General Discussion

Hello all,

Sorry to bother you guys. I am coming from a networking background, so have no idea about the programming world.

I wanted to distribute my users a custom Chromium Browser, so they may access our Squid proxy over Google SPDY Protocol.

I have been generally starting Chromium on desktop with an argument like

Start> Run and then type c:\chrome-win32\chrome.exe --proxy-pac-url=https://mydomain.us/proxy.pac --use-npn

I had appended this to a previous post about Windows 8 and Metro but the browser attempted to post multiple times thus it was not posted.

My feature request is to have the menu, or app that allows you to manage windows shortcuts, as well as copy them into the portable folder for later use.

I believe this will be useful due to all the vitriol over Windows 8 and Metro and would keep PA.com on top right into the future, as it is the only menu that gets and keeps applications current from a directory of both brilliant and useful programs.

while scanning https://portableapps.com/apps by eye i did a double take as the icon for Security looks just like a watering can at first glance ... to me anyway. i do know it is a lock and a torch (or at least that is what i think it is). anyway, it made me smile.

have a nice day, all

Things although better since automatic update from the menu are now very poor in my view usability wise and are prompting me to find alternatives, e.g. non-portable.

Surely these apps know when Windows is closing?

I just bought a Seagate Freeagent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Drive (1TB) and installed Portable Apps Platform along with my favourite Portable Apps. My understanding is you cant eject this Portable hard drive at all? even from the portable apps platform?

Thanks

Let's say that a person (We'll call him Bob), made a portable app (let's say app XYZ)a while back. The app XYZ has been updated several times, but the portable app appears to have been abandoned. If after posting a comment on the portale apps page, you still don't get a reply from the author, my question is this. How long should a person wait, before they assume it is abandoned? I've had several apps I've considered updating, but don't want to be considered rude, or step on anyone's toes...

Maybe I've missed it on this site, but does anyone know of a personal firewall app that can be run from a USB drive?

It would be useful when using my USB drive on a public computer to prevent other PC's on the network from pinging my PC, and in general, accessing it at all.

Thank you.

Hi

I need to create a script for programs storing things in that folder.
I know the $appdata of course, and after some research it seems i would have to use $localappdata, but it doesn't seem to work here (and notepad++ doesn't see this as a recognized nsis command anyway).

Thanks

Hello everyone.

Apologies if this has been answered elsewher - but I've spent a while searching on whatever relevant keywords i can think of - and have drawn a blank.

With the demise of Meebo, I am trying to find a portable IM client that I can use at my workplace.

The problem is, that my work uses an .pac to set the proxy. I can get to and read this file, but I'm unable to determine the settings to use in a proxy config dialog in the IM client.

I've used the portable apps menu for some years, always been a fan of the simplicity and the fact that it does what it says on the tin, as it were. Been using the same version of the platform (menu ?) for some years, as it just works, with no unnecessary bells and whistles. However, got a new flash drive today, so thought I'd download and install the latest one, 10.1.2. Didn't want the music so went for the 'basic' one. Oh dear. What's happened to the simple, uncomplicated menu I knew and loved ? Program firing off unasked, window grabbing the focus offering me stuff.