General Discussion

How would one go about doing this?
I was thinking of creating an app that mimics John's "StartPortableApps" program, but instead, there would be one for each information-sensitive app: firefox, keepass, and gaim. These shortcuts could be placed in the portableapps folder (allowing them to appear in the menu) and when clicked on, redirect to the actual app in the truecrypt volume?

btw, i'm planning to autorun truecrypt (on custom u3 drive) to ask for a password if i want to allow access to those programs, while at the same time starting up the PA menu

I downloaded portable apps and some programs but as I don't have admin rights at work I can't run any exe files so it won't load. Is there a way around this?

Is it possible to run U3 apps on other devices then U3 sticks (non u3 stick or harddisk)?

I did not found a portable Gpgee and I don`t think that it exists. I need some tool to check pgp signatures for downloaded files. What could I use instant? Engimail doesn`t support that.

Forgive me if I am ignorant of the available information, but I had a curiosity of whether it is possible to, say, use just OO Writer or Impress? It would be a real help if anyone could get me a list of the files required for each of the programs to work.

I think everyone (techies mainly) should buy U3 Flash Drives not for the launchpad itself, but for the autorun mechanism. After growing quite bored with the bulky u3 launchpad, i've explored the art of cd partition replacement. By doing this i have been able to:

Autorun a favorite app launcher
&
Autorun an encrypted volume

Here are the simple steps i've taken:

Does anyone out there know about a web site that hosts free online virtual desktops? Where you could just go to the site, sign in, and do everything you would normally do on a computer within a Java applet? That would would be so cool. The thought came to me when I checked out the site www.meebo.com. After you sign in, you have this instant messenger that you can drag to anywhere within the page. You can also open, close, or resize windows. But it's only for instant messaging, there's nothing like a web browser or anything.

Firefox Portable and Thunderbird Portable and Sunbird Portable are GONE!!!
Its now

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition

Mozilla Sunbird, Portable Edition

Takes out the continuity of PortableApps' names ;-(

Will launchers such as RocketDock (www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock) or RK Launcher (home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/) substitute for PStart or PortableApps Menu? I really like these.

I know that, in general, Windows XP doesn't autorun USB drives when they are plugged in. I have just bought a new U3 drive which does autorun via the fancy U3 menu stuff.

What I don't particularly want to do is to buy into the whole U3 thing, with U3 versions of apps, etc. For example, I have a portable password manager, which is not U3 compatible. I'm happy with it, and I don't really feel the need to change to a different one.