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Ahhh! My Thumbdrive got caught in the washer!

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Submitted by Espreon on August 1, 2007 - 2:14pm

It is true I left it in my pocket (I looked in there for it but it was not there before putting it in the washer.) So do any of you think the data is intact? The Drive is a PNY Attache. Since there is some important stuff like development stuff for my popular Armogohma Suites.

If anyone wanted to when v2 of the Suites are coming out they should be out be September but I can't make guarantees.

Dev-C++ and Command Prompt.

Submitted by LaRoza on August 1, 2007 - 9:10am

I noticed Dev-C++ is no longer here. Why?

I also noticed there is a command prompt portable app. That is interesting, but I already wrote one for myself, thinking I would be one of the few who would want such a thing.

Actually, it is only a C program which calls a batch file, with my desired settings, TITLE, DOSKEY's and PATH.

GTK Version (Pidgin & GIMP) - Supporting Windows 9x?

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 31, 2007 - 11:08am

I've been debating which version of GTK to bundle with Pidgin Portable 2.1 when it is released. Up until now, I've been bundling GTK 2.6.x since it still supports Windows 95/98/Me. However, 2.6 is no longer maintained and 2.10.x has been adding in lots of handy bug fixes with each release. So, it comes down to two choices:

1. Keep bundling 2.6 with the packages and have the products still have some of the old bugs but work on Windows 95/98/Me

2. Bundle 2.10 and have the packages, by default, not work with Windows 95/98/Me

Reducing Multiple EXE's to One / Launchers

Submitted by pa_mike on July 30, 2007 - 10:42pm

I've noticed on the boards some folks having the problem about including non-official PortableApps programs by just placing them in the PortableApps directory. Although many of these programs have been looked at and determined to run fine off of USB drives, the problem crops up that multiple EXEs in the program folder show up in the PAM. To correct this issue many have created launchers for some of these programs.

How is Firefox Portable and Thunderbird Portable different from Firefox and Thunderbird on the desktop

Submitted by Amit G on July 30, 2007 - 10:34am

How are the portable versions of Firefox and Thunderbird different from their counterparts on the desktop and what all do the portable versions lack or have in comparison to the desktop versions.

PortableApps renamed my external hard drive!

Submitted by evil_fatneck on July 27, 2007 - 4:44pm

Hi all,

I mistakenly started to install PortableApps on my external hard drive. I quickly cancelled the install and put it on the flash USB drive which was where it was supposed to go. Great product indeed, thanks!

But...in Windows Explorer my external HDD now shows up as PortableApps. I tried to rename it and it just switches back instantly to PortableApps. In Disk Management it is called what I have renamed it back to (Seagate, somewhat imaginatively!)

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