General Discussion

Hi:
I was updating PortableApps this morning. The one updated app was the PortableApps platform (at around 4 MB). It downloaded, but wouldn't install. I got an error message that the update failed. No problem so far, that happens every once in a while. However, when I went to launch portable apps later this morning the platform didn't launch, either from the shortcut or the program itself.

I got an error message:
Cannot Open File

Hi, there is no possibility to change language in Marble. All names of countries, citys, rivers and so on are displayed in english notation. The Marble manaual says, that under Help is an item to change the language. This item does'nt occure. Is there any idea to solve this problem?
Thanks

I'm looking for an app that will do PC audits including all the KB updates from Microsoft.

Right now when I go into "View Update History", all the KBs aren't sorted and it's hard to see what updates are installed on my machine. I'm looking for something that will sort these out better than what Windows offers

Hi,

I had to find a title... Please let me explain what I meant by "naturally portable".
I have been using portable apps for a while and find it very handy. Most of the time, I download them from portableappsCom (thanks a lot). However, some apps can be downloaded directly from their own websites as a portable bundle, usually a zip file. One just unzip and runs the exe.
Examples : VirtualDub, FreeFileSync (installer provides a portable installation type), WinMerge.

Can you make your xxxxPortable.exe a larger icon? 256*256 or larger? Or at least make the exe file editable so I can replace the icon with my own~

Hi there.

When the PA Platform Program tries to download all the apps you selected, it has each separate app as a separate download. Is it possible to have it queue them all as one large download and not stop to do each one individually? It takes a bit for the download speed to ramp up, so it won't ever get full speed on my connection before it moves on to the next app and starts from 0, making it not as fast as it could be. (I select a bunch of apps.)

(Also, on a side note: Why is there apps on the site that aren't listed in the PA Platform Program?)

I am currently making a new PA template (development page); the current one is not very good.....
I am going to make it more straightforward and easy so that newcomers like me can understand it more easily....
@ John T. Haller: If you want, I could upload the file here, and maybe you could update the template on the development page...

I have a question; I am using a windows 7 computer; does it make any difference if I use NSIS Portable ANSI or NSIS Portable Unicode?
Currently I am using ANSI due to its smaller size.....
But what is the difference between them?
Do I have to have both of them installed? (I don't think so, but I'm just making sure)
Is one of them better than the other?

I am trying to package a new portable app, but I cannot find any icons...
What should I do?

In this comment: https://portableapps.com/comment/226446 John mentions a "launcher helper".

How does one know which portable apps use launcher helpers, and which do not?

If an app that typically uses a launcher helper is run directly from a shortcut (and not via the PortableApps Platform), will it leave things behind?