General Discussion

i didnt know were to post it so i posted this in general but can you teach me to make my own portable platform launcher like the one here but with my own idea and being able to post it on my blog without any copyright from this website or any other site please.

Hello,

I downloaded Portable App Creator 0·97·2 beta and tried to make a portable app using it. The PAC Compiler.exe downloads the files missing and after that i click on the created Portable App Creator.exe, but nothing happens. Can you please help me with this? I am using winxp sp2 pro.

Thanks in advance!

Would it be allowed for PA.c applications to be hosted on Filehippo.com (FH.c)?

I imagine positive exposure and a strengthening of credibility of PA.c. FH.c would introduce PA.c apps to a wider public (than the current Sourceforge community or other tech communities/junkies). FH.c has a reputation for hosting only malware-free applications. Were FH.c to host PA.c apps, I believe that would only strengthen PA.c's reputation and credibility in the digital world.

Filehippo.com's Purpose:

Is there anyway to stay updated on when updates to specific existing Portable apps come out? i.e. via RSS, email, etc?

For example, it'd be handy to know when new Firefox builds have been "portablized" without having to come back to regularly check.

Thanks!

My sites were hacked using via Gumblar hack/virus. I was using FileZilla and somehow they used the FTP login/passwords to hack into my sites.

I have now removed the Filezilla.XML file on the host machine and running data sensitive stuff using the Portable Apps via USB Drive.

If I visit a hacked site again(with virus).. and somehow my PC gets infected... Is the data on USB drive safe?

Thanks,
Mike

The word "Portable" means not only being able to run without installation, it also means if the user runs it on a portable drive (e.g. USB thumb), all temp files should be saved on the portable drive instead of on the host computer. This means you should always save temp files, temp folders on the same drive as the application, and leave no trace on the host computer.

I'm working on an indicator of live installers for those who don't like such things and was thinking of having them end in live.paf.exe instead of just paf.exe. Do people think this is sufficient to let people know? Do most people care?

Please post your thoughts on it so we can nail this down for the 1.0 release.

Is it possible to install the PortableApps platform onto a regular internal hard disk, I like the way it ring fences it's applications from the host PC and I would like to run it on my netbook without it leaving a trail on the actual netbook and I'm guessing it would run faster than from a memory stick?

Thanks

I'm trying to make my own collection of programs whose folder structure is compatible with the PortableApps.com Platform folder architecture.

FOR EXAMPLE:
For Firefox 3 Portable,

[DRIVE LETTER]:\

|

|___PortableApps\

|

|___FirefoxPortable\

The PortableApps Menu lists any EXE files located in the sub-folders directly within the PortableApps folder.

I've used programs from a USB drive that were not meant to be portable,

First; This is great, I love my new PortableApps. I came from U3, unfortunately I figured out that they were going out only after I had made some software I was hoping to sell (shame on me for not keeping up).