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Interoperability of portable apps, is possible?

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Submitted by araxhiel on August 18, 2014 - 3:37pm

Well, is this possible? I mean, is possible that installed apps to be "aware" of other intalled apps, instead of using the Operating System defaults? (Like, PortableThunderbird being aware that PortableFirefox is installed and open the links from a mail there)

I've searched through the forum, and only found this old thread https://portableapps.com/node/700 about that topic, but, since it's from early 2006, and I can't find anything related since then.

Duplicate/Cloned Files Finder

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Submitted by Darkbee on August 6, 2014 - 1:24pm

Hello. Long time, no forum.

Is there any application currently in the PA.c stable that allows me to locate and remove duplicated or cloned files?

After years of accumulating files, moving them around on drives and making numerous backups for OS reinstalls, I'm 100% certain that I've created more than one or two duplicates along the way.

I see there have been one or two suggestions on the forums already from searching:
Duplicate Files Finder: http://doubles.sourceforge.net/
AllDupe: http://www.alldup.de/en_index.htm

These seem to be the popular two.

someApp did not close properly last time it was run and will now clean up.

Submitted by Drugoy on August 5, 2014 - 2:48pm

I'm tired of this shit:

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someApp Portable (PortableApps.com Launcher)
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someApp Portable did not close properly last time it was run and will now clean up. Please then start someApp Portable again manually.
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ОК
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I don't give a shit whether it was closed properly or not, just execute it when I double-click it!
Need to run some 'clean up'? - fine, run it silently and then execute the damn app!

Another Site Speedup: Static Social Buttons

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 31, 2014 - 3:51pm

I've completed another site modification to speed up page loads. Our social sharing buttons are now all static. The buttons in the upper right were switched months ago. Just today, I completed implementation of a custom set of static share buttons for app pages, forum posts, etc. Now, instead of loading a heavy Javascript from Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn on every page to show the like, share and tweet buttons, it's loading a set of static images that hook to a single Javascript function to handle popping up a window to the standard URL for each of those services.

DamnVid Q

Submitted by Chim on July 29, 2014 - 10:57am

I just barely installed DamnVid for the first time. I have never used it. I understand it's a Video Downloader.

I used to use YTD Downloader, but I haven't found a portable version of it and that's what I'd prefer given that I really use it only on my sister's computer because of her High Speed Internet. And now that SUPERAnti-Spyware and / or Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware flag it as having Spigot or something, I'd rather not be installing YTD Downloader in their new computer.

AppName Launchers

Submitted by terra666 on July 28, 2014 - 1:47pm

Hi,
The programs available for consumer can be divided into three main categories, freeware, shareware, or trial-ware/paid-ware. Therefore, I was wandering is it possible to create a thread for launchers only. So that we in the community can share launchers for the trial-ware/paid-ware programs, without violating other stuff.

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