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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

GameBase 64: Make app think it's on a first level directory

Submitted by Flaver-D on October 9, 2016 - 6:03pm

Hi!
I'm trying to make the Gamebase64 application portable (http://gamebase64.com/)
The problem I'm currently running into is that the app needs to run from a "short path".
The program usually installs to c:\GameBase
But I don't want to have to copy the files over there every time since with all the files I added I'm up to over 3gb of data.

So, how should I go at making the program believe it's folder is directly on the root of a drive while still making it portable?

New Script making code

Submitted by Flaver-D on October 6, 2016 - 1:18pm

Not finding where I should post this, I decided it would land here.
Being somewhat new at making portable apps, I find some parts of the process somewhat tedious. Not that it's necessarily hard, but some of the tasks required are just plain annoying because of their redundancy (like creating folder structures).

Windows 10 Anniversay Update kills performance of AddFontResource / RemoveFontResource APIs

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Submitted by John T. Haller on October 5, 2016 - 12:28pm

In testing out performance issues on LibreOffice Portable, I've determined that Windows 10 anniversary update positively kills font API performance. It's to the point that my old ASUS T100 tablet with a Z3735 cpu running Windows 10 pre-anniversary update launches LibreOffice Portable 5.2.1 from a USB3 drive faster than my Dell i7 desktop running Windows 10 anniversay does from an internal Samsung 840 Pro SSD.

This may or may not be related to MS14-045: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2982791

Keep downloaded setup files (and download setup of installed apps)

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Submitted by Ammammata on October 4, 2016 - 5:59am

In order to install PortableApps on some internet-less (or very-slow-internet) computers, I'd like to have a couple of options:
- download all setup files of my currenty installed apps (on my computer where I have a *fast* internet connection)
- keep setup files when I update my installed apps (see above)
I noticed that all those .paf.exe files are actually downloaded in a temp folder but they are automatically deleted when the update has been completed.

TIA for your help

Adding app fonts (LibreOffice, etc) at the platorm level. Thoughts?

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Submitted by John T. Haller on October 3, 2016 - 1:20am

In working on the startup speed of LibreOffice Portable, I've been considering how long it takes the Windows API to handle loading the fonts in. This process takes place every time you start LibreOffice Portable and the fonts are removed every time you exit. LibreOffice has bloated up to include 86 fonts as of 5.2.1. I'm not sure how much this is an issue, though, as I don't have a good setup to test on.

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