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General discussions of portable apps and news.

All Application Download?

Submitted by J0SH44 on July 21, 2009 - 12:23am

Is there an easy way to download all of the applications at once? Maybe a zip file that contains all the applications or something like that. I would really like to just download all of the applicaitons at once instead of going from page to page to page for each application. It seems like it would be a good way to easily download and play with the applications and test them out at the same time saving me a lot of download time as well.

Portable App Creator 0·97·2 beta problem

Submitted by hehe on July 18, 2009 - 12:38am

Hello,

I downloaded Portable App Creator 0·97·2 beta and tried to make a portable app using it. The PAC Compiler.exe downloads the files missing and after that i click on the created Portable App Creator.exe, but nothing happens. Can you please help me with this? I am using winxp sp2 pro.

Thanks in advance!

Filehippo.com - Hosting Applications There?

Submitted by Augi on July 17, 2009 - 12:02pm

Would it be allowed for PA.c applications to be hosted on Filehippo.com (FH.c)?

I imagine positive exposure and a strengthening of credibility of PA.c. FH.c would introduce PA.c apps to a wider public (than the current Sourceforge community or other tech communities/junkies). FH.c has a reputation for hosting only malware-free applications. Were FH.c to host PA.c apps, I believe that would only strengthen PA.c's reputation and credibility in the digital world.

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Using FileZilla Portable.. Can hackers/virus retrieve the login/passwords filezilla.xml or any file on the USB Drive?

Submitted by gariben on July 17, 2009 - 4:34am

My sites were hacked using via Gumblar hack/virus. I was using FileZilla and somehow they used the FTP login/passwords to hack into my sites.

I have now removed the Filezilla.XML file on the host machine and running data sensitive stuff using the Portable Apps via USB Drive.

If I visit a hacked site again(with virus).. and somehow my PC gets infected... Is the data on USB drive safe?

Thanks,
Mike

Do not save any files on the host computer

Submitted by hendahkg on July 17, 2009 - 1:02am

The word "Portable" means not only being able to run without installation, it also means if the user runs it on a portable drive (e.g. USB thumb), all temp files should be saved on the portable drive instead of on the host computer. This means you should always save temp files, temp folders on the same drive as the application, and leave no trace on the host computer.

Indication for live installers in PortableApps.com Format (aka installers that download things)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 15, 2009 - 12:07am

I'm working on an indicator of live installers for those who don't like such things and was thinking of having them end in live.paf.exe instead of just paf.exe. Do people think this is sufficient to let people know? Do most people care?

Please post your thoughts on it so we can nail this down for the 1.0 release.

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