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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Outdated Official Portable Applications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Welcome to the PortableApps.com outdated apps tracker. Please post a comment for any outdated official apps that aren't already listed with AppName Version as the title (no dashes, Vs or other text).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.

How to connect the hosts.txt file to the program

Submitted by Natacha1956 on August 17, 2025 - 5:11am

Help me understand how to implement the function of adding my hosts.txt file to the c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file in PortableApps in such a way that before loading (a copy of the original hosts file was made to the hosts_backup file name), it was added hosts.txt to hosts, and after closing the program, the hosts file was deleted from hosts_backup and renamed to the original name? Just write where to write the names of the .cmd or .bat files that will be run, because I can't find information about this in your documentation. Thank you.

Portable Application

Submitted by sulejman on August 12, 2025 - 2:23pm

Portable applications are by far the best gift to the whole world of computer users, and I am deeply grateful for your efforts and existence. I would like to suggest that alongside LibreOffice and ApashOffice, separate applications be created for text, spreadsheets, and presentations, because I believe a large number of people use either one or the other. This would reduce PC RAM usage and speed up work with office applications. Sincere regards,

Sulejman Vatic
North Macedonia, Skopje

post on actual situation may be needed to motivate to donate

Submitted by UpdateInformer on July 29, 2025 - 12:40pm

hi john
as title says
maybe needed forum or blog post
like prev on ads stop
i dont want to say too much,not even sure its ok to say that
i hope it helps
i dont want to give to much tips as it may be not seen welcome,as you have enough expirience in online,tech and business
just if you forgot to write it or that it would have more impact on donations,i think
i give a tip tho no time at moment but in sense of us knowing so long
hope it helps
thx

security alert on tb141.0 but one thing needs clearance

Submitted by UpdateInformer on July 24, 2025 - 9:52pm

you need to check quote at the end as it mixes my mind on the importance of this fixes
i spent much time on it and need to recover so sorry if on false place but it needs to stay and your answer till i get back,as i need to understand and anticipate. in outdated could be gone before i can read.
spent 5min on check sec fix list. 6high,7moderate fix
tho no more power
if want check too

why not one ff version like other apps?

Submitted by UpdateInformer on July 22, 2025 - 1:45pm

not sure why you cant build one ff
i think other apps prompt directly lng selector
why so much work on ff?
hope you can shrink to one or
at least use ai to build
you would save much traffic and time
you said, if remember well, that its understanding issue for users but
i think all your apps prompt directly lng selector, like npp or
do i mix with other app?
hope it helps
thx
ps
bold letters to get you read it before you create 1000 builds
will change after response

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