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CubicExplorer Needs Extra Steps to Find Manual - Is there an established way to fix this?

Submitted by notthedon on January 28, 2023 - 4:12pm

I was under deadline and WIndows Explorer was hanging, so I needed a replacement right away until I could look into it. From the portableapps application I couldn't see which app had support. Cubic Explorer was great until I needed the help file for a simple thing. I would have picked ANY file explorer that was supported with a single click.

This is a topic that applies to all PortableApps, if it just involved Cubic Explorer....I wouldn't consider there to be a problem.

Using Portable Firefox to Open External Links

Submitted by TechieWhacky on January 26, 2023 - 7:01pm

Hello. Am new to using Firefox Portable and I have a question (of course).

I want to get Firefox Portable to open links when I click them from M$ Outlook. Even the option to pick which browser, when I click a link in Outlook would be okay.

I tried a freebie called Browser Tamer, but there are no instructions or examples on how to get it to work. I tried different method with it, but either the installed Firefox still opens, or I cause errors opening links.

As it is right now, even when I am using Firefox Portable, my default browser will open instead.

no description of programs

Submitted by Hermy69 on January 13, 2023 - 5:40pm

Hello evryone, If I open the PApps Platform and try to add new programs, I really miss a good description of every program. So it is difficult to decide, what program is useful for my special needs . It would be very helpfull to add a site with small introduce of every program: what is it for, what can it do, what special properties does it have....

Can not update PortableApps.com Platform

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Submitted by rdd on January 10, 2023 - 1:55pm

I have been unable to update the platform to the latest version 23.0 for several weeks. I am using Windows 7 SP1 with updates turned off. Also some applications do not update, but I can update Mozilla Firefox as an example. Interestingly, apps can be downloaded manually with no problem through a browser, but not through the platform.

I get the following error message: https://i.imgur.com/Bansdmb.png

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