General Discussion

Is there a list of software that says its portable but not? I think an example would be Foxit PDF Reader. I remmber people saying that its portable but leaves a tiny trace in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software

Also, where might I find true portable apps to clean IE History, Temp, etc

Hi All:

According to the locked thread HERE, there was apparently some talks with getting Spybot on the bandwagon. I was wondering if any further information was available as that post is now over a month old.

I realize that under the licenses that source code, etc. has to be included.

However, my question is: Is it necessary for me to keep them on my PC/USB drive? Are the files in the "Other" folders used by the installed portable apps?

The original one is in Italian, but there is an English version...

I don't know if it is GPL or not... it claims to be "Donationware"...

Apologize me if I break the rules... LINK EDITED BY MYSELF(*)... I still don't test it... just want to let you know about this.

Greetings.-

(*) since chris0 says this is not GPL, I prefer to edit the link before somebody jump to my trout...

and if so how do you use it?

Hi everybody, first post here.

I find this site great. I've just downloaded some of my favourite apps, like Firefox, VLC... I'd like to share some thoughts about portability...

1) What are the advantages of NON-PORTABLE apps?
I think portable apps SHOULD leave a cleaner system and run smoothly even if used on the hard drive, isn't it? So, why use non-portable ones? For example... is there any reason according to you for using firefox instead of its portable version?

2) What are the disavantages of PORTABLE apps?

I really want to know how you use this? Like, do you just transfer stuff from Computer to Computer or can you use all of the apps from your media, eg Firefox?

I just wanted to express my gratitude to the creator of PortableApps. I haven't visited this site in a while now, and I was pleasantly surprised that the suite has taken that next step forward. I love the PAM, and how it makes everything easy to manage

Keep up the excellent work, I look forward to future updates!

Peace,

Menelik

New user, so please excuse my ignorance...

I've got a Kingston Data Traveller II (2GB) on a Dell Inspiron 6000. OS is XP Professional SP 2.

Installed the basic suite plus some extras like Gimp and Audacity. Everything seemed to be working fine.

But, when I went to remove the drive, I clicked "safely remove" and it told me that it was unable to stop the drive at this time.

I looked in the Portable Apps menu for some way to shut the app down. There is an "x" button at the bottom of the menu, but it doesn't do anything.