December 1, 2006 - 1:03am

Moments ago, I downloaded Standard edition twice; twice because the md5 did not check out; both md5's were the same. The size of the download is consistent with Standard, but the md5 is the published md5 for the Light version.

Not as ''Portable'' as I thought (aka...Registry Problems)

Submitted by wingmanjd on November 30, 2006 - 7:40pm

I recently stumbled across registry settings that were left behind by my various portable apps (located on my external Seagate e:\)!!!

This caused me no little concern since I use them daily at a location on a machine that I really would prefer to leave no trace behind. Why is this occurring?

To repeat my findings, open your registry editor (Start-Run-regedit). Figure out which letter your external drive is registering as and run a search within the editor (Ctrl+F) and type "driveletter:\" obviously replacing the text of driveletter with whatever it happens to be.
I guarantee you'll be surprised what pathways and stuff is left behind.

Icons on USB-Drive

Submitted by jakov on November 30, 2006 - 1:01pm

Hello!

I was wondering how the PortableAppsSuiteBase manages to display the .ico-files for the folder icon on my USB.

While F is my USB:
F:\PortableAppsSuiteBase\Documents\Desktop.ini
contains:

[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=Contains letters, reports, and other documents and files.
IconFile=..\PortableApps\PortableAppsMenu\Icons\folder-documents.ico
IconIndex=0

Even when using the .ico-files inside the PortableAppsSuiteBase folder it doesnt work for my folders. The same thing when adressing even to the PortableAppsSuiteBase folder.

Nevertheless everything works fine (just alike if it was on the hrad disk) as long as I' working inside the PortableAppsSuiteBase folder and use copies or renames of the predefined folders.

Installation of Appl. / Files with Extension *.paf.exe / Which XAMPP version / Forum search

Submitted by Lion-T on November 30, 2006 - 10:23am

Hello,

today I started with using PortableApps and installed it on an external HDD.
All it works and it's brillant. Thanks for it. Smile

Now I have some questions, for them I don't found answers on this Website and Forum.

1. In which folder I should install additional application general? Maybe into subdirectory .\PortableApps\PortableApps\{app dir} of my portableApps installation, isn't it?

2. Where I could find application files with extension -> .paf.exe?

3. Which version of XAMPP I should use and how to I install it? I know that's existing 2 versions for Windows -> XAMPP for Windows and -> XAMPP Lite. Earlier I could install XAMPP Lite on external drives only and not XAMPP for Windows. Was it changed and could I install XAMPP for Windows of external drives today too?

Using a camera memory stick with portableapps in internet cafes

Submitted by JustinI on November 29, 2006 - 1:29pm

Morning folks. Fogive me if this has been asked before, I looked, didn't find.

I'm heading through Indonesia for a month and have a camera with a sony memory stick pro duo and a MS>USB adapter.

Can I (and would it be advisable) to use the same memory stick for my email/internet as for my camera? Will it increase the chances of corrupting pictures or infecting it with viruses. Will it decrease my chance of having some keylogger/spyware/virus on the obviously infected internet cafe computer from killing my photos or snooping my bank password if I need to use it? Any suggestions on what to do, where to look, ideas on how to go about this and/or make my life more safe and secure in general?

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