U3 Apps (Discontinued)

I have been using a few Portable Apps for quite some time now on a non-U3 512MB PNY memory stick. I travel with this and use it, generally, on Administrator restricted computers. Mostly I use Portable Firefox, and Portable VLC Media Player. I have read a lot about U3 and heard a lot about it on many radio shows bu I cannot figure out for the life of me what it is all about and what it offers that I do not have now withe the Portable Apps I now use, or plan to install in the future.

I am reasonably computer literate, though certainly not an expert. Perhaps I am more of an idiot than I though, but can someone please post a bit more info (maybe a basic FAQ) on what U3 is and what it has to offer over what I already have?

Could someone please help my understanding...

- Normally the U3-compatible files I download come with the extension *.u3p
- What are files with the *.u3i extension?

- and how do I manage to get programs going that should be U3-ready but do come in ZIPped format?

I've tried to copy ABIword to my U3-stick as indicated in the helpfiles but it will not show up in launchpad...!?

any advice? Thanks in advance.

Hey John,
So I love the U3 Firefox and Thunderbird, but the redirecting of the home directory to my U3 drive really drives my crazy sometimes.. When I download a file into My Documents it puts it into the U3 drive My Documents for instance. When I install program, they put their application data in the U3 Application Data folder.

While this could be conceptually cool it can also be rather annoying as I use my U3 drive at work and it really messes with the computer.

Is there any way to make this an option?

Thanks!

Just ordered a 1Gb extreMemory U3 flash drive that comes with pre-loaded software (Thunderbird, Migo and U Safe).
From a rapid browse of this site, i understand U3 slows down performance of drive. If that so, can i load PortableApps "outside" of the U3 platform(?) so that these will run faster?
(Btw cool, uncluttered site with some great work. Congrats John(?))
paul b.

I have a U3 Geeksquad 512mb stick.

I have found some interesting attributes.

When I look at applications/files/folders in some files I find that the file size is different than the size on disk. Sometimes it is as much as twice the size.

Is this a U3 thing?

Also how can I view hidden files?
I have already used the windows explorer settings to show hidden files/folders.

When I look at a folders properties and it shows 3mb's worth of files in the folder, the open folder may only have 1mb or no files showing at all.

I am trying to keep the U3 profile folders clean.

Any su

Would it be possible to get a U3 compatible version of the portable apps here, such as portableNVU and sunbird? I have the portable version of them running already, but it would be nice to have them running within the U3 interface.

Hi,

My U3 files seem to be swelling again.

I am using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 - Build ID: 2006011112 for U3 by John T Haller.

Will Clear Private Data help with the file sizes?

I also peeked at the x:\Documents\U3UserProfile\Local Settings\Application Data folder and that contains 32mb of info.

Folders:

{3248F0A6-6813-11D6-A77B-00B0D0150030}=10.8mb
Which contains a JRE installer file

Apple Computer=20.0mb

Adobe=11.2kb

Identities=221kb

Microsoft=1.42mb

I'm using the latest version of portable firefox on a Memorex u3 256meg. Works fine on the xp computers at school, but when I try to run it on win2000 pro at home I'm not able to download any files. "Save picture as," "save link as" etc. all give me a split second of hourglass, then nothing. This feature works fine in regular firefox and IE on the same machine. is this just a 2000 bug, or am I doing something wrong?

Looking at U3 is interesting, portabile etc, but what difference between U3 and Portableapps. What about security and virus probs, etc

I see U3 invisible? How compares to PA

Why one better than other. Not sure how to ask, OK?

ricardo