General Discussion

I cant find out how to install a new application and be able to view it from the portable app menu

The menu icons do not come up anymore. I have tried to use the menu options refresh key but the do not refresh.
Here is what it looks like

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/Unpolished_Gems/PAMenu.jpg

What now? Help...

i've been tested PortableApplicationTemplate of all versions (even the latest 2.5)

.EXE start correctly but REGISTRY not wokring when .exe have a space between, it works when i rename it (remove EXE name space)

An Example:

WINAVI MP4 CONVERTER.EXE (this don't work because the original EXE has a space between the words)

the program startup fine but the REGISTRY do nothing no matter how i set REGKEY file in datadir. BUT!!! everything works just like other apps when i change the exe filename to: WINAVIMP4CONVERTER.EXE

Looking a bit like this http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1271/33270795bx0.jpg

Just data and time, like a widget. But standalone and portable. Must be freeware or os.

OK, I know this can be done but HOW????

Background:

I had a U3 4g chip for two years and loved it, most of the time. Best part was that I could password protect it. OK, I know that it is perhaps possible to crack that, but for 99.99 percent of people who found it that would not be a worry.

Unfortunatly it got zapped and as I needed a bigger drive anyway I got a nice new 8g chip. Unfortunatly I could not find a U3 one. Hence I have come over to the portable apps side of things, and quite like it, especially the openness of it.

Okay so I was surfing the net the other day and I came across something called Creedo. Its kind of like the portableapps menu but it has a really big difference. Its like it was built around sandboxies source or something, because inside its folder it has another folder set up like the average C drive (program files, etc.), but the really cool part is that you can install non portable applications with it, and their reg settings are redirected into the portable registry. Then when you run the program, it comes up with a colored border, and pound symbols before and after the name.

If a program is released under GPL, can the owner be charging for it or give you a limited-time trial of the program? Further more, can this program be hosted in sourceforge?

I am currently looking for some desktop calendar which seams well into the desktop (you may call it "widget", looks like http://markpasc.org/lj/200507/ywidg_calendar.png). Similar to stickies (very good portable notes software).

Important features for me:
- I don`t care at all if it`s stealth, but it must be portable in sense it stores all private data in program folder.
- Store data after being typed automatically (in case of shut down or windows crash not data shall be unsaved).

What do you think would be on the new U3 platform? Maybe some of their ideas will get some more inspiration here.

I'll be merging this into the official Forum Guidelines once we've sorted everything out.

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Before you post, have you...

1. ...searched for the application you are requesting?
2. ...checked to make sure the application's license (such as GNU GPL) is listed on the open source licenses list?
3. ...checked to make sure the application is available to all users for free?