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Development Test Page Update

John T. Haller's picture
Submitted by John T. Haller on December 4, 2010 - 2:40pm

I've done some minor editing on the Development Test Releases page. I've removed the ability to sort since it was slowing the page down quite a lot. The zebra striping is now done via a simple (and fast in the browser) CSS3 rule. That means it won't show up striped in IE but will in Firefox, Chrome and Opera. The end result is that the page will pop right up for all users now.

Virtual Drive Application ala Daemon Tools, VirtualCD, MagicDisc, Alcohol 52, Gizmo Drive, etc

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Submitted by kwagga on December 4, 2010 - 7:18am

Right, so I've been looking for a portable "virtual drive" for ages now, and my Google feng shui only revealed a couple of dead topics and a thread here and there, but, for those who've been looking for such an app, I have an answer.

The closest thing to portable virtual drives, was VCdControlTool by Microsoft, but A. it has been discontinued, and B. It officially only supports Windows XP, and C. It doesn't support 64 bit operating systems. - Which was a deal breaker for me.

A great suggestion

Submitted by nodrugs15 on December 4, 2010 - 3:37am

Hello,

I like the portable apps thing very much. But one thing is kinda "missing".

You need to install special apps created for the platform. Platform is tiny and great. Good job.

But what about to create kinda "bridge" between windows and the platform. What i exactly mean is to manipulate the variables like %appdata% to a folder on the USB device. This way it would be possible to install any program on the device.

Think about it

nodrugs15

Shortcuts

Submitted by PortableDave on December 3, 2010 - 9:26pm

This may sound like a silly question but how can I make shortcuts in my flashdrive to open applications? I know how to make them but they don't work on a different computer once I have made them.

Portable Apps. Off-line. NOT!

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Submitted by Mr_Red on December 2, 2010 - 7:40am

FF 3.6.12
FileZilla (to set-up before use that's why)
Notepad++ (OK it is usable after several hits and a very long wait but langs.xml failed without noticeable effect!)

I run FF 2 on a dial-up machine and it tried to connect twice. I removed the first one but left the second in just to verify normality. Which is the clue - along with the insistent Google box.

So - Why? and how to make these apps work off-line on a PC that has never connected.

I made a full desktop app work on a portableapps.com (by accident.)

Submitted by Microvolt on December 1, 2010 - 5:49pm

I was just playing around with my portableapps.com standard installation, when I had decided to see if i could put some of my regular full desktop apps (IE Collection, mozilla firefox collection, as well as the emulator known as MESS, as well as ubuntu windows installer known as Wubi.)on the usb drive and make them work from portableapps.com. so i made folders with the titles of the apps original names, and put the word portable at the end of there name WITHOUT SPACES.

Latest platform

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Submitted by Mickeyj4j on November 30, 2010 - 10:54pm

I was wondering what the latest platform is. i cant seem to se anything except a beter version of the new 2.0 platform that came out in july this year. Maybe I have missed something. If so i am sorry for an extra post. can you link me to things so i can be kept up to date.

I like the idea of automatic updates. atm the auto updater is separate from the platform i have and has a different directory structure than the platform so i have to have 2 entries. one in the updater and one in the platform. takes up some extra space on the flashdrive. hence cant have as much storage there.

Problem With Nsis 2.46 Rv2 Unicode Portable

Submitted by habenyamin on November 29, 2010 - 4:43am

Hi
I need Help to solve my problem with Nsis Unicode
When I run my Unicode script (just for creating Internet Shortcut) whit Nsis Unicode can not write in true font but Nsis Ansi create very well (wow!)
why?

Persian LAN.

for ex.

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OutFile makeurl.exe 




section
SetShellVarContext current

CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\The KMPlayer"

WriteINIStr "$SMPROGRAMS\The KMPlayer\KMPlayer تالار گفتمان فارسي.url" "InternetShortcut" "URL" "http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=48"

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