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PA for converting M4A files into mp3 files in folders?

Submitted by fefrie on June 1, 2016 - 2:45pm

I just started with iTunes for podcasts and I discovered that most if not all files are in m4a. My little mp3 player doesn't do m4a files.

I have all my podcasts episodes split across 600 folders, randomly named so that I get a nice mix of podcasts.

I just discovered the m4a issue and don't want to manually drag and drop files into a program.

Is there a program that does it with the same functionality as a similar program such as Remove Empty Directories?

Desktop crashes when start PA

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Submitted by luzzd on June 1, 2016 - 6:15am

Hallo,
where can i start a topic of the beginning the PortableApps (PA) to work.
When i start PA my whole Desktop clears out.
The Tsakbar, the Taskbar Icons, the Quicklauch bar and the Windows Icons in TAskabar are not removed, only the main Desktop.
The workaround id to delete the 1st Explorer Task and nmanually restart the Explorer.
After the restart all Desktop rebuild properly.
Thanks for advise
Lutz

How smart is using Mollom?

Submitted by getco on May 31, 2016 - 12:06pm

I see you use a service called Mollom to filter messages submitted in this forum. But how smart is it to use a 3rd party that stores all messages submitted by a particular person on all forums (that use Mollom) all over the internet? It's like giving big brother all your ideas and thoughts on a silver platter... I'm personally shocked that such a service exists let alone is being used by PoartableApps!

Voice chats Light on resources/quality

Submitted by DADSGETNDOWN on May 29, 2016 - 7:23pm

I did search, and many pages and a lot of reading about team speak and skype and all that. What is the suggested app or program like old Roger Wilco or Team speak or even the Instant messaging programs I can use for multiple people a small amount 4 to 10, to voice chat while playing video games like Quake 3 arena, COD and such, that are light on resources, don't mess with frame rates, decent quality, easy to use for the people I am going to setup/introduce. Most of us have OLD crummy computers. P.S I have an OLD post about this, wasn't sure to add to it or do this...

Malware Detected on OpenTTD by Windows Defender

Submitted by Lawful_Lazy on May 25, 2016 - 11:53pm

Hello,

I just recently installed OpenTTD, and I discovered that I couldn't play it because Windows Defender believes that it has the Torjan Win32.Varpes.N!cl on it.

Image uploaded here: http://imgur.com/gallery/Z9SQTl1/

I'm not sure what to do about it; I don't believe that PortableApps would ship Malware, but reinstalling it gives the same problem.

So, is it Malware, or is my antivirus being sensitive?

[Fixed] Error Updating GeanyPortable

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Submitted by pfeerick on May 25, 2016 - 9:31pm

Hi,

Was just doing an a long overdue update of my PortableApps library, and the Launcher Updater is refusing to update Geany Portable. From the 404 message, it appears to be looking for the wrong filename/URL - there is no .paf.exe in the filename that the update is using, just .exe, whereas the sourceforge copy does end .paf.exe

You can see a screenshot of the error message here : https://www.dropbox.com/s/0x44sblnfp99z7e/Screenshot%202016-05-26%2011.2...

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