General Discussion

Hello!

I have an application that I'd like to make portable but I have a few questions. This application has a strict licensing security feature that checks system hardware configuration/computer name (and no doubt registry keys), and records this information on their server when it is installed/registered (the same software process). When the application is run, the software checks this hardware/system information and compares it to the server to determine if it is allowed to run on that computer.

In the past, space requirements for USB media was about 2GB.
Today, 2 GB seems no longer sufficient.
With the latest version, what are the minimum space requirement for the USB media?

How to remove the "portableapps.com" and logo from the bottom right hand corner of the menu? I can't give presentations at University with advertising on it - made the mistake of unwittingly doing this before and got a scolding from my lecturer.

Also, is there any way to change the taskbar icon (the grey arrow logo) - I would enjoy a slightly tidier one.

Thanks,

Is there a sync-program being as fast and reliable as FreeFileSync having not less options?

I have tried the other PortApps sync programs, but they seem to be much more slower than FFS. E.g. Synkron looks very good, I have tried it over the last years a few times, but it always runs very slowy and unstable on my system. After starting a compare, sync or analysis the view becomes milky nothing seems to happen and after minutes a result is shown or you can see it running.

Is there a portable (fast) program to make catalogs / lists / an image of the file names and folders (not of their content) of external drives / hard disks like Treesize? So when those drives are not plugged in I could see their files / folders in such a program.

I have search for days and tried many programs, but none of them where useful, "Locate" included, "IndexYourFiles" also.

Is there a portable program to find duplicate music files? So e.g. among 20 mp3 files find the one of the best quality and remove all of the other ones.

I just wanted to warn people about the Carbide.

I bought the 32 gig version, and setup a new pass code. I must of guessed the wrong code more than 10 times, and the device got wiped.

I finally figured out that I needed to set a code longer than 4 digits, and this is why it deleted the pre-installed data.

So after setting the device up again, I get the solid RED (LOCKED) led again. This time I have no clue what caused it. I don't have time for this.

The forums' instructions state:

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It's not that I don't trust you, of course.  
But I've just wondered whether scanning downloaded installations (i.e. paf.exe files) can detect viruses within the included programs.
In other words, is it like scanning self-extracting archives?

I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction to fix this.
The Explore and Documents icons are the only ones working on the right side app icons. Music, Pictures, and Videos do not open a directory.
I think a few years ago I had moved those three directories from the root of my flash drive to underneath the Documents directory. I have now moved them back under the root or recreated them back under the root of my portable apps drive.