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Way of tracking which version of what is installed ?

Submitted by shookmon on April 27, 2007 - 4:50pm

Does anybody have slick way of tracking automatically the versions of all their portable apps?

I'm starting to be concerned that with multiple USB keys (my wife and I for now) that I'm not going to easily know what needs to be updated. I'm planning that I'll get her key once a month-ish and run all the updates. Other than a document with all the info, or opening each one individually, does anyone have a better way of keeping the apps updated?

Error starting StartPortableApps.exe

Submitted by eueumesmo on April 26, 2007 - 7:35pm

when i starting the aplication the error is displayed:

" Unknow exception software ( 0x0eedfade ) in 0x7974bc81" so i click ok the following mensage is displayed :

" Exception EOSError in module PortableAppsMenu.exe at 0000DA65.
System Error. Code 87.
Incorrect parameter. "

What is the problem , what can i do , please????

I use Windows 2000 SP4,semprom 2800, 512 ram

Flash Drive vs Hard Drive

Submitted by zachms on April 26, 2007 - 3:39pm

Well, it's gotten to the point where I am running out of space on my 2gig cruzer flash drive. I either want to buy an 8gig flash drive or one of the small portable hard drives that I've been seeing around.

What device is faster? At what point of RPM does a hard drive meet the speed of a flash drive?

Which will last longer? I assume that flash drives can get thrown around a little more, but when treated fairly gently, will a hard drive last longer than a flash drive?

Menu Doesn't Work

Submitted by MikeRivers on April 26, 2007 - 3:33pm

I'm a first time user. Checked out the program after reading about it in a PC magazine that I found in my hotel room.

Downloaded and installed the Standard_1.0 program, and when I click on StartPortableApps.exe I get an error message "PortableAppsMem.exe has generated errors . . . " and it quits, saying it generated an error log, which I can't find. There's an Autorun.inf file. Should the menu start automatically when I insert the USB drive? (it doesn't) Not having the menu isn't important, it's just that if it's there, I'd like it to work.

WinMEnc: a video convertor

Submitted by roygbivibgyor on April 26, 2007 - 11:15am

http://winmenc.blogspot.com/
I encountered this application and found it quite useful. Siince it's from Hong Kong, it is pretty popular in East Asia region. The description on the website says, "WinMEnc is the free GUI frontend of mencoder. It can convert any media format to the AVI file with the format of mpeg1/mpeg2/DivX/Xvid/H264, etc." Even though it does not have as many options as MediaCoder, I think it is more straight forward to use.

launching

Submitted by melenor on April 26, 2007 - 8:00am

alright i have a program that brings up three different programs in the menu, example SciTE when i added it to the portable apps, it added SciTE, appstop, and two others, and i only want one the SciTE, so i tried to make an exe that would launch the SciTE, making my exe the only one to show up, it is a visual basic program, i named added icon tried everything i got it to work outside of the portable apps menu but when i looked into the portable apps menu it had a blank exe that had no icon or name, that was my exe that i made, is there any way to make an exe that would show up like any of t

How do I create a new folder that will display on the portable apps menu?

Submitted by Sassy on April 26, 2007 - 5:21am

I have just extracted the portable apps suite to my usb drive and have a heap of uni work I want to add but I would like the folders to display on the portable apps menu. The answer to this question is probably here somewhere but I couldnt find it Sad Can someone please help me Smile Thanks Heaps Sassy

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