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App update issue errors

Submitted by gwt10 on May 25, 2022 - 7:40am

It used to be that I could update my portable apps with my VPN tuned on.

Now it stops in the middle of a download indicating a "proxy error", probably due to the VPN being turned on. I turn the VPN off and it updates normally.

Why should I have to turn my VPN off now? Don't you all respect privacy, anymore?

Google appears to have halted our Adsense revenue due to release of the Ukrainian/Russian software suite

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 23, 2022 - 11:28am

It appears that our revenue from AdSense was halted sometime this month. This appears to coincide with AdSense halting monetization of sites that glorify or exploit the war in Ukraine. This is devastating to the stability of the project as AdSense is the primary revenue source supporting it. I'm investigating with Google and will report back as I have news.

qBittorrent portable - latest releases not working correctly

Submitted by trumpy81 on May 18, 2022 - 6:50pm

With the release of qBittorrent v4.4.0, v4.4.1 & v4.4.2 portable I have noticed that the program will randomly lock up and become unresponsive.

The lack of response will last from 2 to 30 seconds or so, but will eventually return to normal after that time.

This is not caused by excessive CPU usage by other programs or such and returning to v4.3.9 solves the issue completely.

Does anyone have any idea what the issue with these releases might be?

TIA

Regards
Andy M

Performance on old, slow desktops of installed apps versus on a USB drive

Submitted by prr on May 9, 2022 - 8:35am

I am wondering (when using an older, slower computer) if it would be better to use the default, installed media viewer, or the portable VLC that I have on my USB drive--not in terms of graphic performance and the quality of the display, but in terms of slowing down the old computer itself.

When I am working on an older, slower computer, I am a bit conscious about not slowing down the computer to the point of it freezing up or something like that.

FR: Add platform version number to Options UI

Submitted by PortableGood on May 1, 2022 - 6:51pm

Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but I'm not seeing the current PortableApps.com Platform version number in the Options dialog box. Would it be reasonable to add it to the 'General' or 'Updater' tab of that dialog box? Or perhaps, even better, create an 'About' tab for that dialog box that includes the version number. Doing this will not add another menu item, but will make the version number readily available.

Sporadic error when trying to obtain updates

Submitted by PortableGood on May 1, 2022 - 6:46pm

There's another recent thread on this topic, but the OP wasn't behaving nicely or respectfully, so I didn't want to post there.

When trying to download updates, I sometimes get this error message:

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PortableApps.com Platform
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Unable to download the file. This could be due to a proxy or network issue or the hosting server not permitting downloads from your location.

For example, currently getting this message when trying to update A Dark Room.

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