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Windows XP/Vista/7/8/32-bit Compatible Apps Available and Requested

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Submitted by John T. Haller on October 31, 2022 - 8:19pm

I'm working on adding legacy builds of our officially-released apps that have dropped support for Windows XP, Vista, or 7 to the base app homepages. The goal is to make them easier to find for folks on legacy systems. I'm listing out completed packages and packages that are being researched and built below. The packages are designed to install alongside your main app installs and won't be updated to the latest version - breaking compatibility with your legacy OS - by the PA.c Platform. We don't need copies of any of the apps listed, thanks.

Outdated Official Portable Applications

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Welcome to the PortableApps.com outdated apps tracker. Please post a comment for any outdated official apps that aren't already listed with AppName Version as the title (no dashes, Vs or other text). Before posting a request, please make sure that their stable Windows build is available and they have been announced by their publisher (just being available on a download/ftp server, github, or 3rd party site doesn't count as the app may not yet be official). Comments will be deleted as they are added.

click the close "x" button on an app ---> send app to system tray

Submitted by thank_you_for_p... on June 19, 2025 - 4:10pm

Is there any utility to do this?

click the close "x" button on an app ---> send app to system tray

Can AutoHotKey maybe do this?

I want to do this with VLC.

For some reason I have a terrible habit of clicking on the close "x" button with the intention of sending it to the system tray.

Let me know, thanks.

Textify Portable "did not close properly" error appears every launch, unlike other PortableApps

Submitted by chrisfox on June 19, 2025 - 6:21am

Hi, I’ve encountered a persistent issue with the PortableApps version of Textify Portable and was wondering if anyone has a solution.

Every time I start my PC and launch Textify Portable (PortableApps is starting automatically with Windows and Textify is configured to start up in PortableApps), I get the following error message:
"Textify Portable did not close properly last time it was run and will now clean up. Please then start Textify Portable again manually."
https://imgur.com/a/bUclv9E

chrome profiles are resetting after manual update of Chrome portable

Submitted by dwaynek on June 16, 2025 - 5:00pm

I normally run chrome's .paf executable and overwrite my previous installation to update my Chrome portables and this would normally retain the profile but with the latest update (137.0.7151.104 (Official Build) (32-bit)), it somehow resets the profile and I get a blank profile upon launch.

how do I retain my profile or at least restore it?

also it seems to be checking for updates. how do I disable updates?

Portableapps footprints

Submitted by Syegezu on June 11, 2025 - 1:04am

At my work (Windows computers), we are only supposed to install software through the company IT department.

They didn't have Firefox available, so I copied a portable version of Firefox onto my work computer. In theory, I could have ran it off the USB stick, but that was very slow, I just copied it to a separate folder on the computer.

A few months later, the IT person tells me that he knows that I am running Firefox, that I am not supposed to have it, and that I should delete it.

problems cleaning firefox portable. asking for advice

Submitted by UpdateInformer on June 6, 2025 - 10:53am

i need to clean firefox portable for space.
possibly and would like by hand.
what can delete and which of this strange named cache folders and sub-folders are right?
can someone pls name the correct paths for deletable stuff?

i will later give a tip on now free it ebooks, like linux sec and ai ebooks in off-topic, if not prohibited before, keep eyes open
and thx for any help!
EDIT i need to postpone it, cant no more. sorry.
and no i dont want to experiment with ccleaner
EDIT to possibly mess sth up.
thx

How to add an argument to 'Start Automatically'?

Submitted by chrisfox on May 30, 2025 - 5:37pm

Hi, I want to start Textify automatically with PortableApps (ie. not with Windows). So I have done this: PortableApps WINDOW | RIGHT-CLICK | 'Start Automatically'
The problem is that starting Textify without the "-hidewnd" argument displays its windows when PortableApps is starting, so I need to add "-hidewnd". How can I add this? Which PortableApps startup file should I edit for this?
Regards

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