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Gimp portable 2.10.36 plug ins

Submitted by Jayne Cobb on December 8, 2023 - 9:58am

Hi having doe a seach I see that people have previoslu asked ig Gegel plugins work in old versions of gimp but the answwer seems to be no.

version 2.20.36 has gegl options in tools and filters. both are unpopulated.

I also discovered an alternative to them called Ofnuts on souurceforge. Ofnuts bing the author?
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-path-tools/

Before i start mucking about, can someone explainif these pugins are suitable and work in my potable version please?

Can We Add Our Own Choice Of An Application ?

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Submitted by DavyP on December 8, 2023 - 7:20am

Hello,
I can't begin tell you the amount of satisfaction I currently have with the portableapps platform, after doing some research I've discovered that the portableapps platform is the best possible choice for an application of it's type. Unless I somehow missed it I would enjoy using the platform even more if users had the opportunity to add some applications such as brave browser to my list of installed portable applications that I currently have installed on my 128 GB usb stick.
David

CDex & Adware

Submitted by Senza Nome on December 5, 2023 - 12:59pm

I've been having trouble with CDex not updating properly from the PortableApps (v27.0.1) "Check for Updates" button, but wasn't overly worried. This morning, I noticed a notification from my installation of Malwarebytes saying it blocked another RTP "Adware" event of CDex attempting to contact mirror.cdex.mu (IP Address: 188.166.135.244) on port 80. While this might be an innocent attempt to update the software, it seems to be the only Portable App to update in this manner.

[Fixed] Sorry your ip has been banned when loading the PortableApps.com, but they're not my IP

Submitted by hmp on December 2, 2023 - 10:45am

Dear PortableApps.com staff,

I've been checking your thunderbird app page to see the update numbers every day for about 2months using firefox on my computer.
Since the time I posted this onwards, I cannot load the page on any browser on any device, under WIFI, nor cellular network.
I had to use a VPN to access and post this thread on the forum, otherwise I see:

"Sorry, 34.248.174.237 has been banned."
Sometimes the IP addresses shown are "52.16.85.139" or "34.255.61.232".

File Insight - Norton 360

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Submitted by goofus on November 21, 2023 - 1:25pm

While updating PortableApps to my flash drive dedicated to PortableApps, Norton 360 displayed a File Insight notice on my screen. I made a copy of it and save it to Downloads. The Details read Threat Type: Heuristic Virus. Detection of a threat based on malware heuristics. CDex-2.24.files. Threat name: PUA.InstallCore. Many users Tens of thousands of users in the Norton Community have used this file. Mature This file was released 3 years 3 months ago. Low This file is low risk.

Donate Euro via QR Code Test

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Submitted by John T. Haller on November 20, 2023 - 9:07pm

I'm working on getting wire transfers working for as many folks as possible. One thing brought up is folks who use QR codes in the EU. I've put together a test one without an amount pre-filled and was hoping some folks in the EU could test it out. You don't need to make a donation, I'm just wondering if the code will work with your banking app and then let you pick an amount. Or if I need to make a few for pre-selected amounts.

Thanks for testing and please let me know your thoughts.

UPDATE: Now set to €5 since we can't do one without specifying

Avast issue: BabelPad can't be installed using PAF file

Submitted by RaphaelRB on November 16, 2023 - 7:05pm

When Avast antivirus is active, BabelPad can't be installed using PAF file, although automatic Updater can update it.

When installing using PAF file (with Avast active), it stops on "Downloading Babel Pad", "Connecting" and after a while an error message pops: "The installer was unable to download BabeIPad. The installation of the portable app will be incompleta without it. Please try installing again. [ERROR: SendRequest Error]".

Both updating thru automatic updater or deactivating Avast and installing using PAF file worksperfectly.

Another look at File Associations for PA

Submitted by rck9xb3mea on November 10, 2023 - 12:06pm

I was looking for a way to associate portable apps with file types in Windows, both to make the portable app the default program to open that file type and add the portable app as an option in the right-click "Open With..." context menu.

I found several previous discussions saying doing so will "break portability" because it would leave traces behind after the app is closed. However, Portable Apps already can add shortcuts and automatically launch apps on startup, which must also leave behind traces.

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