General Discussion

Any way to automate the installation of selected programs? It is ridiculous that I have to sit at my computer and click hundreds of times. What is this, the 1990's? And if I try to use a macro to click on "Accept," some programs have other installation options, so this method will fail as well. Not very well thought out for apps that are supposed to be portable.

Why not one button at the beginning that allows for acceptance of all the apps terms?

Hello everyone,I’m new here and I recently developed a simple portable tool called MOD Light ✨ to control desktop brightness and contrast for Windows users.

The program is lightweight, bilingual (Arabic/English), and includes features like:

Multiple modes (reading, media, gaming, night mode)

Auto start with Windows

Safe brightness limits to reduce eye strain

I would like your advice on the best ways to publish and distribute this tool so it can reach more users. Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Can anyone validate that the Notepad++ updates via portable apps were not affected by the China hack?

updating download speed is 150-200kB/sec

I use a Dell Inspiron 11-3168 Signature Edition from 2017. It has 2gbs of RAM and a 32GB Sandisk EMMc Storage Chip and runs Windows 10 version 1703, build 15063.994, with an additional 32GB Sandisk Micro SD card. Some app installers don't work and gives errors, it varies between apps. But I most commonly found it to do with a .dll file. One of the examples of apps that don't work I can think of OpenOffice and LibreOffice. I know OpenOffice works on my device because I used the normal installer.

Courtesy of an ill informed Supervisor, I am now stuck with a Dell all in one piece of junk running Win11.
Even in God mode it won't let me install the software and drivers for my ancient Lexmark printer/scanner.
Does anyone know of a portable Scanning app?
Hate to toss working hardware just because some Hipster twit thinks I should only use "Shiney, Shiney, New" hardware.

I have a general question about browsers that include built-in ad and tracker blocking. Brave Browser is often mentioned because it has native ad blocking and tracker protection without requiring extensions. I was wondering how PortableApps.com generally views browsers with built-in privacy features like this.

Recently I also came across Kahf Browser, which focuses on privacy and includes built-in ad and tracker blocking as well. From a user perspective, both seem similar in concept, though implemented differently.

i'm not sure whats about iobit smart defrag and smart defrag (opensource).
i just need to know, to clear if the continents biggest tech site/magazine should add or replace the other.
the first one is 3-4y old on their site and i try to put the portable opensource there...
but i need to come clear to them, now its confusing.
i recommend nice apps from here, my fav.
thx

I've never been found of the Portable App taskbar icon so made a couple to match Windows 11 and Windows 10

PAicons.png

They can be downloaded from here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/hVY7qZJ

(feel free to delete if not allowed)

I'm trying to find someway to run portable apps off a password protected USB. Of course I could go buy a usb with keyboard on it that password protects the usb but these are quite expensive.
I have portable apps loaded on a password protected USB right now that works perfect (and I've had this usb for nearly 10 years) but it's a usb 2.0 and I want to do this on a new USB 3.0 so I can take advantage of the faster speeds.