General Discussion

Is there a performance hit by running portableapps off the c drive rather then installing them. I was thinking about syncing my usb apps with my c:\apps so I could run them off the hard drive for better performance. That way, if I forget my usb drive, I'll also have a copy on my computer.

I was going to sync...
apps usb c:
data usb c: (encrypted)

and use Toucan to sync during plug-in of usb or unplugging.

Anyone have a better way of doing this?

Hi John,

When using Thinapp to create portable apps, does anyone know if there is a way to disable the popup when you start an application, like in this image below?

http://virtualfuture.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/thinaaplaunch1.jpg

THANKS

I've noticed that when I'm using Portable software I'm often a little annoyed at not having the context menu buttons (the right click options). So I was thinking (yes I know scary) wouldn't it be nice if we had an app that could be configured to add in context menu items for portable software. My thought would be a setup simmilar to how 7-zip is configured (7-zip > options). The app could be configured to any app on the flash drive. I don't mean something like eXpresso that monitors by .blahs. The context menu would work on any file.

I downloaded the free demo from ID Software's website for Quake 3, and tried to install it to my thumb drive. It seems to have worked and I've used it on a computer that has never used Portable Apps before. I was just wondering if anyone else had an issue with this or has there been any known issues with using Quake 3 (demo) from a USB drive?

Hi everyone,

We, The Rozaleenda Group, Inc., global provider of Web, Media, Software, E-Business, TV and Telecom solutions, want to distribute PortableApps.com products (specially full PortableApps.com Suite) in high-quality retail-ready CD-ROM around the world, and in INDIA (since we are based in India). We can market worldwide via internet and ship to many major countries with a very low shipping cost. And, we can market PortableApps.com in India regionally, by providing CDs to various retail stores etc.

what should I know??
I have FF3, OOo, and taskcoach on my drive, anything else helpful??
also, are there anything I should know about the forums themselves??
Thanks! Geek45

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There's a certain inconsistency with the screen shots for a lot of apps listed here.

For example:

https://portableapps.com/news/2008-09-11_-_xenon_file_manager_portable_1.5

The screen shot in this page doesn't link to a bigger image.

https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/xenon_portable

but on this page the screen shot does link to a bigger image.

Another thing, if you have javascript disabled you can not view the screen shot.

It just goes to the page where the image was supposed to be and displays this

Page Not Found (404 Error)

I often encounter that all Portable projects must be GPL because otherwise they cannot be hosted on Sourceforge. But on further examination Sourceforge has a list of many licenses. The main ones are:

GNU General Public License (GPL)
GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
BSD License
Public Domain
MIT License Apache License V2.0
Artistic License
Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1)
Academic Free License (AFL)

What does everyone recommend for synchronizing my portable apps off my USB to my PC?

Ideally, I would like to have one master copy of all my apps (located on a server or USB), so when I sign into a PC or Laptop, it would pull/sync from the master copy and run it locally (for speed purposes or if I forgot my USB drive).

I like Toucan but I'm not sure how to automate the syncing part of it.

Oh, and did I mention I would like it secured too without using Truecrypt (because it requires admin rights). It's a tall order but I'd appreciate your input and advice.