General Discussion

Lately I found out something good!

If you have a really good program and you cant find its portable version, this is for you!

Install winrar, go to the programs installed directory and click create archive.

create it as SFX.

Hey guys, check this out!
Are you searching for a bootable OS for booting from your USB device?

Use BartPE. This program exports all files needed for OS + some programs to your USB, but beware! You need at least a 256MB device.

Bart PE download page:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4007.html

Hi, guys!

Sorry I've not been replying to anything recently; I caught an infection and was barely concious for a week. (I'm diabetic ~sigh~) So, did I miss anything?

This in theory is a good idea, a portable back up utility, tell it source and destination folders, and it backs up your data.

Wel I tried this just now with just 3.70 mb of files. It launched, I got a progress indicator up, then.... well a LOT of hard drive activity, task manager said the process was still running, 10 mins later I got bored, killed with task manager.
Has anyone else tried this program?
I know flash drives don't exactly set the world on fire with read/write speeds but still... 3.70 mbs isn't a lot of files.

Hi,

I have my portable applications in a "Program Files" folder on my Thumbdrive.

I have shortcuts to these programs in the root directory, but these only work on computers where my thumbdrive has the same drive letter.

Is it possible to make a "relative" path to these applications, so that my Shortcut links will work no matter what the drive letter is? If not, any other tips for quick startup of applications?

Thanks,
chris.

The company I work for is VERY strict about installing/running software on thir PC's so any apps I use MUST not alter anything at all on the host PC, below is the list of Apps I currently have, cast your eyes over them and let me know if any write to the registry or do anything to the host PC.

PStart
Portable Firefox
YadaDisk encryption
Portable Thunderbird
Portable Sunbird
Portable FileZilla
Portable NVU
Trillian anywhere (as specified on the website)
xops096 game
FS Viewer (Image viewer)
PhotoFiltre (Image editor)
CDex CD-Ripper
Portable VLC media player
Open Office suite
Portable ClamWin AV

John,

your Portable Apps are absolutely fantastic!!! They helped me so much at my current occupation since I have to travel to the Internet.

Could you think of providing an "All-In-One" Download of ALL the portable Apps in one download - similar to the "Portable Apps Suite", just with all the listed apps?

Regards,
desrtfx

I'm off on holidays to Tasmania for 7/8 days for a Year 7 school camp.
Unforunetly, I wont have access to a computer.
So, till I see you, see ya!
Oh and a few notes:

• The PortaBlog trial will continue and the beta code is Xl72Ia4r2Ust2acrouplEcr7
• Libertà Icons: Steve, I will get your Sync Icon done tonight. The rest will have to wait.
• I should get an Update module beta out tonight

Comments? Questions?

Hello
How doo I set Thunderbiard as default email program in my firefox ? both are protable ?

and how do set firefox as default Html viewer in thunderbiard ?

/Rolf

During all the hecticness (if that's not a word, it is now) of moving servers, updating Drupal and releasing apps, I just realized I forgot to make a post about the new server that PortableApps.com is hosted on. So, without further adieu...

As most folks noticed, the Slashdotting and Digging that PortableApps.com was getting earlier in the year weren't handled very well by our old shared host. The site wound up getting suspended a few times and very slow at others. Many features -- like site-wide searching -- also had to be disabled on a regular basis. I had been looking around for a while at dedicated hosts and what would be involved in terms of cost and ongoing server maintenance. After the overloads started, I began looking much more earnestly and getting some quotes from various providers.