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Windows XP/Vista/7/8/32-bit Compatible Apps Available and Requested

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Submitted by John T. Haller on October 31, 2022 - 8:19pm

I'm working on adding legacy builds of our officially-released apps that have dropped support for Windows XP, Vista, or 7 to the base app homepages. The goal is to make them easier to find for folks on legacy systems. I'm listing out completed packages and packages that are being researched and built below. The packages are designed to install alongside your main app installs and won't be updated to the latest version - breaking compatibility with your legacy OS - by the PA.c Platform. We don't need copies of any of the apps listed, thanks.

Outdated Official Portable Applications

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Welcome to the PortableApps.com outdated apps tracker. Please post a comment for any outdated official apps that aren't already listed with AppName Version as the title (no dashes, Vs or other text). Before posting a request, please make sure that their stable Windows build is available and they have been announced by their publisher (just being available on a download/ftp server, github, or 3rd party site doesn't count as the app may not yet be official). Comments will be deleted as they are added.

suspect many portable firefox trash on sys partition by glitch. need help/tip

Submitted by UpdateInformer on June 6, 2025 - 9:06pm

i think there got some cache, temp files and maybe more like settings, bookmarks or whatever on sys partition. by a glitch.
need help on locating.
is possible that portable firefox needs some of it?
i dont get it on the difference of local and roaming folders on c:, does portable firefox need some of it?
sorry, if do sth wrong, but i'm at limit at moment. this makes additional problems.
hope to get rid of trash without of crash.
thx

problems cleaning firefox portable. asking for advice

Submitted by UpdateInformer on June 6, 2025 - 10:53am

i need to clean firefox portable for space.
possibly and would like by hand.
what can delete and which of this strange named cache folders and sub-folders are right?
can someone pls name the correct paths for deletable stuff?

i will later give a tip on now free it ebooks, like linux sec and ai ebooks in off-topic, if not prohibited before, keep eyes open
and thx for any help!
EDIT i need to postpone it, cant no more. sorry.
and no i dont want to experiment with ccleaner
EDIT to possibly mess sth up.
thx

How to add an argument to 'Start Automatically'?

Submitted by chrisfox on May 30, 2025 - 5:37pm

Hi, I want to start Textify automatically with PortableApps (ie. not with Windows). So I have done this: PortableApps WINDOW | RIGHT-CLICK | 'Start Automatically'
The problem is that starting Textify without the "-hidewnd" argument displays its windows when PortableApps is starting, so I need to add "-hidewnd". How can I add this? Which PortableApps startup file should I edit for this?
Regards

IrfanView usage, settings, display

Submitted by nolanoro on May 19, 2025 - 1:29pm

The Irfanview website suggests using the 32-bit version. Do I have to operate it from here?

https://i.postimg.cc/zBdTrwbL/IRFANVIEW-INI-32.jpg

Can the i_view32.ini settings from the install version be used? If so, where do I put them?

Right now, the portable version toolbar displays differently than the install, is there an adjustment for this?

offline web code apps allready portable?

Submitted by UpdateInformer on May 13, 2025 - 10:32pm

i hope for a tip, as need very bad to find a solution on that to finally get life (again) managed, thx!
found nice app, unclear how to use.
does app like Kanban Board App save settings on sys or in app directory?
its kinda local app, is save to use allthough 5years no update?
seem great app, but no manual on github.
i think it will be like open html file with browser, right?
may be a bit bad to set in code but however.
EDIT
i search a offline calendar-kanban app to get finally (all) orginized...
found a list to work through...

when is the grand Chrome merge happening? (32-bit and 64-bit as one)

Submitted by thank_you_for_p... on May 13, 2025 - 1:40am

One some update I read that PortableApps will merge Chrome 32-bit and 64-bit as one soon. (Currently, the official PortableApps Chrome is only 32-bit).

Chrome (32-bit) has been running very slow lately.

I'm hoping that 64-bit will change things up.

Anyone know when the grand Chrome merge will happen? (32-bit and 64-bit as one)

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