General Discussion

Hi,

I recently purchased a SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 1GB with U3 technology. I accidentally deleted the installation (.exe) file in the drive, then struggled to find where to download it again but found it at http://u3.sandisk.com/download/lp_installer.asp.

Now, when I try installation it, the following error message appears:

'Launchpad installation failed!

Reformatting of the smart drive failed. The drive might be unusable. You might be able to recover by rerunning this installer.'

I have tried rerunning the installer, but alas to no avail.

It has a 5 year warranty, so do you think it's worth contacting SanDisk support directly or trying to get it replaced? Have I damaged it completely? Should the .exe file ever be deleted?

How can PStart be made to work on a CD to launch the new apps?
If not, is there another launcher that can?

I went to modify ThunderbirdPortable's launcher, and it includes an include whose file (registry.nsh) isn't included with the distribution. John, would you kindly put up a link to the file and include everything needed to compile next time you make a release of any portable app?

Hey,
I happened to run accross this portable email client. It is a scaled down thunderbird (..also). I have been using it for a bit, and I like it, just wondering if anybody has tried both..how do they compare? I really don't feel like setting everything back up just to try it...at least not until I get another usb drive

What's your opinion?
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Hi,

I am using the portable versions of firefox and thunderbird for a long time already and I am very happy and thankfull of the work of John T Haller in this field. Since I am travelling soon, i wamted to update my USB Stick with the latest version of the portable App Suite. However the download links from this website pointing to Sourceforge was no successfull at all. I always received the errormessage: Could not read the file!! I tried it with every possible downlaod link, but all were unsuccessfull and received the same answer!

What happened?

I am looking forward to receiving your kind and updated answerto this issue!

I know that there are various threads such as:
Best Programs To Have - https://portableapps.com/node/1986
and
Whats On Your Portable - https://portableapps.com/node/175

My question is which portable apps could you NOT imagine life without?

For me its:
1)
Portable Firefox with Switch Proxy extension. (I can use it on multiple customer sites)

2)
Freemind with locally installed Java. (It's just how I think !)

3)
OpenOffice. I don't use this on a daily basis but it has saved my bacon more than once.

Despite having a full 1GB drive, these would be my top 3.

I have done a search but have been unable to find one.

Does anyone know of a MP£ organiser, that is able to be installed on a USB?

Does anyone have the same thought? Manage and query personal data in a usb disk, and has a small size.

I bought U3; I notice that many of the portable apps here are not U3 compliant. The U3 launcher seems to me a good idea (especially if I am to pass these around to folks who have difficulty with Windows explorer). On the other hand, not clear it's R0eady For Prime Time. Would I do better to place additional orders for Plain Old flash drives and save the $10?

Having decided that larger, and cheaper (...) flash drives could solve some portability problems (mostly, my aching back and a wallet that did not allow for a new Portégé), I started looking around at what was available. I fixed on a 4gb SanDisk U3 model and two 2gb Kingston U3 models (good price at buy.com; free shipping; no sales taxes; substantial rebates available; acceptable return policy). I am encountering a strange phenom with the Kingston drives (the SanDisk not having arrived yet).

If I connect the Kingston U3 drives to my XP notebook or Mrs. Jenner's deskside XP machine, things work as expected. The drive installs; it ejects and things go swimmingly. If I connect the same drives to my deskside XP machine, a number of things happen: