General Discussion

Straight from the author.

I emailed him a week or two ago about getting an official PAF version of XnView. There's the launcher, and then there's one made by somebody we collectively don't like. I basically covered all the high points of PAF/PortableApps.com, and just got a reply today. The topic title's the best part; the rest is "best regards".

So I don't know if he means he's already given permission, what with all the freeware... or if he's gonna do it himself. I'd rather the latter, then it wouldn't have to be a live installer.

Hi devs !

I'm an old portableapps user and thanks you for your great job, helpful every little day.

I just want to know if betas steps are passed for portableAPPS Updater because it's the only thing I'm really impatient to have !

I work in security on a hundred of computers and my apps HAVE to be up to date.
So where is the problem with portableAPPS Updater ? Still to many bug or logistic problems ? And the gold question: what is the timeline ?

Thank you for your awesome work guys !
See ya !

Portableapps is really very perfect on Windows,however,will you develop "Portableapps for Linux"? 'cause I use Linux rather than Windows.Waiting......

If you're on Lifehacker, please take a moment to vote for the PortableApps.com Suite here:
[UPDATE, VOTING IS NOW LIVE:]
http://lifehacker.com/5389421/five-best-portable-apps-suites

Even if you don't have an account yet, sign up and post a vote anyway, they'll hopefully be counted. We'll post when the top five choice is so you can be sure to vote for us.

Side note: It would be kind of sad if one of the suites that illegally used our software won.

As we see the ever increasing number of portable applications come into the inventory, we begin to see the computer becoming a flash drive, a USB port (especially when USB 3 comes on-line)and a box with RAM, CPU, keyboard, monitor and an OS. For this emerging computing environment, the physical characteristics of the Flash Drive hardware will become evermore important.

Please permit me to make note that it is well known that "Google" is the greatest antithesis to privacy in the world today.
One of the main ideals of PortableApps is to protect user privacy, so it seems to be very bad news that this new browser has been added to the list of applications.
Anyone who is truly concerned about not being tracked and recorded should not use this or any Google program.

Running W7 and trying to install PortableApps.com_Suite_Setup_1.5.2_en into the Program Files directory but get error:

"Error opening file for writing:
Drive:/Program Files/Documents/Desktop.ini"

Installing in Public directory worked just fine.
Any comments or suggestions please. I've done a search here but can't seem to find anything.

Thanks

2x client
https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/2x_client_portable

is there any precedent for the '2x client' on portableapps.com wrt the fact that it is not free (as in freedom) software?

does the '2x client' contain any significant features that are not available in another software package? it kind of appears to be a hook to get you to buy software.

thanks,
david
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P.S.
thank you John for creating portableapps.com

Hello, i have a simple request. Can i autostart the xampp server on drive plug like the StartPortableApps menu?
Thanks.

This seems to be a good idea that nobody has really tried to start yet.
Imagine...
That PortableApps.com had a wiki, that was informative, useful, and maybe even fun.
Now imagine...
That we could refer to the wiki in forum postings, instead of having to post an age-old topic.
Now...
Let's make that a reality!

But what about spam?
Only mods can give write access to the wiki, and to make the access fair, you need to post at least 4 useful posts to show that you know your stuff and that you can help... the wiki.