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Portable USB installer (like UUI)

Submitted by Tattorack on May 22, 2013 - 8:36am

Hi guys
I'm want to instal Damn Small Linux on my 8GB Micro SD and I don't have access to a computer with admin rites.
The only program I could find to do this is UUI (Universal USB Installer), but its not portable and is thus blocked by the computer.
I'm wondering if there is a portable equivelant that would allow me to do the same?
(and no, begging whoever the admin is to allow me to instal DSL is out of the question XD)

McAfee Stinger Portable

Submitted by snowdrift on May 21, 2013 - 11:26am

I am trying to run the latest version of McAfee Stinger Portable, posted 13 May, but when the app runs, it comes up with some screen showing command line options and never proceeds to the main GUI of Stinger. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I am running Windows 7 x64 and it's up-to-date. Thanks.

Chrome Portable - Disable Web Access

Submitted by hepburn3d on May 15, 2013 - 9:12am

Out of curiosity would it be possible to prevent,suppress or disable chromes internet connection locally.

The reason I ask is that I've enabled --allow-file-access-from-files for local use. I'm curious but could this be used maliciously if a user somehow accessed the web? At present I've not allowed them any way to get to the web but I'm curious about the security risks this may present.

Perhaps I'm being over cautious or maybe naive. I wondered if anyone has come across this dilemma before?

jPortable 6?

Submitted by RyeJob on May 14, 2013 - 4:08pm

Hi,

I've been using jPortable for a while and like it a lot. Now I need to work on a project with an old library that requires the older Java versions (it won't work with the current jPortable_7*). Where can I download the older jPortable_6* packages? Thanks for any help.

LH

Recommended Method for Including my own Apps

Submitted by NFarrar on May 14, 2013 - 10:28am

Hello All,

I have a 'kit' that I use regularly. It includes the following types of apps (none of which follow the portableapps standard - in fact I haven't used portableapps in the past and am not using it now, though I'd like to):

Applications which are not portable, must be installed and registered (they requiring licensing).
Applications which are 'portable - i.e. I copy them on and run them without installation).
Applications which are 'portable' and run in the command line interface.
Python scripts which run in the terminal.

Chrome Portable - Not Closing Down 26.0.1410.64

Submitted by hepburn3d on May 14, 2013 - 3:32am

I've noticed this on a few forums but the solution found by others is not working for me.

When chrome is closed a chrome.exe is still running in the task manager. In the following forums they recommend disabling background apps, which I have.

https://portableapps.com/node/32371

http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/j9Yb9fG2zpI

The current work around solution I've found is to use a bat to kill the processes:

taskkill /f /im chrome.exe 2>nul

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Submitted by Gord Caswell on May 13, 2013 - 7:11pm

In the header box above, the last line is probably meant to be "Please donate, so we can keep releasing new and updated awesome apps!", with donate, new, updated & apps being the links.

The way it is now, both "update" and "release" are incorrectly used, at least in a grammatical sense, anyway.

Newest Notepad++Portable hung, then refuses to open ever again

Submitted by OsakaWebbie on May 13, 2013 - 8:45am

I use PortableApps on my hard drive because I like the cleanliness and maintenance. Today the launcher offered to upgrade a few apps, including Notepad++Portable, and I let it do so. The next time I tried opening a file with N++ and it got stuck - I could see the program window and the file I tried to open (and a couple other files that had been open before), but on top of that was a never-ending splash screen. I forcefully closed it, tried running it again, and it said it needed to clean up and then I could open it again.

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