General Discussion

Programs with databases and/or cache like FirefoxPortable and SkypePortable always run in the background and thus constantly write to the USB Flash Drive/Cloud.

I know it's needed for true portability, but is it worth the price? What's wrong with, say, copy the database/cache into %temp% and move it back once the program gets closed? Just like someone once asked specifically for Firefox.

I can't seem to find any info regarding the drive performance that is needed/suggested for the PortableApps platform. I'm assuming USB stick performance will have an impact on the app(s) performance... yes?

What would be the recommended drive performance to have and is there a recommended USB stick to use (brand/model)?

Thank you!

On the XAMPP portable download page it says to download the installer file and extract it with 7zip. I downloaded the installer file and tried to extract the files with 7zip but it didn't work. I also tried to extract the files with Universal Extractor but still it didn't work.

Is it still possible to use XAMPP as portable?

I've updated my .NET Availability and Viability With Portable Apps statistical and functional analysis with the latest info and worldwide OS stats. The news is a bit mixed for fans of .NET and .NET-based apps who like to use portable software.

While Windows XP has been end-of-lifed and most folks in many more prosperous countries won't encounter it anymore, it's still holding with over 25% of Windows installs. So, some folks will still have to deal with it on a regular basis.

One serious and extremely annoying problem is when you install and/or uninstall a program, the software takes you to their website via IE. Since your 3rd party browser (Opera in my case) isn't registered with the O/S, Idiot Exploiter keeps opening up which I don't use.

Checking having Opera check to see if it is the default bowser doesn't do anything.

I hadn't used LBreakout2 in ages. The last time I used it, I think it might have even been another version.

Nevertheless, now that I decided to use it, it's coming up in s small window instead of in FULL screen. And the button at the upper right of the window that would allow me to maximize the window is not active.

Any idea what's going on? How do I maximize the window? Or what am I doing wrong? I so easily played it before on FULL screen without a problem.

Or is it a problem with this version?
My version is 2.6.3.

Hi people of portableapps, I would like to know if there is another great portable application such as dropboxahk? I only want to keep my work safe in the cloud and my pendrive, I can change to other server in case need.

Hi,

my product has Christian software for people in countries where spreading the gospel might be illegal or dangerous.

I have lists of streaming radio stations, sometimes the IPs of these change or stop working.

I wrote a script to get updates using FTP using DOS but its clunky and difficult to manage. One of the free FTP accounts got terminated for being not used enough, (seems couple of times a month wasnt enough!)

please, pLEAse, ( swear words come to mind )

please do this 5 second coding job!
put a check box beside each category to check all of that category.

( i'd ask for a ctrl range selection like in win explorer too but far out. at least do the above one.

have you tried to check all boxes beside games?
you still need to manually uncheck 50 something boxes.

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thanks for your time.

(To better continue from here: https://portableapps.com/node/39306)

Link to article:
http://liliputing.com/2014/05/unhappy-chrome-firefox-alternate-web-brows...

Mission: I'd really like to have the option to run quite a few browsers or profiles at the same time.

I keep Chrome only as a secondary browser because it comes with Flash. I uninstalled the universal Flash plugin from my system and what it to keep it that way.

Question: what might be some interesting browsers for you from the above article (or in general) or for me to do the trick?

Pale Moon? Check