General Discussion

I find it most irksome when a "portable" app is... NOT!

I downloaded "Database Browser" 4.1.0.0 and installed it:
https://portableapps.com/apps/development/database_browser_portable

Subsequently I moved the installed app to another directory only to find encounter a warning that the directory has changed and it might not work which... it didn't!

Developers ought to understand the meaning of the term 'portable' and not label it so if it is not. If this were on a stick/dongle and plugged into another machine with a different drive letter the application would not run.

Please, is there an "official" portable version of MozBackup? One that will back up up both portable and non-portable Firefox, Thunderbird, Lightning? Or does anyone know if it's possible to install the "standard" MozBackup in a portable way - without touching the Registry etc. etc.?

I have Googled quite hard but to no avail; perhaps I just need new spectacles but ...

Is there still just the one IRC channel, or is there more. I've heard there are more than one, but Miranda woun't let me get a full list. If there is more than one, which one is for help developing an app? Thanks..

P.S. I did see portableapps.com/support/chat, and was browsing comments dating back to 2008, but have no idea what is current.

Further to this post

https://portableapps.com/node/33535

I thought maybe if the menu stayed open while a Clean Up message was displayed it would not be so bad.

Would this be possible or are we limited by NSIS once again.

I posted a Release Test of Simple Port Forwarding (in the wrong forum), und you removed the link stating that it was commercial software and that there was no indication of permission given.

For the second part, I agree that I forgot to include permission. I was cutting and pasting from the development test template, and replacing with my info. There isn't a line for permission, and I forgot all about it (maybe that could get added to the template). I have updated the original post to include permission from the author.

Hi,

I want to make portable MS Office 2010. But I know that its licence (as many other applications) does not allow to distrubite it after making it portable (editing it in any way).

That's why I am asking if it is possible (it is legal) to create articles by developers like: "how to make your portable MS office 2010 from your own installation file" step by step. So every user can make MS Office 2010 portable.

Hi Forum.

I find the Updater very useful and comfortable; but, I wonder, where does it locate the temporary setup files of the Apps going to be updated?

Because if the location is directly on the same drive of the PortableApps Menu folders, as I suppose, and it is a USB drive, this download would be slower than on the PC.

In this case, I would prefer to manually download the Setup from the browser to the PC, and to install on the USB afterwards.

Bye Forum.

Hi together!

there are many portables out there.
But unfortunately not each of them have .paf-extension.
In some times it is simply a .zip or others.

Is there a (simple) possibility to add such a type of portable to the platform?

Please explain!
THX a lot/C

Hello all,

Sorry to bother you guys. I am coming from a networking background, so have no idea about the programming world.

I wanted to distribute my users a custom Chromium Browser, so they may access our Squid proxy over Google SPDY Protocol.

I have been generally starting Chromium on desktop with an argument like

Start> Run and then type c:\chrome-win32\chrome.exe --proxy-pac-url=https://mydomain.us/proxy.pac --use-npn

I had appended this to a previous post about Windows 8 and Metro but the browser attempted to post multiple times thus it was not posted.

My feature request is to have the menu, or app that allows you to manage windows shortcuts, as well as copy them into the portable folder for later use.

I believe this will be useful due to all the vitriol over Windows 8 and Metro and would keep PA.com on top right into the future, as it is the only menu that gets and keeps applications current from a directory of both brilliant and useful programs.