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PStart is not good

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 20, 2006 - 11:24am

From their license:

"You must not distribute the files resulting of an installation."

OK, what about if I want to make my portable apps solution, which would be FREELY availavle to tohers, just preinstalled, that it works from scratch?

This software does not allow this. Is there any other, better solution?

I will be away for a few days.

Submitted by Deuce on February 20, 2006 - 9:41am

Just wanted everyone to know, I will be away for a few days. My new daughter decided she wants to enter this world alot sooner than she was supposed to so I will be with my wife in the hospital.

If there are any problems with the Registry Rapper, please post it in the beta forums. Other than that, I will talk with you all in a little bit.

Thanks,

Deuce

OSX + Windows suite

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 20, 2006 - 6:05am

Hi everybody,
It's been nearly one year since I use portable apps.
I use them on windows and Linux(Wine) everyday.
But I miss quite a lot using them on OSX, so I've been very happy when I discovered

  • http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/
  • , but, a little bit disappointed.
    Disappointed because I need to have the .exe(win) and the .app(osx) sharing the same profile folder.
    And I really don't know how to do this.
    Can anyone help?

    Thanks everybody,

    Nicolas.

    Why the Registry?

    Submitted by dforion on February 19, 2006 - 7:56pm

    Portable Apps remind me of how well I got along before MS forced the Windows Registry on us. And how much better I'm going to get along as I slowly migrate to Registry-free apps where possible.

    So my question is: When would we ever want to use a standard app on a fixed drive if there is a Registry-free version available?

    i stumbled on a promising project (Hellcore Mailer)

    Submitted by madrazel on February 18, 2006 - 1:37pm

    the site is whole in polish, they are developing small and very optimized usenet news+ e-mail client that can run on a very old computer

    as they say this thing will be released soon, and will be freeware

    here are screenshots,
    http://betoniarka5.webpark.pl/hcm/screens.htm

    an here are the buggy betas:
    http://betoniarka5.webpark.pl/hcm/index_beta.htm

    NSIS code

    Submitted by justin on February 18, 2006 - 11:30am

    I just started actually looking at the launcher code with SciTE, and it seems that the way you set it up, you only have to edit a few lines to change what program it launches. You still have to resolve paths and things, but the way it is set up is genius!

    -Justin

    FF update

    Submitted by samuel_uk on February 18, 2006 - 11:08am

    My FF runs slow because each time I plug in my USB it downloads the update automatically, the problem is that even if I install it the install does not work and it just resets each time.

    Is there a way round the update, like installing it on the USB itself? Or do I have to wait for an update from the PA guys?

    Samuel

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