U3 Apps (Discontinued)

U3 Apps Forum Guidelines (Read First)

This forum was for questions specific to the operation of the now-discontinued U3 apps including Firefox for U3, Thunderbird for U3 and OpenOffice for U3 published by PortableApps.com. As U3 has been completely abandoned by Sandisk with no transitional or upgrade path, we are unable to offer any support for any of these products.

Please remember to follow all Forum Guidelines whenever you post in the forums.

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usb sticks either U3 or PortableApps.com, are of the same technology

Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice.org for U3 by PortableApps.com...well I have a u3 how install these?

usb sticks either U3 or PortableApps.com, are of the same technology and used interchangeable as one or as the other? but, no mix Apps...correct?

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linux util for u3

came over this few days ago, well just info for all those who think u3 has some ultimate security build in

http://u3-tool.sourceforge.net/

Replacing the U3 Platform with PAM

It has come to my attention that SanDisk ceased support of u3 launchpad and related software on or around 2010-08-18. when i found this out i started looking for one of 2 things: all the software that i wanted for my u3, or a replacement to the u3 launchpad. my searching lead me to PortableApps.com.

To make a long story short, through trial and error i was able to compleatly replace the U3Launchpad software with the latest version of This and have that run the current version of PAM.

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my U3 launchpad won't start

it shows error 1010
does anyone know a solution?

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PortableApps on U3

I know it's not the best place to ask this, but is it possible somehow to delete the original U3 software from my U3 Cruzer (16GB) and install the PortableApps framework to it's place? I mean that little CD-like partition what makes U3 start up at insert.

Is it possible somehow?

Running U3 apps as normal EXE files

Is it possible to run a U3 file as a EXE file

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Best of Both Worlds

If you can't decide if you like U3 or PortableApps, Try a start menu that can open both U3 applications and PortableApps applications.

You can download the program at: http://usb.smithtech.us/

[Duplicate post deleted from the General Forum by mod Tim, Please don't double post]

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Creating U3 application Icons

I read the articles on here and they were very useful, I created my own basic XML manifest and also used "Shortcut Creator 4U3".

The only problem I can't resolve or in fact I can't work out the required syntax in the XML so I can pass parameters to the application when I launch it, for example this does not work:

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<?xml version="1.0"??>

Xming.ico
Xming

A couple of U3 apps

I have a Sourceforge project where I have been releasing apps for U3, and I have mentioned it in a few of my posts, but I thought I'd just make a general post here. I have also created an application that will create U3 shortcuts to other portable applications. I know that there are several apps out there already that do this as well (such as SmithTech's), but mine can also "reinstall" the program (really it just moves the files) into the U3 program's directory, so the U3 Launchpad can correctly detect the program's size and uninstallation.

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