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Any change about 64-bit apps?

Submitted by mrgou on August 17, 2020 - 2:37am

Hi,

I was wondering if there was any chance to see the policy around 64-bit applications evolve in the near future. IMHO, I find the statement that "there is normally little or no performance benefit from running a native 64-bit app instead of its 32-bit build" somehow disputable and I would really love to see some important apps in 64 bits (in my case, I'd like to see FireFox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice and Inkscape in native 64-bit builds).

How to set download folder for Google Chrome

Submitted by chiterence@gmail.com on July 20, 2020 - 7:17am

This might be a simple question. I am using a USB to carry all the portable apps. It works very well except when I change computer, the USB drive letter also change. I set the Google download fold in the USB itself e.g. e:\download. This doesn't work for different computers. Any solution? Thanks in advance.

How to properly create a full backup of the PortableApps Directory?

Submitted by WirlyWirly on July 11, 2020 - 8:41pm

I just reset my OS, and thanks to PortableApps, I was up and running after a quick copy-extract of a .7z file. So far everything seems to work fine, but I'm just curious if there's something vital that I missed by not using the built-in backup option.

Installing all apps

Submitted by Occabot on July 4, 2020 - 4:51am

What is the possibility of bundling all the apps in zip format? And then just unzipping the large file onto a usb drive, so then you'd have all the apps you'd need? I am currently installing all the apps on a SSD. It is ridiculous that I have to click "agree" and "install" for nearly every app. Taking well over two hours to install 400+ apps on this drive. I've already tried using a mouse macro that clicks on these buttons, but it is hit and miss, doesn't work all the time. Just seems like a lot of work to install even say 30 apps.

Improvements

Submitted by Ricky Tigg on June 28, 2020 - 9:44am

Hi there.

Suggestions

In the main interface

- A mention of the amount of installed applications would be valuable, so that it can be determined that all applications that are meant to be installed are indeed present.

Section: Help

- The link to the site –https://portableapps.com/– is worth a mention. The site gathers valuable information such as descriptions of applications. User has currently to rely on this information in order to select an application unknown of him.

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