General Discussion

Does anybody know? I have been highly anticipating the release of a portable download manager.

Hi I`m klaus from Germany, i don`t Know if i post my request here at the right place, if not, sorry in advance.
i`m looking for the portable apps suite in lithunian languge for a friend of mine and his family in Lithuania. does anybody know if that exists ad where to download ?
Thanks

I'm trying to use the Backup functionality and I have PA installed on my hard drive (C:\PortableApps). When I use the complete backup option, it tries to create a zip file of my entire hard drive (C:\).

Any thoughts?

I always use portable application for my activity anywhere i go. But i afraid if i use it in Internet cafe, cause any viruses. I use clamwin portable too, but is it not real time scanning. I even use in internet cafe and all my portable application was broken due to viruses on PC. Can i solve this problem? There are any anti virus application can protect my portable application??

I'm just not a big fan of red. Is there an easy way to get in and change the menu's color? Maybe use this for future reference too? Customization = Great. That's one thing I love about portable apps. All of my customized apps right there. So it would be even better if I could change the menu color at least~~

Can I use the update function in portable programs? Will it not screw up the install and convert the program from portable to non-portable?

Hi,
I'am a first-time user of a U3-stick and I'am glad to say: It works very well!
I'm using an 'Intuix'-U3-usb-stick with its own menu.
When I plug in the stick, I see after some time an extra CD-Rom-drive and an
extra removable-drive-letter.
The extra CD-Rom-drive is 'write-protected' and contains the software that
controls the working of the U3-stick, so that I am able to open and work with
e.g. OpenOfficePortable from the stick.The removable-drive contains all my
documents and programs. (As You know.)

My questions are:
(1) Is it necessary and possible to replace SAFELY the original software from

Windows keeps setting my hard drive to use a recycle bin. This is on one computer, BTW.
I don't know how to set it so that my drive won't use the recycle bin, even if it is a system setting (i.e. will change from comp to comp).
Default system setting is to have drives configured independently and use 10% each. I can change it, but it changes back every time I remount the drive. I have admin privileges and want the C: drive to use a bin.

Any ideas?

It's only been a couple of days since I loaded up my 1Gb LG USB thingy with Portable Apps. It's brilliant, so many thanks to all concerned.
That's not to say things are 100%. I've a couple of issues with macro loaded Excel files which needed a lot of reformatting, and I can't (yet) get TBird to send any emails, but so far I'm mightily impressed.

I've even added a number of other apps to the Portable Apps menu.
-Skype Portable (just ordinary Skype with a portable launcher)
-Chess (a freestanding little prog from seti)
-FreeShip ( a brilliant 3D draughting programme for amateur yacht designers)

Apologies if this is covered elsewhere but I've had a quick scan around and couldn't find anything.

I've been using U3 for quite a while now and although I like the functionality, some things about it bug me - specifically how locked-down and proprietry the software is and how closely it's tied to the hardware. The latter is a particular concern because the U3 installation on my second memory stick, a Disgo, failed after a couple of weeks' usage, which as I understand it is a common problem.

I am therefore seriously considering switching to using PortableApps instead, especially as the main U3 apps I use (FF, TB and OO) are all supplied by PortableApps anyway.