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[Fixed] TAudio Converter Portable 0.9.5.3696 Saving Settings Locally

Submitted by SGB74 on June 20, 2014 - 2:36pm

I changed some settings around in an app and I wanted to revert back to its stock state, I couldn't find any features within the app to let me do so. So I figured a simple uninstall then re-install should handle that, but to my surprise the settings were the same, as if once it was uninstalled the older settings are retained somewhere? Any clue on how to get an app that was once installed to its factory state with no modifications. App in question is TAudioConverter.

Need an older copy of Chrome Portable

Submitted by Saibot on June 16, 2014 - 11:10pm

Hi, I'm looking for an older version of Chrome Portable (probably version 31 or 32), from before the turned of the ability to add NPAPI extensions from 3rd party web sites. Need the full download, not the online version (*_online.paf.exe) since that doesn't seem to be able to download the needed files.

Can anyone hook me up or provide a link to download the full executable?

Server Change, Any Issues?

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Submitted by John T. Haller on June 15, 2014 - 9:51am

Our PortableApps.com Drupal install has now been moved to a new server setup. This is why the site was set to maintenance mode for a few minutes a little over an hour ago and why it's been read-only for the past hour and a half. Everything should be up and running again, though search results will take a while to repopulate. I wanted to see if anyone is having any other issues now that it has been moved.

how secure

Submitted by mrmedia on June 12, 2014 - 9:35am

Seems to be a virtual OS, based on win32, might have origins in OS2 or 4-5 other winclones types.

How secure is it?

Is it running with 65000 open ports ?
Is it like wine - not a full OS but an emulator?
Perhaps it is only running when an app is running?
Is it an OS that a hacker can get into?
Is it an OS that a hacker can requst information on its type so as to identify it and know what to do?

Chrome won't auto update

Submitted by mrbarefoot325 on June 8, 2014 - 5:12pm

PortableApps Chrome won't update, directly through the browser: I get "Update failed (error: 1)". And the via the PortableApps platform won't find the outdated Chrome and prompt for the update.

Suggestions?

The only thing that has worked is downloading the .paf.exe file and manually updating each Chrome in place. I don't have this issue with any other portable apps...

locking down portable version of Chromium from extensions

Submitted by xbibleyosef on June 6, 2014 - 12:06pm

I have a portable version of Chromium on my USB drive, I'm specifically using the XChromium version.

This is working absolutely great, there is a black branded theme and a proxy application included.

Often if I try this USB drive on some of my test PCs then Avast (or probably any other AV client) will try to install a browser extension.

I'd like to to prevent it from installing any other extensions. This product will be used by folks with limited IT knowledge (and English) and I want to minimise complexity.

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