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General discussions of portable apps and news.

Questions

Submitted by werty8763 on February 1, 2016 - 7:20am

I wonder if it's just me, but recently I've been noticing that portable apps are not being as actively updated/released as before..... Sad
Previously, portable apps would be updated/released almost every day, but now, well, not many apps are being updated/released, even though there are LOTS of apps that are outdated.... Sad
Is PortableApps dying?

Error message

Submitted by foxylady on January 31, 2016 - 11:54am

I received a file that should be opeded with firefox protable.exe
When I double click to open the file I get this error message:
Mozilla Firefox Portable edition cannot be started. You may wish to re-install to fix the issue. (ERROR: firefox.exe could not be found)

How can I fix this so that I can open the file I went sent?

Thanks

Portability Characteristics?

Submitted by ajax on January 25, 2016 - 12:28pm

I just discovered this project but have always disliked the binding of software to a computer. This is especially true when involved in trying to troubleshoot and repair problems where you cannot rely on either the software you want to use being available or the software that is installed being reliable. What led me to Portableapps was the need to uninstall software that couldn't be uninstalled using the software installed on the computer (i.e., Windows in combination with vendor supplied uninstaller).

PA Platform updates

Submitted by werty8763 on January 24, 2016 - 10:14pm

Although I've been using the platform for quite a while, I haven't yet seen a new update for it ever since I started using it. I was just curious; if a new version for the platform is released, will I have to download the new version installer or will the platform automatically update itself?

Thanks in advance~ Smile

New feature for PortableApps Platform

Submitted by werty8763 on January 24, 2016 - 10:10pm

I was wondering if you ever plan to add this feature to the platform: the ability to lock a particular portable app with a password. This would be very useful for apps with sensitive data (a browser with passwords, for instance). OR, how about a master password for the whole platform? I personally think this would be a great new feature~ Biggrin

Problem Updating Apps

Submitted by tompet on January 23, 2016 - 2:20am

I have problems updating some apps. I have had it for a long time but now there are 4 apps that get error messages when I try to update them. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall them but do also get the same error. This has also been before and after the platform upgrade.

The Apps Are
Open Office to Apache Open Office
jPortable
Libre Office
Scribus

I get a message: “Download Error: Regret Error on file…”

I have the latest platform and other files are updating normally.

Is there a way I can solve this?

Display Problem with PortableApps.com Platform Launcher

Submitted by trinsic on January 22, 2016 - 11:08pm

I have this weird problem with the portable apps launcher. On my windows 7 laptop the launcher appears as in all white and the only things that are visiable is the apps themselves, has anyone else seen this or know what is going on? I tried to reinstall it but it made no difference.
Here is a link to the image with the problem: http://photos.paridiom.net/images/troubleshooting/PortableAppsPlatformLa...

Migrating data from one browser to another

Submitted by werty8763 on January 22, 2016 - 6:15pm

Hello, I am currently using Iron portable, but there are some issues with it, so I want to switch over to chrome portable...
However, because Iron portable does not have the option to sync my data, if I switch over to chrome portable, I will lose all of my current data.... Sad
Is there any way for me to switch from iron to chrome and still have all my data?
(by data I mean bookmarks, settings, cookies, cache, passwords, extensions, etc.)

please update download url for sysinternals process explorer from http://.. to https://..

Submitted by rathschi on January 20, 2016 - 12:35am

Update of sysinternals process explorer via http://... does not work anymore.

http:// ist not suported anymore from sysinternals.
Pleas change it from http:// to https:// with the same url.

Thanks

Rathschi

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