General Discussion

Hi, I use Windows 7 and Ubuntu. A lot of the portable apps I'm using are cross-platform: Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC, Pidgin, Inkscape, Gnumeric and more. I would like to plug in my USB drive whether I'm running Windows or Linux, and use my apps on either.

Is there a way to do this? Would I have to have portable Linux and Windows versions side-by-side on the drive, with both accessing the same configuration files? I would really like to know how to do this. Thanks.

Sharing the fact that my new Mushkin Ventura Pro 32G USB 3.0 runs portable apps like a hard drive -- in a USB 2.0 port! Not used to seeing Sunbird and Thunderbird come up in a flash.

On newegg it doesn't have any failures, but, warning, the 64G model does.

I reformatted it to NTFS, 512 byte sectors (recommended by Mushkin support for NTFS). NTFS damages less easily than the default FAT 32, and can take big files.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226227

Hi,

I can block any installed app to use internet connection on Windows 7 by giving the executable file's directory on Windows Firewall.
(http://maketecheasier.com/block-application-access-to-internet-from-cont... )

But the same thing does not work for portable apps.

Windows 7 can only block the apps which installed?

Is there any possibility to block the portable apps to use internet connection?

Thank you!

Hi,

I research on site but I could not found any answer. Is there 64 bit support for portableapps or not?

Thank you!

So I started an experiment . . . I am trying to use as many portable apps and as few installed apps on my Win7-64 as possible with all of these portable apps residing in dropbox. That way all of these apps are in the exact same state regardless of which computer I open them up on.

Hi,
I´ve been facing a problem with the Back up utility in Portable Apps, which is it does not complete the task. It starts but at some point, a error message apears and the back up closed itself.
Because I´m not smart enough, I´m unable to create a log to view in what point the problem appears.
Any tips?

hey ya all...
can anyone please help me,
I am trying to preview my portable lyx file inside the portable lyx
(USB flash stick) but I can not becouse the preview button
is off! how can i turn it on to see the PDF file?

thanks.

Hi everybody,
Does anyone know if there is a portable version of tikz editor (something
like qtikz,ktikz or tikzedt)?
and if so how do i install it?

thanks a lot!

I find it most irksome when a "portable" app is... NOT!

I downloaded "Database Browser" 4.1.0.0 and installed it:
https://portableapps.com/apps/development/database_browser_portable

Subsequently I moved the installed app to another directory only to find encounter a warning that the directory has changed and it might not work which... it didn't!

Developers ought to understand the meaning of the term 'portable' and not label it so if it is not. If this were on a stick/dongle and plugged into another machine with a different drive letter the application would not run.

Please, is there an "official" portable version of MozBackup? One that will back up up both portable and non-portable Firefox, Thunderbird, Lightning? Or does anyone know if it's possible to install the "standard" MozBackup in a portable way - without touching the Registry etc. etc.?

I have Googled quite hard but to no avail; perhaps I just need new spectacles but ...