General Discussion

i'm newbie and interested in creating a portable app however i know little about IT, can any one give me detail instruction for this job. as detail as possible. thanks in advanced.

The subject says it all: How well do our Apps handle Standby / Hibernate?

I just responded to someone in the german forum. He woke up his PC from hibernate with Thunderbird Portable still running and it downloaded all his messages again (~1000) He killed Thunderbird, got several windows errors in the process and now his SD card is unreadable.

This made ma aware of the problem that I don't know what happens in hibernate with our Apps. What if the app is woken up before the launcher starts? Has anyone ever considered this problem when coding a launcher?

I need more help support and apps translated into "spanish" español Thanks

Dear all,
may name is Claus and I would like to ask, its possible to install a Microsoft ".Net" environment and from Documentum the "DFC5.3 System" to PortableApps? Please let me know if this possible.
A other question are, when you have applications they will NOT asking, in which target folder you will install, in this case its possible to install this application to PortableApps too?....

Thanks a lot from
Claus

"How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"

I found this to be a very Long, but very interesting read.

Some of it would Not apply to us, but much of it does.
[Our behavior standards lean more toward the Higher/Politer/Helpfuler side ]

New comers of course will not likely see this before posting but it would be of great value to some members in how to improve their questions and responses.

Something I've just realised... Why are MD5 hashes posted for the installer downloads?!

This hash function was effectivly obsoleted years ago because of the security problems it has - specifically the ones when it's used for this purpose! Couldn't something like the SHA512 - or at a minimum the SHA1 hashes be posted instead? (Or as well as the MD5)

Since it's not possible for me to instal Java on my office computer (because I don't have administrator rights) and I.E. is the only browser they'll allow, is it possible to permanently block the message: 'Additional plugs are required bladiebla' in Firefox Portable?
Thx,
Sjoerd

I am an avid user of Portable Apps and I cannot 'live' without my 8 Gb flashdrive anymore, using it at home and at the office. However, since a few weeks the office (=hospital) have renewed all pc's with standard software but also making it impossible to install any other software. I can understand this necessity (support other software etc) but for me this means that I can't download Java which I need for numerous websites. (I need administrator rights.. :))

Following your guidelines I have searched the forum, but I don't seem to find the answer to my question..

Hey,
how can I create a shortcut into the menu?

best regards from germany
Martin

Hmm... so this is rather annoying. I use an external hard drive for my PortableApps, and have an annoyance that has existed for awhile, but now that I think about it, only exists Vista/7, and UP-TO-DATE XP (e.g. I didn't have this problem with XP when I first got it, but don't know when it started). After plugging in my USB HD, it shows up as a Local Disk under My Computer, not a Removable Disk. However, it does get listed under the "Eject Removable Devices" tray icon. If I try to eject it, it tells me it's not removable. Ok...