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Launcher not working

Submitted by khs10uk on October 20, 2016 - 12:42am

Portable Apps is working fine from my external hard drive, but will no longer work when run from my computer's hard drive (it has hitherto worked fine for years). The apps will run if I go through the folders to find their exe's, and the user interface starts, but just does not function properly. It will not start any apps and it will not check for updates or let me get more apps (options works, though, as does refresh icons).

Idea: NTFS Directory Linking

Submitted by Jeff Savage on October 17, 2016 - 9:54am

Can we add a setting in the launcher.ini to enable NTFS Directory Linking?

MKLink /J "Link" "Target"

Some portable apps have massive databases and their directories cannot be moved to the data folder using our current methods. This forces them to DirectoryMove them to the proper directory on launch and move them back on exit, causing

- An exponential increase in load and exit times.
- More writing to a write limited device, such as a flash drive.

Portable app to remove metadata from Office files, PDFs, and images

Submitted by trust on October 16, 2016 - 9:46am

I wonder if there is a common app for these three. Or at at least, three separate ones for each purpose. Photos are solved, don't worry about that. (https://portableapps.com/node/43244). I dug up a discontinued software Metability QuickFix. I'm not sure of its capabilities for all three purposes. I don't like discontinued software. Smile

Question regarding imagery on PortableApps.com

Submitted by Jeff Savage on October 10, 2016 - 2:20pm

First, I wasn't sure where to post this question so I apologies if it is in the wrong section.

I would like to know if I may use the PortableApps Icon on my website. I plan to sell a service to create portable versions of apps and games on my website. The image I would like to use can be found at https://cdn.portableapps.com/PortableApps.comFlat_256.png

KeepNote Portable settings Helper applications

Submitted by jandoe on October 10, 2016 - 3:42am

Hello

I have installed KeepNote on my PortableApps Stick. In the settings of KeepNote there is a section Helper Applications, where you can set the path to applications like your browser, your file manager, etc.

I can set absolut paths, starting with a drivew letter D:\... But when I use the stick at another windows host the drive letter may chance.
I tried relative paths, but I always get errors (application could not be found).

Has somebody managed to use PortableApps applications as Helper Applications?

Kind regards, jandoe

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