General Discussion

I downloaded this file:

PortableApps.com_Suite_Setup_1.5.2_en.exe

It's a Windows executable, of course. It works fine on Windows.

The installer just extracts a directory tree, it seems. I'm wondering if there's a way to "rip" this directory tree out of the installer, and obtain the files without having to run the installer?

Why would I want to do this? Reason is, I'm deploying a tool on Linux to automate the creation of many USB flash drives, in bulk.

there isnt really much of a search function in this forum. if there is could someone please point it out.

this is my first post, i have just downloaded the software and looks very promising. works really really well. i do have a question tho.

are you able to customize where documents, music, videos and what not point to. as i have my own folder structure and just want to change the shortcuts to those ?

Thanks for your help.

Hey,

I am new to this portable app.

I was thinking whether 'Firefox portable' use more RAM than the 'usual Firefox'

I checked the task bar and it shows that Firefox portable uses more than normal Firefox.

Is this true?

I've found a near-fatal problem in the entire PortableApps solution, at least when running flash drives.

Sometimes, when my flash drive is plugged in, when I plug in my phone (to charge it mostly, other times to transfer a new picture or ringtone made in XnView or Audacity over), the "What do you want Windows to do?" box pops up for the phone... then for the flash drive. It's like plugging the phone in disconnects, then reconnects the flash drive. Is this normal?

Help please. I need to add new fonts to inkscape port. 0.47. all i see in the fonts folder are CONF.files. thanks

There are so many different audio formats and players that work with the PortableApps Platform... and I'm not quite sure which I should choose! How exactly do all the different player apps compare; and, especially compared to proprietary formats like mp3s, what differences are there between the multiple free formats that are supported by them?

Well. I suppose I should start somewhere. Please accept my humble apologies for all the lurking that I have been doing, but I feel that the recent issues regarding CAFE Mod/eXpresso should be adressed by myself. This came to a head for me when I read the feature Lifehacker wrote on the Lupo ripoff.

Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)...according to [John T. Haller's] tests, Coffee appears to be a near-total copy of C.A.F.E... We apologize to the authors of C.A.F.E. for credit not given, and encourage you to grab the original.

Hi Folks

A coworker turned me on to Portable Apps over a year ago, and I think it's the best thing since sliced bread.
I've been using it on a USB + NAS drives and have turned others on to it's benefits and ease of use.

Great stuff, Thanks.

I have a question.
Is there, or is it possible to create, a "download picker" application (or add this function to the download page) which is a GUI with radio buttons (or something similar) which allows you to pick the apps you want in one "shopping list" and download them based on that list?

What do you think about better java support: It checks if in appinfo.ini the start value is a class or jar file and run it if java is found on the memorystick with it or if not it searches in the registry if java is installed and run it.
Its not that much code and I would love it

Hi!

The Sage RSS reader is currently part of the Applications list. Unfortunately, Sage has a serious and well-known vulnerability that could allow a user's system to be remotely compromised. The vulnerability has existed for over a year, so IMHO the Sage author(s) have been given plenty of time to fix it; they have not, and addons.mozilla.org is taking action against Sage.
Because of the vuln, the seriousness of it, and the length of time it's remained unpatched, I think Sage should be removed from the list of applications.

Links:
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3324