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Running apps without Menu closing after each app launch? [SOLVED]

Submitted by garretthylltun on December 16, 2015 - 4:02pm

Hello,

I'd like to know if there's a way to keep the menu open until I'm done launching the apps that I want to use. I need to run a few apps daily and it's kind of a bummer having to reopen the menu each time for the apps I need to run.

Any suggestions appreciated, thanks in advance,
~Garrett

Malware in DTask Manager Portable?

Submitted by PortableGood on December 14, 2015 - 4:54am

Eleven antivirus engines are reporting that DTask Manager Portable contains malware. Most are reporting it contains a backdoor trojan.

The file is located at http://downloads.portableapps.com/portableapps/dtaskmanagerportable/DTas...

The antivirus tools reporting malware in this file include Avira, McAfee, Symantec, and TrendMicro.

The SHA256 hash is fda36c68742e7cf30d51e2bd23cf348d921463ab8a30123fce874a2dc60a9a1c

AquaSnap new version

Submitted by PortableGood on December 14, 2015 - 3:24am

I apologize if this is the wrong forum to post this.

AquaSnap Portable, when run, reports there is a new version.

Do others agree that auto-updaters for apps should be turned off by default so that "phone home" calls are not automatically made?

Portable Thunderbird doesn't download a Yahoo's account messages

Submitted by Pal Thailand on December 11, 2015 - 11:50pm

Have just completed the installation and configuration of an account in Port Tbird on a 32 GB thumb drive. Port Tbird does connect to the account in Yahoo and tells me there are 66 messages, but then is unable to download any of then, eventually telling me "There are no messages to download".

The account in Yahoo.com is one of my throw-away accounts and I confirmed that there were unread messages to download. However, Port Tbird attempts valiantly to do so, going around and around in circles, but finally gives up saying "There are no messages to download" which is untrue.

Links within the launcher to other apps

Submitted by dustball on December 8, 2015 - 3:50pm

There are quite a few other apps which are already portable, but not a PA.com app. Since I don't exactly know how to create apps (and don't want to, actually. Some manage to update themselves and PA'ing them would most likely destroy that), I'd like to simply add links to those other programs to the launcher.

Free Download Manager Source Code Unavailable, Possible License Issues

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 7, 2015 - 6:54pm

It seems that Free Download Manager, though licensed under the GPL, has not released their source code for the current versions. Gord contacted the developers and they replied that it's unavailable at present. I've posted more publicly in their forum here attempting to get it:
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17352

When I go to Close Window in the Task Tray the Application Closes

Submitted by ulricken on December 7, 2015 - 11:07am

When I go to right click the application to Close Window to let Portable Apps run in the background, The whole thing closes. My computer was just upgraded to Windows 10.

On my Windows 8.1 OS, I was able to right click the application, Close Window and it still appeared in the System Tray.

I followed an article in another post about changing the Windows7TaskIcone=false to true, but that doesn't exist in the portableappsmenu.ini config file.

Please help.

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