U3 Apps (Discontinued)

I had a question for John and other PA developers that do work for U3 applications as well. I noticed that U3 hasn't updated its Skype version in a long time and was wondering if you knew anything from other U3 developers regarding it being updated. I was just curious if they were dropping support for it or just haven't gotten around to doing the update. It's currently at 3.5 with the current Skype version being 3.8.

What is U3 ?

As opposed to ?

Hey there,

Maybe it's useful to add Opera Portable to the "U3" system. They've blocked on my school Firefox because of downloading but they don't know that there are many webbrowsers.

Greetz Chrisjuh

[This topic moved to the U3 forum by mod Tim]

When I first started using Portable Apps about a year ago I installed everything on a 2 GB Sandisk Cruzer Micro which was also U3 enabled. I soon decided I liked Portable Apps better and deleted all the U3 programs to free up space. I never did figure out how to delete the last 6 MB or so that is the U3 drive. This contains 3 things - an autorun.inf, LaunchPad.zip, and LaunchU3.exe. The small about of space still tied up is no big deal but I have grown tired of that separate drive showing up every time I plug in my flash.

The RC for Mozilla Firefox is great, changed a lot and so much more clean.

a U3 Version can be found here:

[link to illegal software removed by moderator JTH. Firefox Portable can not be repackaged without the express consent of Mozilla. The site linked to hosts numerous illegal/warez/hacked software packages and can not be linked to from this site. We only work with legitimate software.]

I searched, but guess I couldn't figure out which keywords to use,
because the results weren't helpful. Apologies in advance.

Have a U3 flash drive,
have U3 version of Firefox all set up the way I like it,
also don't want to have to reinstall U3 later (assuming I can), if I take it off.

I want to try out PortableApps . . .
will the two conflict if I have them running at the same time off the flash drive?

How come john made apps for U3. On the forum description, (Which by the way, says it's only supposed to be for U3 apps like Firefox) says john made apps, aand the official site. Some wuotes from U3.

OpenOffice.org for U3 is the full-featured OpenOffice.org office suite packaged for U3 by John T. Haller of PortableApps.com.

Mozilla Thunderbird for U3 (PortableApps.com)

I know there are many forums about removing U3 and adding portableapps, but this is different. I would like to remove U3, but I would like to keep my password protection. I dont care about the auto starting or any of that.

Recently I was prompted to upgrade the U3 application on my SanDisk U3 Cruzer to the latest version (currently U3 Launchpad Version 1,6,1,1). I did this on my laptop running WinXP Pro SP2. After upgrade, Thunderbird will no longer run on the laptop. Attempts to start it result in no activity. Other U3 programs (Firefox, for example) will launch and run OK. I can move my USB drive to my desktop, and it functions fine and Thunderbird runs.

Which one is the better method of installing Portable Apps onto the U3 LaunchPad? I am currently using Package Factory right now but I will switch the Shortcut Creator 4U3 if it is much better. I know how use both of these programs.