General Discussion

Hi everybody,
It's been nearly one year since I use portable apps.
I use them on windows and Linux(Wine) everyday.
But I miss quite a lot using them on OSX, so I've been very happy when I discovered

, but, a little bit disappointed.
Disappointed because I need to have the .exe(win) and the .app(osx) sharing the same profile folder.
And I really don't know how to do this.
Can anyone help?

Thanks everybody,

Nicolas.

Portable Apps remind me of how well I got along before MS forced the Windows Registry on us. And how much better I'm going to get along as I slowly migrate to Registry-free apps where possible.

So my question is: When would we ever want to use a standard app on a fixed drive if there is a Registry-free version available?

the site is whole in polish, they are developing small and very optimized usenet news+ e-mail client that can run on a very old computer

as they say this thing will be released soon, and will be freeware

here are screenshots,
http://betoniarka5.webpark.pl/hcm/screens.htm

an here are the buggy betas:
http://betoniarka5.webpark.pl/hcm/index_beta.htm

I just started actually looking at the launcher code with SciTE, and it seems that the way you set it up, you only have to edit a few lines to change what program it launches. You still have to resolve paths and things, but the way it is set up is genius!

-Justin

My FF runs slow because each time I plug in my USB it downloads the update automatically, the problem is that even if I install it the install does not work and it just resets each time.

Is there a way round the update, like installing it on the USB itself? Or do I have to wait for an update from the PA guys?

Samuel

I stumbled across a Pagerank checker (http://www.pagerank.net) and I ran a check. Here's what I found:

http://www.portableapps.com has PageRank 0/10.
http://www.portablefreeware.com has PageRank 5/10.

Need to optimize Google or something...

~nm35
» http://geekspot.wordpress.com «

This is just a thought, but...

Eclipse could be made portable, with references to a JRE-on-a-stick, could it not? Then we could package a version for download with a launcher, and include the NSIS IDE for Eclipse

What do you think?

~nm35
» http://geekspot.wordpress.com

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Sorry for any inconvenience.

John

Does anyone use their portable applications as their PRIMARY applications?

My secondary PC is getting on in years.
As an experiment I was considering replacing it with a low-end PC and running all my portable apps from my flash drive, if possible.

I don't want to boot from the drive, simply run my apps from it.

Does anyone here use their flash drive in such a manner, and if so, how goes it?

Does anyone know of an open source tool to secure my flash drive and still use Portable Apps?

I've found a few that are "vault" type tools, but I can't run the apps from within them.

I'd really just like to password protect the drive or a folder on it.

Thanks for helping a newbie.